Kašuba Lua Game Development Cookbook

Over 70 recipes that will help you master the elements and best practices required to build a modern game engine using Lua
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-84951-551-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch. The reader should know the basics of programming and using the Lua language. Knowledge of the C/C++ programming language is not necessary, but it's strongly recommended in order to write custom Lua modules extending game engine capabilities or to rewrite parts of the Lua code into a more efficient form. Algebra and matrix operations are required in order to understand advanced topics in Chapter 4, Graphics – Legacy Method with OpenGL 1.x-2.1 and Chapter 5, Graphics – Modern Method with OpenGL 3.0+. Sample demonstrations are coupled with binary libraries for Windows and Linux operating systems for convenience.What you will learn - Set up OpenGL graphics along with GLSL shaders
- Use lighting and graphical effects
- Create animated game characters using Box2D library
- Load and use textures, fonts, and 3D models
- Design and implement a graphical user interface
- Integrate simple Artificial Intelligence for pathfinding
- Implement networking support
- Use data structures in programming
Who this book is forThis book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kašuba, Mário

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering

Über Autor(innen)

Kašuba Mário :

Mário Kašuba achieved a master's degree in applied informatics at Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, where he used the Lua language in 3D robotics simulations and developed various multimedia applications along with a few computer games. Currently, he is the co-owner and chief information officer of an IT Academy company, while he also leads courses on C/C++, PHP, Linux, Databases, Typo3, Silverstripe CMS, VMware virtualization, and the Microsoft Windows Server operating system. He also works as the head web developer and system administrator for the web portal http://www.rodinka.sk/.