Teaching 3D Computer Game Programming
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While ten years ago a single game designer simply needed passion, motivation, programming knowledge and a lot of time to develop his own computer game, the production process for modern software title has evolved to a complex software engineering project, developed by a team of several dozen specialists funded by a multi-million dollar investment. In fact, most founders of gaming companies are self made men, as well as most of the staff of a game company. Hardly any artist, programmer or designer does have a specific background in game design. Despite the tremendous growth of the game development industry, there are only very few education facilities offering a curriculum for game developers.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002