CMPS 164 Links

• Other Institutes and Classes:
  • Digipen showcase
  • GamePipe USC
  • Roger Crawfis' class
  • Previous CMPS 164 class
  • Link to CMPS 146 Class (Game AI)

• Modeling programs:
  • 3D studio max ,
  • Milkshape,
  • VRML builders, ...

• Game Engines and Components:
  • Wild Magic Game Engine
  • OpenAL

• Books:
  • Level of Detail for 3D Graphics -- includes 3d and terrain models, source code, tools, and more
  • Links to Game AI books
  • OpenGL Shading Language

• Game Engine Databases:
  • Game Programming Wiki
  • DevMaster

• Animation/Physics:
  • WinSpringies

• Shadows:
  • Nvidia notes on shadow rendering, GDC 2002 Robust Shadow Volumes
  • Carmack on shadow volumes
  • More explanation with visualization of shadow volume algorithm
  • Shadow mapping
  • Soft shadows, with pixel shaders

• MoCap Data:
  • Free downloads from animazoo
  • CMU mocap database

• Goodies:
  • Perlin's Procedural Textures
  • Mcguire's Steep Parallax Mapping,
  • ROAM -- terrain rendering
  • Surface simplification with quadric error metrics

• Oldies but Goodies: Sample Game Design Paper