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Getting Started

• An Introduction to Becoming a Game Programmer

Game Design

• An Introduction to Designing a Game

Algorithms

• Flag Variables & Toggles
• "Framing Buffer" Tile Scrolling Algorithm
• Basic game timing
• About 2D RPG Maps
• Saving RPG Maps to Files
• RPG Character Movement
• Selecting objects by drawing a 'Lasso'
• Collision detection for 2d polygons
• Ray Triangle Intersection
• Consistent speed regardless of FPS
• Implementing a Heat Seeking Missile
• Object Selection Using Unique Color IDs
• Programming Turn Based Movement
• Optimizing Your Online Game Bandwidth
• Lexical scanner for parsing characters into token

Artificial Intelligence

• A* Pathfinding Algorithm
• Genetic Algorithm
• Neural Networks
• Rule-Based-AI

Physics / Math / Transformations

• Linear Interpolation
• 3D Matrix Transformations - Very helpful understanding how Matrix Transformations work.
• Backface Culling
• Vector Math
• Numbering Systems
• Tangents to Circles and Ellipses

Graphics

• Faster Ray Traced Terrain Shadow Maps
• Generating Mesh Shadows On Terrain Using OpenGL
• Screen Transition Effects How to get from Screen A to Screen B in the most flashy way possible.
• Sky boxes
• ZBuffer Tutorial

User Interface Design

• A Method of Mouse Cursor Magnetism

Art Creation

• Creating Textures, Part I
• Creating Textures Using A 3D Application
• Creating Seamless Tiles and Textures
• A Comparison of Modelling Programs Blender and Silo