C++ Programming For Unreal Game Development Training - Australia

C++ Programming for Unreal Game Development Training Course Outline

Module 1: Basic 2D Graphic

• Color Buffer
• Double Buffering
• Implementing Basic 2D Graphics
• Drawing Walls, a Ball, and a Paddle

Module 2: Updating the Game

• Real-Time and Game Time
• Logic as a Function of Delta Time
• Updating the Paddle’s Position
• Updating the Ball’s Position

Module 3: Game Objects

• Types of Game Objects
• Game Object Models
• Integrating Game Objects into the Game Loop

Module 4: Sprites

• Loading Image Files
• Drawing Sprite
• Animating Sprites

Module 5: Vectors

• Getting a Vector between Two Points: Subtraction
• Scaling a Vector: Scalar Multiplication
• Combining Two Vectors: Addition
• Determining a Distance: Length
• Determining Directions: Unit Vectors and
• Normalisation
  • Converting from an Angle to a Forward Vector
  • Converting a Forward Vector to an Angle
• Arctangent
  • Determining the Angle between Two Vectors: Dot
• Product
  • Calculating a Normal: Cross Product

Module 6: Newtonian Physics

• Linear Mechanics Overview
• Computing Positions with Euler Integration
• Issues with Variable Time Steps

Module 7: State Machine Behaviours

• Designing a State Machine
• Basic State Machine Implementation
• States as Classes

Module 8: Pathfinding

• Graphs
• Breadth-First Search
• Heuristics
• Greedy Best-First Search
• A* Search
• Dijkstra’s Algorithm
• Following a Path
• Other Graph Representations

Module 9: Initialising OpenGL

• Setting Up the OpenGL Window
• The OpenGL Context and Initialising GLEW
• Rendering a Frame

Module 10: Matrices and Transformations

• Matrix Multiplication
• Transforming a Point by Using a Matrix
• Transforming to World Space, Revisited
• Adding World Transforms to Actor
• Transforming from World Space to Clip Space
• Updating Shaders to Use Transform Matrices

Module 11: Drawing 3D Meshes

• Transforming to Clip Space, Revisited
• Out with the Painter’s Algorithm, in with Z Buffering
• The Basic Mesh Shader
• The Mesh Component Class

Module 12: 3D Positional Audio

• Setting Up a Basic Listener
• Adding Positional Functionality to Sound Event
• Creating an Audio Component to Associate Actors with Sound Events

• The Listener in a Third-Person Game
• The Doppler Effect

Module 13: Controller Input

• Enabling a Single Controller
• Buttons
• Analog Sticks and Triggers
• Filtering Analog Sticks in Two Dimensions
• Supporting Multiple Controllers

Module14: Intersection Tests

• Contains Point Tests
• Bounding Volume Tests
• Line Segment Tests
• Dynamic Objects

Module 15: Implementing Skeletal Animation

• Drawing with Skinning Vertex Attributes
• Loading a Skeleton
• Loading the Animation Data
• The Skinning Vertex Shader
• Updating Animations

Module 16: Rendering to Textures

• Creating the Texture
• Creating a Framebuffer Object
• Rendering to a Framebuffer Object
• Drawing the Mirror Texture in the HUD