How to Be a Game Developer

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How to Be a Game Developer David Weller Technical Evangelist .NET Developer Division Microsoft

I Want to Write Quake4!! The bad news you need to know: The good news Writing a Game is hard Writing a Great Game is really, really hard (and takes a LOT of money these days) Game Programmers make LESS money than business programmers And there’s fewer openings (1 game programming job per every 1000 “real” programming jobs) The good news Writing Games is fun and rewarding (usually) You job will always be “cooler” than other jobs

Gaming Jobs Game Programming involves a LOT of things: Scene Rendering, Network code, AI, Real-time control, etc. But there’s more to it than programming… Audio specialists (Music, Effects, Voices, etc.) Designer (Game layout, storyboarding, concept art) Graphics Art Business issues (Marketing, Sales, etc) Producing (the big “Honcho”)

What you need to know to be a Good Game Programmer Math 2D and 3D Graphics Techniques Physics Computer Science stuff (data structures, networking, languages, patterns, etc.)

Programming Languages C++ The “Big Kahuna” of Game Programming Languages VERY difficult to master, not a good starting point Java Commonly used for “applet” Games Not useful for large-scale games Visual Basic Easy beginners language Unpopular in the Gaming Community C# Great starting point for Game Programming Easy to shift to C++ when you need to

Microsoft Game Technologies .NET and GDI+: High-speed 2D graphics .NET and the DirectX Family Direct3D DirectInput (Including force-feedback joysticks) DirectAudio (included DirectSound and DirectMusic) DirectShow (video playback) DirectPlay (mutiplayer networking)

How Do I Start? International Game Developers Association (www.igda.org) is a great resource! Learn to “walk” before you try to “run” Look at how games are implemented Think about what makes a game fun Read about new ideas, Write Code that implements it, Play it. Repeat forever 

Starting Points Tetris! Breakout, Artillery, Asteroids, Tank Wars Collision detection and User Interaction basics Breakout, Artillery, Asteroids, Tank Wars Game physics Pac-Man Multiple, simple AIs Mario-brothers-style side-scrollers Moving entities, gamefield, player, etc. Terrarium Competitive AI Remember: 3D is like 2D with another dimension!

Web Resources International Game Developers Assoc. IGDA For Students www.igda.org IGDA For Students http://www.igda.org/breakingin/home.htm GamaSutra www.gamasutra.com Game Developer www.gamedev.net Mainfunction.com .NET Game of the Month http://students.mainfunction.com/Apply/GameOfTheMonth/

Recommended Books Beginners Intermediate Advanced .NET Game Programming with DirectX 9.0 Intermediate Physics for Game Developers Mathematics for Computer Graphics Applications Advanced 3D Game Engine Design Microsoft DirectX 9 Programmable Graphics Pipeline