3D Game Programming All In One

This book is entirely on how to do games using Torque using the Torque Script which is basically very similar to C/C++.

It goes through set up, network play, loading models, creating terrains, 3d movement of the character, collision detection, creating the gui, loading levels.

This is great if you want an easy introduction to using a proper game engine. It also goes into reasonable depth on creating the art for Torque - milkshape for character modelling and animation, making vehicles and guns, paint shop pro for textures, quark for buildings/structures, creating terrains.

Most of the examples you write build up into a game towards the end. I would strongly recommend this book if:

1)You are a c/c++ programmer and have done a bit of game programming and want to get started using a proper engine

2)You don't want to re-invent the wheel and want to use a game engine with built in networking and other common features

3)an artist who wants an intro into setting up art to use in a game engine so you can team up with a programmer to help do your game.

If you use all the Torque features you will be saving yourself years of programming - imagine doing networking for games from scratch ? Doing animation from scratch ? Guis? Level editor ? All of the above ? etc etc

I would not recommend this book if you want to program games but haven't got c/c++ or good programming skills as it may seem a bit steep. Or if you're an artist and think you can get a game done using Torque without needing a programmer.

So to summarise this is a useful, helpful intro to using Torque.

Torque will save you years of development if you want to do a multilevel multiuser game. Not everything is covered though - AI is not covered nor can I work out from reading this how you could put AI into the game - I think that is covered by the next book "Advanced 3d game programming all in one".

Also, it gives a good intro in how to use the arts tools to create characters. This should be enough for programmers to understand the issues an artist may have. It should also be enough for artists to get started. However, if I were you I'd focus your efforts on one or the other, make friends with someone who can do the other parts as doing the programming and arts is too much for one person in reality.

I wish I had used it now - I've been doing hobbyist games for 3 years now - this would have saved me about 18 months of these three years as I always ended up having to re-invent common gaming solutions.

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