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Teach yourself game-programming in 21 days

by André LaMothe · first published 1994

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  • perpil · Dec 4, 2022 · Recommends

    Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days https://a.co/d/bYPxBpw was an earlier book of his and it was a really good introduction the concepts necessary to build 2D games. I doubt I'd be half the programmer I am today if I hadn't pored over it.…

    on “Game Engine Black Book: Doom [pdf]” ↗
  • tibbon · Sep 3, 2023 · Mentions

    …and in that time I learned so much about pedology, how I often learn, how others learn, and that I can't always assume the way I learn will be appropriate for others, particularly in text format. I had Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days, by Andre LaMothe when I was an early teen. I made repeated attempts at learning game programming with it, finding only failure each time. Maybe I wasn't cut out for programming? I put it away, and went…

    on “Build Your Own Flight SIM in C++” ↗

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