Welcome to Game Coding Complete, Fourth Edition, the newest edition of the essential, hands-on guide to developing commercial-quality games. Written by two veteran game programmers, the book examines the entire game development process and all the unique challenges associated with creating a game. In this excellent introduction to game architecture, you'll explore all the major subsystems of modern game engines and learn professional techniques used in actual games, as well as Teapot Wars, a game created specifically for this book. This updated fourth edition uses the latest versions of DirectX and Visual Studio, and it includes expanded chapter coverage of game actors, AI, shader programming, LUA scripting, the C# editor, and other important updates to every chapter. All the code and examples presented have been tested and used in commercial video games, and the book is full of invaluable best practices, professional tips and tricks, and cautionary advice.

Mike McShaffry，在遊戲界眾人皆知的"Mr. Mike"，參加瞭創世紀7、8、9和UO（網絡創世紀）的開發和項目管理工作。Mike的遊戲開發經驗以非凡的方式覆蓋瞭整個領域。當團隊隻有十來個人時他就在那裏，然後經曆瞭20、30、50人的團隊階段。他經曆過創業，也為業界最大的發行商工作過，開發過從“傳統”到絕對“非傳統”的遊戲——從《創世紀》到Blackjack，單機、多人、在綫、離綫等你能夠想到的任何東西。對於PC遊戲，他能以每種權威身份發言——程序員、設計師、項目主管、開發主管、工作室領導……