Software Engineering for Game Developers

John P. Flynt - Collection Course Technology

862 pages, parution le 16/12/2004

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Résumé

"Software Engineering for Game Developers" is a unique guide-a toolbox for effectively building a computer game using practices that are fostered by software engineering. Examine each major phase of the software engineering lifecycle of an actual game and its developers and gather the tools you need to organize your programming into proper engineering patterns. This book documents a comprehensive development process that started from a set of requirements. This process guided the development team to consistently design and implement a game according to these requirements, staying within budget and delivering the game on time. The tools provided within this book are a valuable resource for software developers in any area-game software development professionals, game producers and designers, testers, writers, artists, and educators.

Features

"If any game, small or large, is to be effectively developed, maintained, or modified, it requires use of sound software engineering. This is the book to show you the way." -Robert D. Aron, Ph.D., Director of new product development and chair of the game programming curriculum committee, DeVry University
Abundant C++ code that illustrates how different UML schematics are implemented. Ideal for those who want to learn UML.
Three C++ game frameworks show the strengths and weaknesses of functional, object-oriented, and patterned approaches to development.
An ideal introdcution to requirements gathering for developers and analysts, the book employs a step-by-step requirements approach using use-case analysis, CRCs, and scenarios as applied to games.
Templates for requirements, design, testing, error-tracking, and other documents included.

Sommaire

Getting into the Game
Requirements-Getting the Picture
A Tutorial: UML and Object-Oriented Programming
Software Design-Much Ado About Something
Old Is Good-The Library Approach
Object-Oriented Fantasies and Realities
P Is for Pattern
Risk Analysis
Iterating Design
Control Freaks and Configuration Management
Evident Evil-The Art of Testing
Numbers for Nabobs
What People Do-Development Strategies
Practice, Practice, Practice
Team Work
Process Improvement
Release Planning and Management
Documentation-Learning How to Learn
Philosophy of Software Engineering and Game Development
A: Installation and Setup
B: Working with Files
C: Source Control
D: Software Engineering and Game Design Documentation
E: Web Resources

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Thomson
Auteur(s)	John P. Flynt
Collection	Course Technology
Parution	16/12/2004
Nb. de pages	862
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1760g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781592001552
ISBN13	978-1-59200-155-2