My game programming page contains information about platform-independent game programming topics, but when I actually write a game I need to combine that with platform-specific code. These days I use either PyGame, Java2D, or OpenGL. My favorite OpenGL resources over the last six months have been:

  • CodeSampler, which contains lots of examples of OpenGL code to do various things like textures, shaders, transparency, and lighting.
  • NeHe's Tutorials, which covers similar topics.
  • Gamedev.net OpenGL Articles, which includes a few random topics. Unfortunately most of the Graphics articles on GameDev are old and obsolete; they teach you how to implement algorithms that are already implemented in hardware these days.
  • FlipCode's Featured Articles cover many graphics-related topics but do not focus too much on OpenGL.

In addition, I've been reading Dave Eberley's Game Physics and Van Verth's Essential Mathematics for Games & Interactive Applications. These books are not primarily about graphics; they are about representing objects in 3D, manipulating them, etc. I also took a look at Stahler's Beginning Math and Physics for Game Programmers but didn't like it as much.

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– Amit – Saturday, August 20, 2005

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Anonymous wrote at November 15, 2005 9:30 PM

Amit,

I want to hire some people in this area. Please contact me and let me know if you are available, or can recommend some others to me. I am located in Alameda. I looked all over your website and was not able to find an email.

Thanks
Keith Copenhagen (KCopenhagen_AT_TotalImmersionSoftware.com)

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