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"Data Structures for Game Programmers" replaces endless pages of boring text with exciting gaming technology and eye-catching graphics. The complex subject of data structures is made easy to understand and fun to learn. Start with an explanation of how the most popular data structures and algorithms work. Then you're on your way as you create your own! From simple arrays and bit vectors to intense binary tree graphs and hash tables, this book covers it all. It even tackles the algorithms used for sorting, searching, compression, and recursion. Plus, you will actually see each concept put into practice through interactive graphical demonstrations included on the CD!
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- Series: Premier Press Game Development
- Paperback: 976 pages
- Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade; 1 edition (November 25, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1931841942
- ISBN-13: 978-1931841948
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
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Publishing a book on data structures and algorithms isn't an easy task, because there's no computer science genre that's got as much of a pedigree. With titles ranging from a dozen good college textbooks to Sedgewick's five-volume _Algorithms_ series to Knuth's dense and eternally-unfinished _Art of Computer Programming_ series, any new book on data structures and algorithms is facing some serious competition. When I learned that Ron Penton, a newcomer to the programming book scene, was entering the foray with _Data Structures for Game Programmers_, I was skeptical. Could a book explaining the deep subject of data structures and algorithms written by someone with comparatively little experience in programming hold its own against books written by lifelong academics?Unfortunately, that answer is "not really". While _Data Structures for Game Programmers_ does a reasonable job of explaining the data structures and algorithms that are necessary for games, the book suffers from serious organization problems and a lack of depth.
The book does cover the expected basics and follows the standard format, with a chapter on arrays, a chapter on linked lists, a chapter on binary trees, a chapter on stacks & queues, etc. These are covered reasonably well, showing how the structures are represented, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and how to code them. The book does try to distinguish itself from a standard college data structures textbook in two ways. First, each data structure and algorithm includes an interactive example program on the included CD. These examples are very well done and are an excellent way to see constructs "in action". Second, the example programs are all game-oriented, mostly involving a Zelda/Ultima style adventure game.
Let me be frank; I HATE DATA STRUCTURES. They are BORING. I'm a sophomore in a Computer Science program, and I've just finished taking a data structures course, and I barely passed it. All college Data Structure books are written for people who like to read extremely boring mathematical proofs, and I can't read that stuff. So, a friend of mine told me to get this book, so I got it on sale, and boy, I am glad.I've bought Prima/Premier books before, and they are usually good, but also disappointing because the first 40% of the book is always an introduction on things like "a complete tutorial on direct3d" or something. Well this book is different: it gets RIGHT TO THE POINT, IMMEDIATELY. The first two chapters are ALL of the intro material (algorithm analysis and templates), then Chapter 3 jumps right into the data structures!
Okay, so arrays may seem to be a bit simplistic, so I skipped that chapter at first. The later chapters in the book are more interesting, but then I noticed in a later chapter, a reference to a complex issue in the array chapter (processor caching). So I went back and and re-read that chapter, and WHOA! He literally shows you EVERYTHING there is to know about arrays, even complex stuff like caching that a normal data structures book would never even touch!
This book is amazing; and covers TONS of topics. There's no TOC listed at this site yet, so here's a list of what it's got: Arrays, 2D Arrays, 3D Arrays, Bitvectors, Linked Lists, Hash Tables, Stacks, Queues, Recursion, Trees, Binary Trees, Heaps, Minimax trees, Graphs, AI Machines, Data Sorts, Compression Algorithms, Pathfinding (BEST CHAPTER!), and he even goes over the creation of a simple 2D game and complete map editor for it.
Every chapter is packed full of diagrams and figures, notes, and demo's.
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