MSc Computer Games & Entertainment

Indicative Readings

• “Game Programming Gems,” Vol. 1-6, Mark DeLoura, 2000-6.
• “Massively Multiplayer Game Development,” (vols. 1 & 2), T. Alexander, 2005.
• “Death March,” E. Yourdon, 2nd ed., 2003 ( www.yourdon.com ).
• “Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risks on Software Projects,” T. Demarco & T. Lister, 2003.
• “Computational Geometry,” M. Overmars & O. Schwarzkopf, 2nd rev. ed., 2000.
• “Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach,” D. Ebert et al., 3rd ed., 2002.
• “The Animator’s Survival Kit,” R. Williams, 2002.
• “Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art,” S. McCloud, 1994.
• “Creating Emotion in Games: The Craft and Art of Emotioneering,” D. Freedman, 2003.
• “3D Game Engine Design,” D. Eberly, 2006.
• “3D Game Engine Architecture,” D. Eberly, 2005.
• Graphics Gems Series, http://www.graphicsgems.org/
• GPU Gems Series, http://developer.nvidia.com/object/gpu_gems_home.html
• ShaderX series, W. Engel.
• “Agent-Based Software Development,” M. Luck, R. Ashri & M. d’Inverno, 2004.
• AI Game Programming Wisdom series, S. Rabin, 2002-6.
• “Creating Music and Sound for Games,” G. W. Childs, 2006.
• “Fundamentals of Audio & Video Programming for Games,” P. Turcan & M. Wasson, 2003.
• “Real-Time Collision Detection,” C. Ericson, 2004.
• “Game Physics,” D. Eberly, 2003.
• “Effective C++,” 3rd edition, S. Myers, 2005.
• “More Effective C++,” S. Myers, 1996.
• “Effective STL,” S. Myers, 2001.
• “C++ Coding Standards,” Stutter & Alexandrescu, 2004.
• “Exceptional C++,” Stutter, 2004.
• “Code Complete,” 2rd rev. ed., S. McConnell, 2004.
• “Peopleware,” 2nd ed., T. DeMarco, 1999.
• “Software project Survival Guide,” S.McConnell, 1997.
• “Professional software development,” S.McConnell, 2003.
• "Beyond the C++ Standard Library -- an intro. to Boost," B. Karlsson, 2006.
• "Mathematics for 3D game programming & Computer Graphics," E. Lengyel, 2nd edition, 2003.
• "3D Math Primer for Games & Graphics Development," F. Dunn & I. Parberry, 2002.