Viridian Games

The professional blog of Anthony Salter, game programmer.

Game Coding Complete, Third Edition

After I mentioned Mike McShaffry’s Game Coding Complete in an earlier post, a lot of people were complaining that the only copies they could get were used ones for $100 or more.

Well, despair no longer! Not only is the book available again, it’s in a spiffy new edition. This time, Mr. Mike has collaborated with other programmer/writers on various subjects. It’s almost like an edition of Game Programming Gems, but it covers game engine creation from the ground up.

And Amazon currently has it for less than $40.

If only I weren’t completely broke…

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2 Comments so far

  1. Sol_HSA June 3rd, 2009 2:13 am

    Hm. I have the first edition of the book. I don’t think I ever read it through..

    Of course, it’s possible that the later editions are drastically better.

  2. Viridian June 3rd, 2009 2:41 pm

    The second edition was much better than the first, and covered lots of subjects that the first did not. Since I haven’t read the third one, I can’t say if its better than the second, but I’d be willing to bet that it is.

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