Lab Resources

Hardware

• Desktops: P4 3.2GHz, 2GB RAM, GTX 960 video
• 12 Xbox360 controllers for Windows (w/ force feedback)
• 5 Logitech gamepads
• 1 set of portable speakers (stereo + woofer)
• 1 USB microphone
• Extension cords

Books

• Beginning Directx 11 Game Programming, Allen Sherrod
• Beginning Directx 9 Game Programming, Wendy Jones
• 3D Computer Graphics, Samuel Buss
• Game Engine Architecture, Jason Gregory
• Shader X 3-5, Wolfgang Engel
• GPU Gems 1-3
• Game Programming Gems 1-7
• Special Effects Game Programming with DirectX, Lamothe and McKuskey
• Managed DirectX 9 Kick Start: Graphics and Game Programming, Tom Miller
• DirectX 9 Programmable Graphics Pipeline, Kris Gray
• 3D Game Programming With Direct X 8.0, Clayton Crooks II
• 3DS Max 9 Bible, Kelly L. Murdock
• Maya 2 Character Animation, Vogel et al.
• Physics for Game Developers, David M. Bourg
• Programming Game AI by Example, Mat Buckland
• C++ for Game Programmers, Michael J. Dickheiser
• 3D Math Primer, Dunn and Parberry
• Programming Windows, 5th Edition, Charles Petzold
• Inside COM, Dale Rogerson
• Writing Solid Code, Steve Maguire
• Writing Secure Code, Howard and LeBlanc