Cross-Platform Game Programming with gameplay3d/Links to other useful resources

gameplay3d

The official gameplay3d website (which has links to a wiki, API reference, forums and the github repository) can be found at:

• http://www.gameplay3d.org/

For a very useful talk by the creators of gameplay3d, which covers many of gameplay3d's architectural design choices, go to:

• http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1018088/Developing-Cross-Platform-Mobile-Games

3D graphics

Udacity has an excellent course on "Interactive 3D Graphics" at:

• https://www.udacity.com/course/cs291

OpenGL/GLSL

For an introduction to modern (i.e. shader-based rather than fixed-pipeline) OpenGL, try:

• SIGGRAPH University : "An Introduction to OpenGL Programming"

• Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming

• Tutorials for modern OpenGL (3.3+)

• http://open.gl/

You can experiment with GLSL fragment shaders (and learn a few tricks from the experts) at:

• https://www.shadertoy.com/

• https://glsl.heroku.com/

Do note, however, that many of the techniques used in these shaders are too computationally expensive for real-time use in games. Nevertheless, they can be useful for getting to grips with the GLSL language.

C++

A thorough and easy-to-follow C++ tutorial can be found at:

• http://www.learncpp.com/

Lua

The "Getting Started" page on the official Lua website can be found at:

• http://www.lua.org/start.html

For a very brief introduction, try:

• http://tylerneylon.com/a/learn-lua/

3D models

• http://archive3d.net - 15,000+ free models from archive 3d
• http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ - Google's 3d warehouse repository
• https://www.yobi3d.com - 3D model search engine with previews in 3D
• http://free3dbase.com/ - furniture models without registering
• http://artist-3d.com/ - wide variety of free models
• http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/ - all kinds of free models from the space program
• http://www.3dm3.com/modelsbank/ - around 300 free models