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Practical C++ Game Programming with Data Structures and Algorithms

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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2025

Last Updated in Sep 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835889862

Length 426 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Concepts

Game Design Data Structures and Algorithms

Authors (2):

Zhenyu George Li

Charles Shih-I Yeh

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Data Structure and Algorithm Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Gearing Up: C++ for Game Development

3. Data Structures in Action: Building Game Functionality

4. Algorithms Commonly Utilized in Game Development

5. Part 2: Graphics Algorithms in Practice

6. 2D Rendering and Effects

7. The Camera and Camera Controls

8. 3D Graphics Rendering

9. Rendering a 3D Game World

10. Part 3: Breathing Life into Your Games

11. Animating Your Characters

12. Building AI Opponents

13. Machine Learning Algorithms for Game AI

14. Part 4: Reflecting and Moving Forward

15. Continuing Your Learning Journey

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

17. Index

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Technical requirements

Before downloading/cloning the sample project, please refer to the technical requirements in Chapter 1.

All demos for data structures introduced in this chapter can be accessed in the GitHub project at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Practical-C-Game-Programming-with-Data-Structures-and-Algorithms/tree/main/Knight, specifically under these project names:

Project Name	Description
`Demo2a`	This project implements several different `Entity` classes to represent the player, enemy, and terrain.
`Demo2b`	This project demonstrates how to prevent actual array insertion and deletion when adding/removing entities.
`Demo2c`	This project demonstrates...

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Authors (2)

Zhenyu George Li

Zhenyu George Li

Zhenyu George Li is a passionate video game developer with over 18 years of experience as a software engineer. Currently a senior development consultant at Unity, George's journey began in college with Visual Basic, C/C++, DirectX, and GUI. He has contributed to commercial games like Halo Infinity, Magic Arena, Stela, Dead Rising 2, and more. With expertise spanning gameplay, AI, graphics, animation, networking, and UI, George also has six years of teaching experience, including Unreal Engine at Vancouver Film School.

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Charles Shih-I Yeh

Charles Shih-I Yeh

Charles Shih-I Yeh pursued his computer science studies at the University of Southern California before embarking on a career in the video game industry in the early 2000s. He has held various pivotal roles in game programming, including building proprietary game engines, crafting Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools to streamline production pipelines, and designing engaging gameplay mechanics alongside robust multiplayer and MMORPG tournament services. Charles is also passionate and committed to sharing expertise and insights by delivering lectures on game programming at several esteemed universities. He is also the author of two game design books as well as the official translator of several famous game programming books, such as Game Programming Gems 4, into his native language, Mandarin.

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