Development Resources

This is a collection of useful development resources. Things that will make developing easier.

Documenation

• Math and Physics
  • Quaternions
    • ​Some articels about Quaternions from ​Gamedev.
    • ​a usefull SDL example on the ​gametutorials page.
  • Vectors
    • ​Some articels about Vectors

• Graphics
  • Fonts
    • ​a survey about pros/cons of diffrent font solutions
    • ​sfont library - probably the place to go...
    • ​sfont creation with gimp
    • ​using ttf files, code snippet
    • ​OpenGL Programming Guide
    • ​OpenGL and SDL Tutorials (how to set up OpenGL)
    • ​Good Tutorial about different OpenGL Features
  • Animations
    • ​3DS animations, Q2 Animations, Q3 Animations
    • ​great tuto, that covers everything

• Sound
  • SDL_Mixer
    • ​SDL_Mixer Tutorial
    • ​SDL_mixer Documentation

• Game specific stuff
  • HUD
    • ​HUD drawing tips, glOrtho
  • Collision Detection
    • ​2D collision detection for jump'n'run
    • ​terrain collision detection - Level of Detail

• Data Formats
  • ​Quake3 Map File Specs

• Usefull containers of all kind of informations:
  • ​Gamedev - general game programming
  • ​NEHE articles - general openGL programming
  • ​gametutorials