C++ / STL

Introduction / Help

• C++ slides Optimisations, Templates and good use of heritage and polymorphisms (http://www.rz.rwth-aachen.de/computing/events/2002/hpc++/HPC++1.18-1.pdf) (MUST READ)
• STL basics (http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/stl_introduction.html)
• Reference Card (http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/QRC/STL%20Quick%20Reference%201.26.pdf)

User Misconception of C++/STL

• STL common errors (http://www.gyurchev.com/docs/stl_tips.txt)
• VC2005 products Chief Guru of the Week Problems and Answer on C++/STL (http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/)

Performance

• A must-read C++ optimisations with benchmark for all optimizations listed (http://www.tantalon.com/pete/cppopt/main.htm)(MUST READ)
• Common performances mistakes (http://www.tantalon.com/pete/gdc2001roundtablereport.htm)(MUST READ)
• Common performances mistakes II (http://www.gdconf.com/archives/2004/isensee_pete.ppt)(MUST READ)
• C++ Optimization Strategies and Techniques (http://www.tantalon.com/pete/cppopt/main.htm)(MUST READ)

Design patterns

• Dozens of 1-page examples in C++Before-and-After refactoring examples (http://home.earthlink.net/~huston2/dp/patterns.html)(MUST READ)

Games

Game Developper Sites

• game programmer wiki (http://gpwiki.org/)

Hardware

Ati (papers, tools, source) (http://www.ati.com/developer/) (MUST READ) Nvidia (papers, tools, source) (http://developer.nvidia.com) (MUST READ)

Game/3d Conference

Siggraph Conferrnce

• siggraph (http://www.siggraph.org/)
• all siggraph papers (http://www.cs.brown.edu/~tor/)

Game developper Conference

• gdc (http://www.gdconf.org)
• nvdia slides and demos (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/gdc_2005_presentations.html)
• Ati papers (http://www.ati.com/developer/techpapers.html)

MainStream

• Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/)(MUST REGISTER)
• Gamedev (http://www.gamedev.net/)
• Flipcode (http://www.flipcode.com/)
• Game Developer Magazine (http://www.gdmag.com/)
• International Game Developers Association (http://www.igda.org/)
• Devmaster (http://www.devmaster.net)

Blogs

• Sinbad (http://www.stevestreeting.com/)
• Carmack (http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/johnc/Recent%20Updates)
• Brian Hook (http://www.bookofhook.com/)
• Gaffer (http://www.gaffer.org/gaffer)
• Gamegirl (http://www.gamegirladvance.com)
• Gamedev (http://www.gamedevblog.com)

Animation

• Walk Cycle (http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walks.shtml)

Shaders

• frustum Dx and GL source code shaders (http://frustum.org/3d/)
• humus Dx and GL source code shaders (http://esprit.campus.luth.se/~humus/3D/)
• Delphi shaders demo, bug shaders are language independant (http://www.delphi3d.net/index.php)
• Huge list of Cg shaders (http://www.cgshaders.org/shaders/)
• shaders competition source (http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?start=20&t=4386)
• shaders competition source (http://shadertech.com/contest/)

Terrain

• All on terrains (http://www.vterrain.org)
• Terrain rendering?: basics (http://home.planet.nl/%7Emonstrous/terrain.html)
• All about rendering landscape (http://gamemaker.webservis.ru/)
• Hierarchical Image Caching for Accelerated Walkthroughs of Complex Environments (http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/hic/)
• Terrain Texture Generator (http://www.delphigl.de/projects/terrtexgen.html)
• shadow caster (http://gljakal.altervista.org/shadowcaster.html)
• http://www.cambrianlabs.com/Mattias/Landscaper/
• A Real-Time Procedural Universe (http://home.comcast.net/%7Es-p-oneil/downloads.htm)
• Visibility.txt (http://www.cbloom.com/3d/techdocs/visibility.txt)
• grid raycast (http://www.cbloom.com/3d/techdocs/grid_sort_raycasts.txt)
• libnoise example: Complex planetary surface (http://libnoise.sourceforge.net/examples/complexplanet/index.html)
• planetrendering (http://www.math.uni-bremen.de/%7Ejusten/Mich/planetrendering_e.html)

Vegetation

Articles

• Image-Based Rendering of Vegetation in Real-Time (http://ai.fri.uni-lj.si/~aleks/slicing-and-blending/)
• Lighting Flat Objects (tree impostors) (http://www.drone.org/tutorials/lighting_flat_objects.html)

Sdk

• speedtree (http://www.idvinc.com/)

Artificial Intelligence

AI Links repositories

• Generation5 - Articles (http://www.generation5.org/articles.asp)
• GameDev.net -- AI (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=18)
• AI on the Web (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Erussell/ai.html)
• AngelCode.com - reference database (http://www.angelcode.com/refdb/default.asp?url=%2Frefdb%2Flist%2Easp%3Flist%3Dallrsrc%26description%3Dno)
• Game Research and Technology (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/games/)
• IGDA - AI SIG (http://www.igda.org/ai/)
• The Game AI Page (http://www.gameai.com/)
• aboutAI.net (http://www.aboutai.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=2&hotpages=coolpages.aspx)
• aboutAI.net (http://www.aboutai.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/MobileDefault.aspx)
• Generation5 - Competition (http://www.generation5.org/competition.asp)
• AI Center - Site Map (http://www.ai-center.com/sitemap.html)
• gameAI_news (http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/subscribe/gameai_news)

Sdk

• FEAR?:: Foundations for Genuine Game AI (http://fear.sourceforge.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=2&categories=FEAR+Framework&parent_id=0)
• MetaAgent, A Steering Behavior Template Library - Compiling Meta Agent (http://metaagent.sourceforge.net/index.php/CompilingMetaAgent)
• OpenSteer (http://opensteer.sourceforge.net/)
• OpenAI (http://openai.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html)

General Architectures Articles

• Half-life AI (http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/laird/game-seminar/Liden.ppt) (MUST READ)
• AI Horizon: Essays on Artificial Intelligence, from the Basics to the Advanced (http://www.aihorizon.com/essays/generalai/index.htm)
• AI Halo (http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/halo2-ai.htm/printable)
• Gamasutra - Features - Handling Complexity in the Halo 2 AI (http://www.gamasutra.com/gdc2005/features/20050311/isla_pfv.htm)
• Gamasutra -"Decision-based Gameplay Design" (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050321/sylvester_pfv.htm)
• Complete Game AI: Volume I (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article784.asp)
• Item Management Systems (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2163.asp)

PathFinding

• Terrain analysis on age of empire (http://www.gdconf.com/archives/2000/pottinger.doc) (MUST READ)
• AI terrain (http://www.cgf-ai.com/)
• Amit's A* Pages (http://theory.stanford.edu/%7Eamitp/GameProgramming/)
• An optimal pathfinder for vehicles in real-world digital terrain maps (http://www.student.nada.kth.se/%7Ef93-maj/pathfinder/5.html)
• Smart Moves: Intelligent Path Finding (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19990212/sm_01.htm)
• Toward More Realistic Pathfinding (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010314/pinter_01.htm)
• All FPS pathing problems in a presentation (http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~gfx/courses/2003/Animation.fall.03/Lectures/uyPathPlanning.ppt)
• 3d path (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20020405/smith_pfv.htm)
• C++ Group Pathfinding Basic Library and Test Tool (http://pathlib.hildebrand.cz/pathlib.html)

Group AI

• Boids (Flocks, Herds, and Schools: a Distributed Behavioral Model) (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/)
• Coordinated Unit Movement - Introduction (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19990122/movement_01.htm)
• Implementing Coordinated Movement (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19990129/implementing_01.htm)

Tactic

• Game AI and Tactical AI (http://www.cgf-ai.com/links.html)

Steering

• List?: steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/steer/)
• Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/papers/1999/gdc99steer.html)
• The Code Project - MetaAgent, a Steering Behavior Template Library - Libraries & Projects (http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/metaagent.asp?df=100&forumid=15462&exp=0&select=496031)

Rule-Based System (RBS)

• Rule-Based AI (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20041122/bourg_01.shtml)
• Rule-Based Systems and Identification Trees (http://ai-depot.com/Tutorial/RuleBased.html)

Neural Networks (NN)

• tensor (small NN) (http://www.oroboro.com/rafael/docserv.php?index=project&article=tensor)
• tensor neurals net (http://www.oroboro.com/rafael/project/tensor.html)
• Untrained Neural Net Class (http://www.flipcode.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?showThread=COTD-UntrainedNeuralNet&forum=cotd&id=-1)
• NN sample (http://www.kuenzle-family.ch/philippe/gl/SeniorProject.htm)

Fuzzy logic (FL)

• aiGuru.com (http://www.aiguru.com/fl.htm)
• bayesian systems... somewhere on generation 5 site.

Finite State Machine (FSM)

• FSM small (http://www.oroboro.com/rafael/docserv.php?entry_point=fsmlang)
• Visual Finite State Machine AI Systems (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20041118/gill_01.shtml)

Decision Tree (DT)

• generation5 - Binary Decision Tree implementation in C++ (http://www.generation5.org/content/2004/bdt-implementation.asp)

Emotion

• generation5 - VPI: Virtual Personality Interaction (http://www.generation5.org/content/2004/VPI.asp)

Lag

• Defeating Lag With Cubic Splines Or AI path moves Cells (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article914.asp)

Expert Systems

• Expert Systems (http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/expert.html)

Learning Systems

• AI character learning (http://web.media.mit.edu/%7Ebruce/whatsnew.html)

Network

Articles

• Design and Implementation of Networked Games (http://www.hut.fi/%7Ejmunkki/netgames/)
• Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010322/terrano_pfv.htm)
• NetCode q3Arena (http://www.planetquake.com/code3arena/tutorials/tutorial35.shtml)
• Unreal NetCode (http://unreal.epicgames.com/Network.htm)
• Introduction to Multiplayer Game Programming (http://www.bookofhook.com/Article/GameDevelopment/MultiplayerProgramming.html)
• Dead reckoning (http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Eagm/6760/)
• Gamasutra - Designing Secure, Flexible, and High Performance Game Network Architectures (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20041206/jenkins_pfv.htm)
• NAT and game servers (http://www.mindcontrol.org/%7Ehplus/nat.html)
• Simple NAT punch-through (http://www.mindcontrol.org/%7Ehplus/nat-punch.html)
• NAT and Peer-to-Peer Networking (http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/%7Edank/peer-nat.html)
• Why internet sucks (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19990903/lincroft_01.htm)
• Defeating Lag with Cubic Splines (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/cubicsplines/)
• GameSurge on netCode (http://www.gamesurge.com/)
  • Editorial (http://www.gamesurge.com/features/editorials/netcode.shtml),
  • Rebuttal (http://www.gamesurge.com/features/editorials/netcode_rebuttal.shtml)
  • Interview (http://www.gamesurge.com/pc/interviews/netcode.shtml)
• Using Groupings for Networked Gaming (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000621/aronson_01.htm)
• Using Groupings for Networked Gaming (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000621/aronson_01.htm)
• Closing the Loop on Scalable Network Gaming Backend Services (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000511/bernier_01.htm)
• It's the Latency, Stupid (http://rescomp.stanford.edu/%7Echeshire/rants/Latency.html)
• Latency and the Quest for Interactivity (http://www.bolo.net/cheshire/papers/LatencyQuest.html)

Sdk

• enet (http://enet.cubik.org/)
• Hawk Software - HawkNL (Hawk Network Library) (http://www.hawksoft.com/hawknl/)

Physics

Articles

• Simulation Theory Links (http://homepages.borland.com/efg2lab/Library/SimulationAndModeling.htm)
• Verlet Integration Source + code (http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/olivierrenault/)
• How to handle Timestep, Integration, Networks sync, etc. (http://69.55.229.29/articles/)
• Canonical Game Loop (http://www.mindcontrol.org/%7Ehplus/graphics/game_loop.html)
• Moving Beyond Ragdolls + demo. (http://www.mmandel.com/gdc)

Sdk

• OgreOde and ... (http://www.green-eyed-monster.com/)
• Open Dynamics Engine (http://opende.sourceforge.net/)
• Newton (http://physicsengine.com/)
• JigLib - rigid body physics engine (http://www.rowlhouse.co.uk/jiglib/index.html)
• CaleDyn (http://www.caledyn.com/)
• novodex (http://www.novodex.com/)
• mequon (http://www.mequon.com/)
• havok (http://www.havok.com/)
• Physic Processor Unit (hardware) (http://www.ageia.com/)

Sound

• Thief paper on sound and AI.

Visibility

• Harmless Algorithms?:
  • I - Fine Occlusion Culling Algorithms (http://www.flipcode.com/articles/harmless_issue01.shtml)
  • II - Scene Traversal Algorithms (http://www.flipcode.com/articles/harmless_issue02.shtml)
  • III - Design Patterns And 3D Gaming (http://www.flipcode.com/articles/harmless_issue03.shtml)
  • IV - A Hybrid Approach to Visibility (http://www.flipcode.com/articles/harmless_issue04.shtml)

• portals and mirrors (http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~luebke/publications/portals.html)
• Hierarchical Techniques for Visibility Computations (http://www.cgg.cvut.cz/~bittner/publications/diss_talk.pdf)
• Half-life realt-time visibility (http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?doc=1038660504-05211700)
• Virtuals occluders (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~yiorgos/publications/virtual_occluders00.pdf)
• Unified Occlusion Culling: Portals, Visibility Umbra, and HZB (http://www.andyc.org/articles/viewarticle.php?id=7)

Game Design Patterns

• gamepatterns (http://civ.idc.cs.chalmers.se/projects/gamepatterns/)
• The Case For Game Design Patterns (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20020313/kreimeier_01.htm)
• gamedesign wiki (http://www.ludism.org/gamedesign/)

Game Developpment

• Unit testing and game developpment (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050329/roken_pfv.htm)