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Mastering C++ Game Animation Programming

You're reading from Mastering C++ Game Animation Programming Enhance your skills with advanced game animation techniques in C++, OpenGL, and Vulkan

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835881927

Length 544 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Concepts

Game Design

Author (1):

Michael Dunsky

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Populating the World with the Game Character Models FREE CHAPTER

2. Working with Open Asset Import Library

3. Moving Animation Calculations from CPU to GPU

4. Adding a Visual Selection

5. Part 2: Transforming the Model Viewer into an Animation Editor

6. Enhancing Application Handling

7. Saving and Loading the Configuration

8. Extending Camera Handling

9. Part 3: Tuning Character Animations

10. Enhancing Animation Controls

11. An Introduction to Collision Detection

12. Adding Behavior and Interaction

13. Advanced Animation Blending

14. Part 4: Enhancing Your Virtual World

15. Loading a Game Map

16. Advanced Collision Detection

17. Adding Simple Navigation

18. Creating Immersive Interactive Worlds

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

20. Index

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Authors (1)

Michael Dunsky

Michael Dunsky

Michael Dunsky is an electronics engineer, console porting programmer, and game developer with more than 20 years of programming experience. He started with BASIC at the young age of 14 and expanded his portfolio over the years to include assembly language, C, C++, Java, Python, VHDL, OpenGL, GLSL, and Vulkan. During his career, he also gained extensive knowledge of Linux, virtual machines, server operation, and infra-structure automation. Michael holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Sci-ence from the FernUniversität in Hagen with a focus on computer graphics, parallel programming, and software systems.

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