munificent/game-programming-patterns
Game Programming Patterns
This project is a game programming design patterns reference and software engineering guide. It provides a collection of architectural and structural patterns specifically applied to the development of video games, focusing on organizing game loops, entity component systems, and state management.
The content is delivered as a digital book and markdown static site. It utilizes a static site generation workflow that transforms markdown source files and HTML templates into structured static pages for technical content publishing.
The underlying system includes capabilities for static site compilation and automated page updates through file-system event monitoring.
Features
- Game Programming - Serves as a comprehensive architectural guide covering game loops, entity component systems, and state management patterns.
- Game Development Books - Delivers a digital book teaching software design patterns and code organization techniques for game development.
- Design Pattern References - Provides a reference for learning game-specific design patterns like game loops and ECS.
- Entity Component Systems - Documents the entity component system pattern for composing game objects from reusable parts.
- Composition Patterns - Documents the component pattern for composing game objects from reusable parts.
- Game Loops - Provides a dedicated reference for coordinating time, input, and rendering cycles in game loops.
- Game State Management - Describes state machines for managing transitions between game phases like menus and gameplay.
- Component Patterns - Documents the component pattern for organizing game objects without deep inheritance.
- Static-Site-Based Documentation - Compiles game programming patterns into structured technical documentation pages via a markdown-based static site.
- Frame Caches - Describes caching frequently used data to avoid expensive recomputation each frame.
- Game Event Queues - Describes an event queue pattern for decoupling game systems asynchronously.
- Collision Optimization - Explains spatial partitioning as an optimization for collision detection in games.
- Spatial Optimization - Explains spatial partitioning to optimize collision detection in game worlds.
- Decoupling Patterns - Explains how to decouple game systems using asynchronous event queues.
- Game State Machines - Describes state machines for managing game state transitions like menus and gameplay.
- Outils de développement - Offers architectural insights into game code to assist in reverse engineering.
- Software Engineering Books - Patterns for game development and architecture.
