Game Engine Architecture, 2nd Edition

Foreword to the Second Edition

Games and computing are deeply intertwined. From the advent of the first digital computer game, Spacewar, in 1962, to the state-of-the-art gaming systems of the present day, the procedural aspects of games dovetail perfectly with the logical and mathematical nature of computers. Digital games beckon us toward a future world where systems thinking and the foundational literacies of interaction and programming promise a new era of human invention, discovery and imagination. This future is a complexone—we’re all going to need good guidebooks.

Let’s cut to the chase: In my opinion, this book is the best of its kind, and you’re lucky to have found it. It covers the huge field of game engine architecture in a succinct, ...