Table Of ContentDirectX 11.1 Game
Programming
A step-by-step guide to creating 3D applications and
interactive games in Windows 8
Pooya Eimandar
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
DirectX 11.1 Game Programming
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Credits
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About the Author
Pooya Eimandar was born on January 07, 1986. He graduated with a degree in
Computer Science and Hardware Engineering from Shomal University and has been
programming mainly in DirectX and OpenGL since 2002.
His main research interests are GPU-programming, image processing, parallel
computing, and game developing.
Since 2010, he has been leading a game engine team for a company Bazipardaz,
working on their latest titles for Xbox 360 and PC. You can find more information
about this at http://persianengine.codeplex.com/.
I thank God for every moment of my life.
I would like to thank the staff at Packt Publishing, in particular
Yogesh Dalvi and Amigya Khurana, and thanks a million to the
technical reviewers for their valuable suggestions.
Also, I would like to thank Amir Sarabadani, Seyed Mohammad
Hossein Mayboudi, and Simin Vatandoost for their valuable support
while editing the book.
I would also like to thank my colleagues at Bazipardaz, and finally
my family for their love and support.
Your feedback is valuable to me, so never hesitate to contact me. You
can find me at http://www.Pooya-Eimandar.com.
About the Reviewers
Doron Feinstein is a Senior Graphics Programmer at Rockstar Games and is the
author of the book HLSL Development Cookbook published by Packt Publishing.
After working with simulations for a number of years, he decided to switch to an
exciting career in the games industry. Max Payne 3 and All Points Bulletin (APB)
are among some of the titles Doron has worked on commercially.
Stephan Hodes has been working as a Game Engine programmer for almost 15
years while GPUs made the transition from fixed function pipeline to programmable
shader hardware. During this time, he worked on a number of games released for
PC as well as for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Since he joined AMD as a Developer Relations Engineer in 2011, he has worked
with a number of European developers on optimizing their technology to take full
advantage of the processing power that the latest GPU hardware provides.
He is currently living with his wife and son in Berlin, Germany.
Vinjn Zhang is an enthusiastic Software Engineer. His main interests in
programming include game development, graphics shader writing, human-
computer interaction, and computer vision. He has translated two technical books
into Chinese, one for the processing language and one for OpenCV.
Vinjn Zhang has worked for several game production companies including Ubisoft
and 2K Games. He is currently working as a GPU Architect for NVIDIA, where
he gets the chance to see the secrets of GPU. Besides his daily work, he is an active
github user. He tries to make every piece of code open source. His website is also an
open source repositoryVisit his website http://vinjn.github.io/.
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Dedicated to my mother
