Game Development Links
- 3D Modeling - Links related to 3D modeling and
models
- Artificial Intelligence - A whole lot of artificial
intelligence forums and articles.
- Algorithms - Sites with useful algorithms that
can be used in games
- ASM - Assembly related sites and programming
- C++ Hotness - How to make C++ work better for
YOU.
- Data Structures - Different data structures
useful in games
- Debugging - Tools and source code that help in
debugging.
- DirectX - Sites related to DirectX. Info and
tutorial sites.
- Engines - If you want to build an engine, check
these links out.
- Techniques - Different papers and articles on how to do
things like culling, occulsion selection, hierarchical orientations, collision
detection and blah...
- Game Design - How to make better games.
- Game Development - Sites with
general information on game development. They have everything.
- Graphics - How to accomplish certain graphic
effects.
- Tools - Tools useful in game development.
- Jobs - If you want to get a job, look here.
- Math - Math related sites.
- OpenGL - Sites related to OpenGL. Info and tutorial
sites.
- Scripting - How to make a scripting language.
- Other Useful Links - Miscellaneous links that
didn't fit anywhere else.
3D Modeling
- Blender 3D - An
open source free 3D modeling tool.
- Milkshape 3D -
A very cheap modeling tool designed specifically for games.
- 3D Links - A
plethora of 3D related links.
- 3D Cafe - Free and not
so free 3D models and stuff.
Artificial Intelligence
- Game AI - A site for
game related artificial intelligence.
- AI Depot - Lots if AI
related articles and discussions.
- Neural
Nets - Describes and implements a neural network and shows how it can used
in games.
- FAQ
- Got questions about AI? This is the place for you.
Algorithms
ASM
- Win32 ASM Forum - This is the main place for WIN32 assembly questions to get
answered.
- Sandpile - The
ultimate cpu architecture site.
-
ASM Home - Found it while I was bored. Looks useful enough.
- CPUID - That's right, the cpuid instruction's mysteries are explained here.
C++ Hotness
Data Structures
- BSP
Trees 1 - Theory and implementation.
- BSP Demo - An online demo of a BSP tree. Very cool. Uses Java.
Debugging
- Memory Management
- Enhancing
Assertions - Shows you how to make a super assert macro.
-
Mini
Dumps - Shows you how to dump your application's memory state to a file
(uses MSVC.NET)
DirectX
- Drunken Hyena - DirectX tutorials
in C# and C++ and
a few libraries.
- NeXe - DirectX wiki.
- MVPS - Very useful articles on how to
get things done using DirectX.
- Code Sampler - Lots of
source code and an online book.
- 32Bits - More DirectX tutorials.
- DirectX Home - Microsoft home page.
- The Z Buffer - Probably the best MDX
resource out there.
- Toymaker - It contains notes and
answers to common questions with examples in C++ and DirectX.
Engines
- Implementation
- Game Network Engine - A free
networking engine specifically for games.
- NeoEngine - A free rendering
engine (One of hte best free ones from what I hear)
- Tokamak - A free commercial quality
physics engine.
- ODE - Another free physics engine.
Tokamak is probably better though.
- XEngine - A rendering engine with
excellent shader support.
- Magic Software - From
the writer of "3D Game Engine Design" and "3D Game Engine Architecture"
-
Crystal
Space - Very nice game engine.
-
Terrain
Engine in 10 Steps - The author of these tutorials goes through the
entire thinking and programming process of making a small terrain
engine. The source code is also out by the 10th entry.
- Design
- 3D Engines - A whole list of 3D engines
that can be downloaded and/or purchased.
Techniques
Game Design
General Game Development
- Useful Forums
- DevMaster
- GameDev
- SDL - Simple Direct Media, a game
development API, cross platform and open source.
- Gamasutra - Articles and links to the
pros.
- GDMag - game developer magazine home
page. Lots of source code.
- IGDA - Internation Game Developers
Association home page. More pros.
- MMO - Make massively multiplayer
online games.
- iDevGames
- Amit's page
- From a Stanford grad student.
- Humus's page - Another guy
with really good demos and source for OpenGL
- DevMaster Wiki: A huge
wiki with a lot game dev articles.
-
University of Queens Game Wiki: A wiki hosted by U of Q in Canada
for its students. Has a lot of university material that is useful.
Tools
Graphics
Jobs
- Game Recruiter
- Recruitment agency.
- Mary-Margaret
- Recruitment agency. Most popular I suppose.
- Advice
- Advice on getting into the industry.
- Game Biz -
Want to know who's hiring and who's doing what? then look here.
- Dave Perry -
Articles on how specific jobs in the industry are like.
- Obscure
- Articles on game production and getting a publisher. And a lot more too.
- Math Articles:
A lot of articles on various concepts and definitions in the world of
mathematics. All listed alphabetically. You have to know what you're looking
for before you go here though.
Math
- Math World -
Kind of like a mathematics encyclopedia.
OpenGL
- Game Tutorials
- A site with lots of game tutorials in OpenGL. But you have to pay for them.
- NeHe - The famous
OpenGL getting started site.
- OpenGL Home -
OpenGL's home page.
-
Blue Book - The OpenGL Blue Book.
- FAQ -
An OpenGL FAQ page. Very good.
- GLUT
- The OpenGL helper library.
Scripting
Useful Links
- Loony Games - A
LOT of articles on game design and programming. Sort of an online magazine.
- Google Groups -
Online groups browsing and viewing.
- D Language -
The D programming language's home page.
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