Game Developer Resources

AI

• Millington, Ian and Funge, John. 2009. Artificial Intelligence for Games. 2nd ed. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
• Rabin, Steve. 2013. Game AI Pro. CRC Press.
• Rabin, Steve. 2015. Game AI Pro 2. CRC Press.
• Rabin, Steve. 2017. Game AI Pro 3. CRC Press.

Decisionmaking

Automated Planning

• Nau, Dana. "Automated Planning: Theory and Practice". Department of Computer Science and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 2013.

Hierarchical Task Network Planning

• Humphreys, Troy. 2013. "Exploring HTN Planners Through Example". Game AI Pro 1. CRC Press.
• Nau, Dana. 2013. Pyhop. "A simple HTN planning system written in Python". Bitbucket.
• Nau, Dana. "Game Applications of HTN Planning with State Variables". Department of Computer Science and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 2013.
• Thompson, Tommy. 2016. "HTN Planning in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". AI and Games, YouTube.

Goal-Oriented Action Planning

• Conway, Chris, Higley, Peter and Jacopin, Eric. "Goal-Oriented Action Planning: Ten Years Old and No Fear!". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2015.
• Orkin, Jeff. n.d. "Goal-Oriented Action Planning (GOAP)". MIT.
• Thompson, Tommy. 2020. "Building the AI of F.E.A.R. with Goal Oriented Action Planning". Gamasutra.

Behavior Trees

• Thompson, Tommy. 2015. "The Behaviour Tree AI of Halo 2". AI and Games, YouTube.
• Thompson, Tommy. 2019. "Behaviour Trees: The Cornerstone of Modern Game AI". AI 101, AI and Games, YouTube.

Finite State Machines

• Thompson, Tommy. 2019. "The AI of Half-Life: Finite State Machines". AI 101, AI and Games, YouTube.

Monte Carlo Tree Search

• Thompson, Tommy. 2018. "Monte Carlo Tree Search". AI 101, AI and Games, YouTube.

Utility System

• Dicken, Luke, Dini, Dino and Dave Mark. "Architecture Tricks: Managing Behaviors in Time, Space, and Depth". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2013.
• Lewis, Mike and Mark, Dave. "Building a Better Centaur: AI at Massive Scale". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2015.
• Lewis, Mike. "Winding Road Ahead: Designing Utility AI with Curvature". AI summit, Game Developers Conference, 2018.
• Mark, Dave. 2009. Behavioral Mathematics for Game AI. Charles River Media.
• Mark, Dave and Dill, Kevin. "Improving AI Decision Modeling Through Utility Theory". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2010.
• Mark, Dave and Dill, Kevin. "Embracing the Dark Art of Mathematical Modeling in AI". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2012.

Navigation

• Thompson, Tommy. 2018. "How A Navigation Mesh Works in 3D Games". AI 101, AI and Games, YouTube.

Procedural Content Generation

• Sturtevant, Nathan, Smith, Gillian and Togelius, Julian. "Making Things Up: The Power and Peril of PCG". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2015.
• Coleman, Tyler, et al. "PCG Shotgun: 6 Techniques for Leveraging AI in Content Generation". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2017.

Art

Texturing

Physically Based Rendering

• McDermott, Wes. 2018. PBR Guide. Adobe.

Trim Sheets

• Olsen, Morten. "The Ultimate Trim: Texturing Techniques of Sunset Overdrive". Visual Arts, Game Developers Conference, 2015.
• Simpson, Tim. 2019. "Planning & Creating Trim Sheets For Games - Trim Texture Tutorial Part 1". Polygon Academy, YouTube.
• Simpson, Tim. 2019. "Sculpting Trim Sheets in ZBrush - Trim Texture Tutorial Part 2". Polygon Academy, YouTube.
• Simpson, Tim. 2019. "Trim Sheets in Substance Painter: Normal Map Baking + Smart Materials - Trim Texture Tutorial Part 3". Polygon Academy, YouTube.
• Simpson, Tim. 2019. "Quick and Easy Trim Sheet UV Mapping Tips -Trim Texture Tutorial Part 4". Polygon Academy, YouTube.

Audio

Music

• Phillips, Winifred. 2014. A Composer's Guide to Game Music. MIT Press.
• Phillips, Winifred. "From 'Assassin's Creed' to 'The Dark Eye': The Importance of Themes". Audio, Game Developers Conferance, 2020.

Design

• Salen, Katie and Zimmerman, Eric. 2004. Rules of Play - Game Design Fundamentals. MIT Press.

Level Design

• Burgess, Joel. "Skyrim's Modular Approach to Level Design". 2013.
• Burgess, Joel. "Level Design in a Day: How We Used Iterative Level Design to Ship Skyrim and Fallout 3". Production, Game Developers Conference, 2014.
• Burgess, Joel. "Level Design in a Day: How Modding Made Bethesda Better". Production, Game Developers Conference, 2015.
• Burgess, Joel and Purkeypile, Nathan. "'Fallout 4's' Modular Level Design". Visual Arts, Game Developers Conference, 2016.
• Rogers, Scott. "Everything I Learned About Level Design I Learned from Disneyland". Game Design, Game Developers Conference, 2009.

Narrative

Narrative Generation

• Cardona-Rivera, Rogelio and Martens, Chris. "Procedural Narrative Generation". Game Narrative Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2017.
• Kline, Daniel, Mateas, Michael and Short, Emily. "AI and Interactive Storytelling: How We Can Help Each Other". AI Summit, Game Developers Conference, 2010.
• Storybricks. (2012) "Storybricks Alpha Gameplay". Storybricks, YouTube.
• Storybricks. (2014) "Storybricks Engine demo (Vienna Game AI conference)". Storybricks, YouTube.
• Szczepanski, Leszek. "Building Non-linear Narratives in 'Horizon: Zero Dawn'". Game Narrative Summit, Game Developers Conferance, 2017.

Programming

• Engel, Wolfganag. 2018. GPU Pro 360 Guide to 3D Engine Design. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Gregory, Jason. 2018. Game Engine Architecture. 3rd ed. CRC Press.
• Nystrom, Robert. 2014. Game Programming Patterns. Genever Benning.

Physics

• van den Bergen, Gino. 2003. Collision Detection in Interactive 3D Environments. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
• Ericson, Christer. 2004. Real-Time Collision Detection. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
• Millington, Ian. 2006. Game Physics Engine Development. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Rendering

• Akenine-Möller, Tomas. 2018. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2018. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Geometry Manipulation. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2018. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Image Space. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2018. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Lighting. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2018. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Rendering. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2018. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Shadows. A K Peters/CRC Press.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2017. GPU Zen: Advanced Rendering Techniques.
• Engel, Wolfgang. 2018. GPU Zen 2: Advanced Rendering Techniques.
• Zink, Jason. 2011. Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11. A K Peters/CRC Press.