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PRIMER
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Your role is to act as an expert at reading the information provided by the user and giving the most
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In your responses to enterprise users, prioritize clarity, trustworthiness, and appropriate formality.
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DOKUMENTATION
„Mehr Transparenz – mehr Kundennähe“
Im Auftrag des xyz, 9. April 2020
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Die Dokumentation unterliegt einer Schutzgebühr in Höhe von 400 Euro (zzgl. MwSt.).
KONTAKT
UNTERNEHMEN
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1.
Zahlen und Fakten zur Studie
5
2.
Fazit
7
3.
Gesamtergebnis
8
4.
Die besten Unternehmen
12
5.
Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
15
Beratungskompetenz
16
Lösungsqualität
18
Kommunikationsqualität
19
Qualität des Umfelds
20
Wartezeiten und Erreichbarkeit
21
Zusatzservices
22
Beratungserlebnis
23
Angebot
24
6.
Methodik
25
Anhang
34
Seite
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Stärken
◼
Kundenfragen im Möbelhaus mit wenigen
Ausnahmen korrekt sowie zumeist struk-
turiert beantwortet (in 98,1% bzw. 80,0%
der Tests)
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Inhaltlich verständliche Auskünfte in
85,0% der Beratungen
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76,9% der Gespräche mit individuellem
Bezug
◼
Souveräne Beratungen in 80,6% der
Testfälle
5. Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
Beratungskompetenz
Schwächen
◼
Unvollständige Auskünfte in 27,5% der
Beratungen
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Personal im Möbelhaus mit sehr gutem Fachwissen: Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen wurden
die Fragen der Kunden richtig beantwortet. Sämtliche Mitarbeiter wiesen hinsichtlich der
Pflege eines geölten Esstisches darauf hin, dass dieser regelmäßig nachgeölt werden
sollte und beim Reinigen auf eine sparsame Verwendung von Wasser zu achten ist. Die
Fachverkäufer gaben außerdem in knapp 98 Prozent der Beratungen richtig an, dass ein
Schreibtischstuhl bei Nutzung auf Laminatboden besondere Rollen benötigt. Ein Mitarbei-
ter führte fälschlicherweise aus, dass nur bei Teppich spezielle Rollen nötig seien.
Weshalb es Matratzen in verschiedenen Härtegraden gibt, erläuterte fast 97 Prozent des
Fachpersonals in den entsprechenden Beratungen korrekt.
◼
Die Auskünfte der Mitarbeiter zu den vorgebrachten Anliegen der Kunden waren nicht
immer umfassend. Die speziellen Eigenschafften eines Boxspringbettes konnten immerhin
knapp 80 Prozent der Angestellten nennen. Merkmale, auf die beim Kauf eines geeigneten
Schreibtischstuhls für längeres Sitzen zu achten sei, erläuterten hingegen über 29 Prozent
der Mitarbeiter nur lückenhaft. Auch die Frage, was bei der Wahl eines passenden
Esstisches beachtet werden sollte, stellte viele Berater vor eine Herausforderung: Mehr als
35 Prozent der Angestellten gaben hierzu keine ausführlichen Antworten und gingen zu
selten auf die Merkmale der Tische wie etwa Material (z.B. Widerstandsfähigkeit, Pflege),
Form (z.B. Funktion, Platzierung im Raum) oder Stil (z.B. Höhe; Passung zur Einrichtung)
ein.
5. Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
Beratungskompetenz – Rollenspiele
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Stärken
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Überaus freundliche Mitarbeiter in den Be-
ratungen sowie an der Kasse der Möbel-
häuser (in 90,6% bzw. 81,3% der Tests)
◼
Motivierte Angestellte in 82,5% der
Gespräche
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Mitarbeiter nahmen sich genügend Zeit für
die Kundenanliegen (in 78,1% der Fälle)
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Akustische Verständlichkeit der Berater in
98,1% der Gespräche einwandfrei
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Verwendung von durchgängig positiven
Formulierungen während der Beratungen
(in 89,4% der Testfälle)
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Positive Verabschiedung an der Kasse
und bei der Beratung (88,1% bzw. 86,9%
der Testbesuche)
5. Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
Kommunikationsqualität
Schwächen
◼
Die Gesprächseröffnung, ob an der Kasse
oder bei einer Beratung, teils holprig:
positive Signale wie Freude oder Interesse
am Kunden fehlten in 35,0% (Kasse) bzw.
26,9% (Beratung) der Fälle
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Fast 80 Prozent der Verbraucher geben an, dass ihnen eine nach ihrem Geschmack und Wün-
schen eingerichtete Wohnung wichtig ist.* Die hohe Relevanz der Inneneinrichtung spiegelt
sich auch in den Konsumausgaben der Bevölkerung wider. 2018 gaben die privaten Haushalte
in Deutschland 43,7 Milliarden Euro für Möbel, Leuchten und Teppiche aus und erhöhten ihre
Ausgaben seit 2008 um 9,6 Milliarden Euro.** Rund zwei Drittel der Verbraucher präferiert es,
Möbel und Haushaltswaren offline zu kaufen. Obwohl auch in dieser Branche der Online-
Handel langsam Einzug hält, ist hier im Vergleich zu anderen Konsumgütern ein deutlicher
Fokus auf dem Offline-Vertrieb. Wenngleich der stationäre Möbelhandel auf Grund der Kosten-
struktur der Filialen es schwer hat, mit den Preisen der Online-Händler mitzuhalten, bietet er
zwei entscheidende Vorteile: Zum einen kann sich der Verbraucher in der Filiale von der Pro-
duktqualität überzeugen und die Eigenschaften ausprobieren.*** Zum anderen ist eine indivi-
duelle Beratung möglich, die vor allem bei kostenintensiven Anschaffungen, etwa einem Bett
oder einer Wohnlandschaft, von Bedeutung ist.
Bei welcher Möbelhaus-Kette Verbraucher eine fachkundige sowie freundliche Beratung, ein
attraktives und vielseitiges Angebot, angemessene Öffnungs- und Wartezeiten und etwaige
Zusatzservices finden, wurde im Rahmen einer umfassenden Analyse untersucht.
6. Methodik
Hintergrund der Studie
*
Vgl. Möbelmarkt-Online (2018): VDM-Studie „Wohnen in Deutschland“ 18,8 Millionen Menschen möchten ihre Wohnung umgestalten, verfügbar unter:
https://www.moebelmarkt.de/beitrag/vdm-studie-wohnen-in-deutschland-188-millionen-menschen-moechten-ihre-wohnung-umgestalten (Abrufdatum: 17.01.2020).
**
Vgl. Statistisches Bundesamt (2019): Konsumausgaben der privaten Haushalte in Deutschland für Möbel, leuchten und Teppiche in den Jahren 1991 bis 2018 (in Milliarden Euro),
verfügbar unter: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/283615/umfrage/konsumausgaben-in-deutschland-fuer-moebel/ (Abrufdatum: 17.01.2020).
***
Vgl. PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH (2019): Die deutsche Möbelbranche - Struktur, Trends und Herausforderungen, verfügbar unter: https://www.pwc.de/de/handel-und-
konsumguter/die-deutsche-moebelbranche-marktueberblick-2019_neu.pdf (Abrufdatum: 17.01.2020).
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Vorgehensweise
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Die Tests fanden vom 6. Februar bis zum 7. März 2020 in 79 deutschen Städten statt
(siehe Anhang). Am häufigsten wurden Filialen in Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover und Köln
getestet.
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Pro Unternehmen wurden insgesamt zehn Filialtests durchgeführt – sechs Besuche zu
Stoßzeiten (Montag bis Freitag 17 bis 19 Uhr; Samstag ganztägig; eventuell verkaufs-
offener Sonntag) und vier Besuche zu normalen Zeiten (Montag bis Freitag vor 17 Uhr).
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Die Beratungsqualität wurde anhand von drei Rollenspielen zu unterschiedlichen Themen-
bereichen analysiert. Bei fünf der zehn Filialtests kommunizierten die Tester zudem eine
Beschwerde über einen plausiblen Grund (zum Beispiel über lange Wartezeiten bis zur
Beratung oder mangelnde Orientierungsmöglichkeiten).
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Rollenspiel A – Boxspringbett: Der Testkunde besuchte das Möbelhaus, um sich nach
einem neuen Bett umzuschauen. Er interessierte sich für ein Boxspringbett. Daher fragte
er zunächst nach den Besonderheiten von Boxspringbetten und wollte darüber hinaus
wissen, warum es Matratzen mit unterschiedlichen Härtegraden gibt.
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Rollenspiel B – Esstisch: Der Filialbesucher war auf der Suche nach einem Esstisch
aus Massivholz. Er gab an, preislich flexibel zu sein und zeigte sich bereit, für einen
qualitativ hochwertigen Tisch entsprechend mehr zu bezahlen. Er erkundigte sich daher,
worauf er bei dem Kauf des Esstischs achten sollte und welche besondere Pflege ein
geölter Massivholztisch benötige.
◼
Rollenspiel C – Schreibtischstuhl: Der Kunde suchte nach einem Schreibtischstuhl, der
möglichst rückenschonend ist. Er erkundigte sich, nach welchen Kriterien ein Schreib-
tischstuhl auszusuchen wäre, wenn dieser für längeres Sitzen geeignet sein sollte. Zudem
fragte er, ob bei der Nutzung des Stuhls auf dem Parkettboden bestimmte Schreibtisch-
stuhl-Rollen nötig wären.
6. Methodik
Rollenspiele
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6. Methodik
Untersuchungskriterien
| Serviceanalyse | | 100,0% |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Beratungskompetenz | | 20,0% |
| Richtigkeit der Aussagen | 6,0% | |
| Vollständigkeit der Aussagen | 4,0% | |
| Strukturierte Beratung | 2,0% | |
| Individuelle Beratung | 3,0% | |
| Inhaltliche Verständlichkeit | 2,0% | |
| Glaubwürdigkeit der Aussagen | 3,0% | |
| Lösungsqualität | | 10,0% |
| Gezielte Bedarfsanalyse | 3,0% | |
| Bedarfsgerechte Antworten | 1,5% | |
| Aufzeigen des Produktnutzens | 1,0% | |
| Aufzeigen von Produktalternativen | 1,0% | |
| Relation Gesprächsdauer und -ergebnis | 0,5% | |
| Einfache Lösung des Anliegens | 1,0% | |
| Reaktion auf Beschwerden | 2,0% | |
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6. Methodik
Untersuchungskriterien
| Serviceanalyse (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Kommunikationsqualität | | 15,0% |
| Positive Gesprächseröffnung* | 1,0% | |
| Aktive Gesprächsführung | 1,0% | |
| Interaktionsqualität | 1,0% | |
| Blickkontakt* | 1,0% | |
| Freundlichkeit* | 3,0% | |
| Motivation der Mitarbeiter | 3,0% | |
| Der Mitarbeiter nahm sich genügend Zeit | 2,0% | |
| Akustische Verständlichkeit des Mitarbeiter | 1,0% | |
| Positive Formulierungen | 1,0% | |
| Positive Verabschiedung* | 1,0% | |
*
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A. Tester-Erlebnisse
35
Positiv
35
Negativ
36
B. Städteverzeichnis
37
C. Allgemeine Methodik (Servicetests)
39
Seite
Anhang
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Ziel: Analyse des Services und der Leistungen von Unternehmen aus Verbrauchersicht
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Basis: Standardisierte, objektiv nachprüfbare Messverfahren der SERVQUAL/SERVPERF-
Methodik, Erweiterung des Modells um Erkenntnisse aus der Verhaltensökonomie
◼
Analyse: Mehrdimensionaler Ansatz; Berücksichtigung der für Kunden relevanten Kon-
taktkanäle (Filiale vor Ort, Telefon, E-Mail und Kontaktformular, Online-Chat, Internetprä-
senz der Unternehmen, Versand)
◼
Verfahren: Datenerhebung mithilfe von Mystery-Tests (= aktive, verdeckte Beobachtung
durch geschulte Tester, die als Kunden auftreten und nach einem festgelegten und stan-
dardisierten Kriterienkatalog vorgehen)
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Mystery-Aktivitäten: Testkäufe, Testberatungen, Testanrufe, Test-E-Mails, Test-Chat-
Gespräche auf Basis streng definierter, branchenübergreifender Vorgaben hinsichtlich
Fragebögen, Rollenspiele und Kundenprofile
◼
Internetanalyse: Qualitätsmessung anhand quantitativer Inhaltsanalysen durch Experten
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Foreword
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Introduction
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2.1
Why another game development book?
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2.2
Conventions used in this book
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3
2.2.2
Code Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
2.2.3
Block Quotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
2.2.4
Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
2.2.5
Engine Used
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
2.2.6
About editions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
2.3
Structure of this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
3
The Maths Behind Game Development
9
3.1
Some useful symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
3.2
The modulo operator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
3.3
Powers and Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4
Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.1
You can add or subtract any number on both sides
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4.2
You can multiple or divide any non-zero number on both sides
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.5
Exponentiations and Logarithms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6
Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.7
Derivatives
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.8
The Cartesian Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.9
Vectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.9.1
Adding and Subtracting Vectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.9.2
Scaling Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.9.3
Dot Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.9.4
Vector Length and Normalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.9.5
“Clamping” a Vector
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.10
Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.10.1
Convex vs Concave polygons
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.10.2
Self-intersecting polygons
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.10.3
Straight Lines and their equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.10.3.1
Getting the equation of a straight line, given two points
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.10.3.2
Getting the equation, given the slope and a point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.10.4
Projections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.10.4.1
Projecting arbitrary lines on the axes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.11
Matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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What is a matrix
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.11.2
Matrix sum and subtraction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.11.3
Multiplication by a scalar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.11.4
Transposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.11.5
Multiplication between matrices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.11.6
Other uses for matrices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.12
Trigonometry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.12.1
Radians vs Degrees
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.12.2
Sine, Cosine and T
angent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.12.3
Pythagorean Trigonometric Identity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.12.4
Reflections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.12.5
Shifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.12.6
Trigonometric Addition and subtraction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.12.7
Double-Angle Formulae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.12.8
Inverse Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.13
Numerical Analysis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.13.1
Newton-Raphson method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.14
Coordinate Systems on computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.15
Transformation Matrices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.15.1
Stretching
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.15.2
Rotation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.15.2.1
Choosing the direction of the rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.15.2.2
Rotating referred to an arbitrary point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.15.3
Shearing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.16
Basics of Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.16.1
A simple definition of probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.16.2
Probability of independent events
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.16.3
Probability of mutually exclusive events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.16.4
Probability of non-mutually exclusive events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.16.5
Conditional Probability
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.16.6
Uniform Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.16.7
How probability is used in games
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.16.8
Tiered Prize Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.16.8.1
Introducing a “luck” stat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4
Some Computer Science Fundamentals
48
4.1
Number representations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.1.1
The most used representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.1.1.1
Decimal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.1.1.2
Binary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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4.1.1.3
Octal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.1.1.4
Hexadecimal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.1.2
Converting between decimal and binary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.1.2.1
T
wo’s complement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.1.2.2
Floating point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.1.3
Converting between binary and octal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.1.4
Gray Code
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.2
Basics of Logic
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.2.1
Truth tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.2
Common operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.2.1
AND
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.2.2
OR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.2.3
NOT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.2.2.4
XOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.2.3
Logic operations vs bitwise operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.2.3.1
Packing more information with less
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.2.4
De Morgan’s Laws and Conditional Expressions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.3
Algorithms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.4
Recursion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.5
Programming Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.5.1
Classifying programming languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.5.1.1
By how they build
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.5.1.2
By Paradigm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.5.1.3
By the way types are determined
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.5.1.4
By the “strength” of typing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.5.1.5
By memory management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4.5.2
Languages available for this book
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4.6
Computers are (not) precise
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.6.1
Catastrophic cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.7
Random Numbers are not really random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.7.1
How to seed a random number generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.8
Estimating the complexity of algorithms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.8.1
O(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.8.2
O(log(n))
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.8.3
O(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.8.4
O(n·log(n))
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.8.5
O(n2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.8.6
O(2n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.9
A primer on calculating the order of your algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.9.1
Some basics
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What happens when we have more than one big-O? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.9.3
A problem with asymptotic complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.9.4
What do we do with recursive algorithms? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.9.5
How do big-O estimates compare to each other?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.10
Simplifying your conditionals with Karnaugh Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.10.1
“Don’t care”s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.10.2
A more complex map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.10.3
Guided Exercise
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.11
Object Oriented Programming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.11.1
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.11.2
Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.11.3
Abstraction and Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.11.4
Inheritance and Polymorphism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.11.5
Mixins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.11.6
The Diamond Problem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.11.7
Composition
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.11.8
Composition vs. Inheritance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.11.9
“Composition over Inheritance” design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4.11.10
Coupling
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
4.11.11
The DRY Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
4.11.12
SOLID Principles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
4.12
Designing entities as data
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4.13
Reading UML diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4.13.1
Use Case Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4.13.1.1
Actors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4.13.1.2
Use Cases
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
4.13.1.3
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
4.13.1.4
Sub-Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
4.13.2
Class Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
4.13.2.1
Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
4.13.2.2
Interfaces
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
4.13.2.3
Relationships between entities of the class diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
4.13.2.4
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
4.13.3
Activity Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
4.13.3.1
Start and End Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
4.13.3.2
Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
4.13.3.3
Decisions (Conditionals) and loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
4.13.3.4
Synchronization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
4.13.3.5
Swimlanes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
4.13.3.6
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
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Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
4.13.3.8
A note on activity diagrams
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
4.13.4
Sequence Diagrams
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
4.13.4.1
Lifelines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
4.13.4.2
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
4.13.4.3
Object Instantiation and Destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
4.13.4.4
Grouping and loops
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
4.13.4.5
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
4.13.5
Other diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
4.14
Generic Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
4.15
Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
4.15.1
Graphs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
4.15.2
Trees
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
4.15.2.1
Depth-first Search
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
4.15.2.2
Breadth-first search
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
4.15.3
Dynamic Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
4.15.3.1
Performance Analysis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
4.15.4
Linked Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
4.15.4.1
Performance Analysis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
4.15.5
Doubly-Linked Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
4.15.6
Hash T
ables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
4.15.7
Binary Search Trees (BST)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
4.15.8
Heaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
4.15.9
Stacks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
4.15.10
Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
4.15.11
Circular Queues
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
4.16
The principle of locality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
4.17
Treating multidimensional structures like one-dimensional ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
4.18
Data Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
4.19
Introduction to Multi-T
asking
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
4.19.1
Multi-Threading vs Multi-Processing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
4.19.2
Coroutines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
4.20
Introduction to Multi-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
4.20.1
What is Multi-Threading
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
4.20.2
Why Multi-Threading? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
4.20.3
Thread Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
4.20.3.1
Race conditions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
4.20.3.2
Critical Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
4.20.4
Ensuring determinism
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
4.20.4.1
Immutable Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
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Mutex
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
4.20.4.3
Atomic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
5
A Game Design Dictionary
142
5.1
Platforms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
5.1.1
Arcade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
5.1.2
Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
5.1.3
Personal Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
5.1.4
Mobile
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
5.1.5
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
5.2
Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
5.2.1
Mouse and Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
5.2.2
Gamepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
5.2.3
T
ouch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
5.2.4
Dedicated Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
5.2.5
Other Input Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
5.3
Game Genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
5.3.1
Shooters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
5.3.2
Strategy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
5.3.3
Platformer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
5.3.4
RPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
5.3.5
MMO
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
5.3.6
Simulation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
5.3.7
Rhythm Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
5.3.8
Visual novels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
5.3.9
Puzzle games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
5.4
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
5.4.1
Emergent Gameplay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
6
Project Management Basics and tips
153
6.1
The figures of game design and development
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
6.1.1
Producer/Project Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
6.1.2
Game Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
6.1.3
Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
6.1.4
Developer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
6.1.5
Visual Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
6.1.6
Sound Artist
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
6.1.7
Marketing/Public Relations Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
6.1.8
T
ester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
6.2
Some general tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
6.2.1
Be careful of feature creep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
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6.2.2
On project duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
6.2.3
Brainstorming: the good, the bad and the ugly
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
6.2.4
On Sequels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
6.3
Common Errors and Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
6.3.1
Losing motivation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
6.3.2
The “Side Project” pitfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
6.3.3
Making a game “in isolation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
6.3.4
(Mis)Handling Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
6.3.4.1
Misusing of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
6.3.5
Not letting others test your game
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
6.3.6
Being perfectionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
6.3.7
Using the wrong engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
6.4
Software Life Cycle Models
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
6.4.1
Iteration versus Increment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
6.4.2
Waterfall Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
6.4.3
Incremental Model
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
6.4.4
Evolutionary Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
6.4.5
Agile Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
6.4.5.1
User Stories
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
6.4.5.2
Scrum
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
6.4.5.3
Kanban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
6.4.5.4
ScrumBan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
6.4.6
Lean Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
6.4.7
Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
6.5
Version Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
6.6
Metrics and dashboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
6.6.1
SLOC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
6.6.2
Cyclomatic Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
6.6.2.1
How cyclomatic complexity is calculated
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
6.6.3
Code Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
6.6.4
Code Smells
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
6.6.5
Coding Style infractions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
6.6.6
Depth of Inheritance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
6.6.7
Number of methods / fields / variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
6.6.8
Number of parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
6.6.9
Other metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
7
Writing a Game Design Document
176
7.1
What is a Game Design Document
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
7.2
Possible sections of a Game Design Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
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Collision Reaction/Correction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
9.5.1
HitBoxes vs HurtBoxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
9.5.2
Collision Reaction Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
9.5.2.1
A naive approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
9.5.2.2
Shallow-axis based reaction method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
9.5.2.3
Interleaving single-axis movement and collision detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . .255
9.5.2.4
The “Snapshot” Method
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
9.5.3
When two moving items collide
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
9.6
Common Issues with time-stepping Collision Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
9.6.1
The “Bullet Through Paper” problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
9.6.2
Precision Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
9.6.3
One-way obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
9.7
Separating Axis Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
9.7.1
Why only convex polygons?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
9.7.2
How it works
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
9.7.2.1
Finding the axes to analyze
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
9.7.2.2
Projecting the shapes into the axes and exiting the algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . .263
9.7.2.3
From arbitrary axes to “x and y” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
9.8
Ray Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
9.8.1
What is Ray Casting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
9.8.2
Other uses for ray casting: Pseudo-3D environments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
10
Scene Trees
267
10.1
What is a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
10.2
Scene trees and their functionalities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
10.2.1
How scene trees can make drawing entities easier
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
10.3
Implementing a scene tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
11
Cameras
269
11.1
Screen Space vs. Game Space
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
11.2
Cameras and projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
11.3
Most used camera transitions and types
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
11.3.1
Static Camera
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
11.3.2
Grid Camera
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
11.3.3
Position-Tracking Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
11.3.3.1
Horizontal-Tracking Camera
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
11.3.3.2
Full-Tracking Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
11.3.4
Camera Trap
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
11.3.5
Look-Ahead Camera
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
11.3.6
Hybrid Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
11.4
Clamping your camera position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
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Dealing with the unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
12.7
Tips and Tricks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
12.7.1
General Purpose
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
12.7.1.1
Make that last Health Point count
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
12.7.1.2
Avoiding a decision can be a decision itself
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
12.7.1.3
T
elegraphing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
12.7.1.4
Minigames
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
12.7.1.5
When unlockables are involved, be balanced
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
12.7.2
Shooters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
12.7.2.1
Make the bullets stand out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
12.7.3
RPGs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
12.7.3.1
Grinding and farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
12.7.3.2
Leveling Curves
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
12.7.3.3
“Mastering” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
12.8
Perceived Fairness
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
12.8.1
You don’t need precise collision detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
12.8.2
Immediate dangers should be well visible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
12.9
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
12.9.1
You cannot use the “Red Cross” in games
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
12.9.2
Auto-saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
12.9.3
Feedback is important
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
13
Creating your assets
302
13.1
Assumptions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
13.2
Graphics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
13.2.1
Some computer graphics basics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
13.2.1.1
The “color wheel”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
13.2.1.2
Color representations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
13.2.1.3
Primary, Secondary and T
ertiary colors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
13.2.1.4
Analogous Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
13.2.1.5
Complementary Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
13.2.1.6
Color Depth
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
13.2.1.7
Direct Color vs. Indexed Color
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
13.2.1.8
Lossless Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
13.2.1.9
Lossy Formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
13.2.1.10 Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
13.2.1.11 T
exture Filtering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
13.2.2
General Tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
13.2.2.1
Practice, Practice, Practice… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
13.2.2.2
References are your friends
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
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Triangle Wave
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
13.3.3.4
Sawtooth Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
13.3.3.5
Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
13.3.4
ADSR Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
13.3.4.1
Attack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
13.3.4.2
Decay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
13.3.4.3
Sustain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
13.3.4.4
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
13.3.5
Digital Sound Processing (DSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
13.3.5.1
Reverb
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
13.3.5.2
Pitch Shift
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
13.3.5.3
Filtering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
13.3.5.4
Doppler Effect
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
13.3.6
Simulating older consoles’ audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
13.3.6.1
Commodore Vic20
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
13.3.6.2
Commodore 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
13.3.6.3
Commodore Amiga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
13.3.6.4
Sega Master System / GameGear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
13.3.6.5
Sega Genesis/MegaDrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
13.3.6.6
NES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
13.3.6.7
SNES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
13.3.6.8
Game Boy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
13.3.6.9
AdLib / SoundBlaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
13.3.7
“Swappable” sound effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
13.3.8
Some audio processing tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
13.3.8.1
Prefer cutting over boosting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
13.3.9
DAW Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
13.3.9.1
What is a DAW Software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
13.3.9.2
The Piano Roll
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
13.3.10
Music Tracker Basics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
13.3.10.1 What is a Music Tracker Software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
13.3.10.2 Samples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
13.3.10.3 Instruments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
13.3.10.4 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
13.3.10.5 Patterns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
13.3.11
Basic Rhythms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
13.3.11.1 Four on the floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
13.3.11.2 Four on the floor with off-beat hi-hats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
13.3.11.3 A simple rock beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
13.3.12
Adaptive Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
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Fonts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
13.4.1
Font Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
13.4.1.1
Serif and Sans-Serif fonts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
13.4.1.2
Proportional and Monospaced fonts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
13.4.2
Using textures to make text
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
13.4.3
Using Fonts to make text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
13.5
Shaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
13.5.1
What are shaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
13.5.2
Shader Programming Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
13.5.3
The GLSL Programming Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
13.5.3.1
The data types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
13.5.4
Some GLSL Shaders examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
14
Design Patterns
356
14.1
Creational Design Patterns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
14.1.1
Singleton Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
14.1.2
Dependency Injection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
14.1.3
Prototype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
14.2
Structural Design Patterns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
14.2.1
Flyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
14.2.2
Component/Composite Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
14.2.3
Decorator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
14.2.4
Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
14.2.4.1
Object Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
14.2.4.2
Class Adapter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
14.2.5
Facade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
14.2.6
Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
14.3
Behavioural Design Patterns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
14.3.1
Command Pattern
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
14.3.2
Observer Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
14.3.3
Strategy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
14.3.4
Chain of Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374
14.3.5
Visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
14.4
Architectural Design Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
14.4.1
Service Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
15
Useful Containers and Classes
376
15.1
Resource Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376
15.2
Animator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376
15.3
Finite State Machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
15.4
Menu Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
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Particle Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
15.5.1
Particles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
15.5.2
Emitters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
15.5.3
Force Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384
15.6
Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
15.6.1
Accounting for “leftover time”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
15.6.1.1
A naive solution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
15.6.1.2
A different approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
15.7
Inbetweening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
15.7.1
Bouncing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
15.8
Chaining
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
16
Artificial Intelligence in Videogames
393
16.1
Path Finding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
16.1.1
Representing our world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
16.1.1.1
2D Grids
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
16.1.1.2
Path nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
16.1.1.3
Navigation meshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
16.1.2
Heuristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
16.1.2.1
Manhattan Distance heuristic
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
16.1.2.2
Euclidean Distance heuristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
16.1.3
Algorithms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
16.1.3.1
A simple “Wandering” Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
16.1.3.2
A slightly better “Wandering” algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
16.1.3.3
The Greedy “Best First” Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
16.1.3.4
The Dijkstra Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
16.1.3.5
The A* Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
16.2
Finite state machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
16.3
Decision Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
16.4
Behaviour Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410
16.5
Tips and tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410
16.5.1
“Jump when the player shoots” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410
16.5.2
Distance-based patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
16.5.2.1
“Ranged pattern” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
16.5.2.2
“Melee pattern” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
17
Other Useful Algorithms
414
17.1
World Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
17.1.1
Midpoint Displacement Algorithm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
17.1.2
Diamond-Square Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416
17.1.3
Maze Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
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Randomized Depth-First Search (Recursive Backtracker)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
17.1.3.2
Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
17.1.3.3
Recursive Division Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427
17.1.3.4
Binary Tree Algorithm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430
17.1.3.5
Eller’s Algorithm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
17.2
Dungeon Generation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
17.3
Noise Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
17.3.1
Randomized Noise (Static) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
17.3.2
Perlin Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
17.4
Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
17.4.1
Skeleton animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
18
Procedural Content Generation
436
18.1
What is procedural generation (and what it isn’t) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
18.2
Advantages and disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
18.2.1
Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
18.2.1.1
Less disk space needed
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
18.2.1.2
Larger games can be created with less effort
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.1.3
Lower budgets needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.1.4
More variety and replayability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.2
Disadvantages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.2.1
Requires more powerful hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.2.2
Less Quality Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.2.3
Worlds can feel repetitive or “lacking artistic direction” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
18.2.2.4
You may generate something unusable
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
18.2.2.5
Story and set game events are harder to script
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
18.3
Where it can be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
18.4
Procedural Generation and Difficulty Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440
18.4.1
Static difficulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440
18.4.2
Adaptive Difficulty
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440
18.4.2.1
Rubberbanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440
18.4.3
Static vs. Adaptive Difficulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
19
Developing Game Mechanics
442
19.1
General Purpose
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
19.1.1
I-Frames
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
19.1.2
Tilemaps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
19.1.2.1
Rectangular Tilemaps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
19.1.2.2
Hexagonal Tilemaps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
19.1.2.3
Isometric Tilemaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
19.1.3
Scrolling Backgrounds and Parallax Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
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You won’t be able to test EVERYTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
22.2
Mocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
22.3
T
ypes of testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
22.3.1
Automated T
esting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
22.3.2
Manual T
esting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
22.4
Unit T
esting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
22.5
Integration T
esting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
22.6
Regression T
esting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
22.7
Playtesting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
22.7.1
In-House T
esting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
22.7.2
Closed Beta T
esting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
22.7.3
Open Beta T
esting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
22.7.4
A/B T
esting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
23
Profiling and Optimization
510
23.1
Profiling your game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
23.1.1
Does your application really need profiling? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
23.1.1.1
Does your FPS counter roam around a certain “special” value? . . . . . . . . . . .510
23.1.1.2
Is the animation of your game stuttering but the FPS counter is fine? . . . . . . . .510
23.1.2
First investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
23.1.2.1
Is your game using 100% of the CPU? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
23.1.2.2
Is your game overloading your GPU?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511
23.1.2.3
Is your game eating up more and more RAM as it’s running?
. . . . . . . . . . . .511
23.2
Optimizing your game
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512
23.2.1
Working with references vs. returning values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512
23.2.2
Optimizing Drawing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
23.2.2.1
Off-screen objects
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
23.2.3
Reduce the calls to the Engine Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
23.2.4
Entity Cleanup and Memory leaks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514
23.2.5
Using analyzers to detect Memory Leaks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
23.2.5.1
Static Scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
23.2.5.2
Dynamic testing tools
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
23.2.6
Resource Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
23.2.7
Lookup T
ables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517
23.2.8
Memoization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517
23.2.9
Approximations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520
23.2.10
Eager vs. Lazy Evaluation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520
23.2.10.1 Eager approach
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
23.2.10.2 Lazy approach
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
23.2.11
Detach your updating from drawing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522
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567
28.1
Tic-T
ac-T
oe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
28.1.1
Basic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
28.1.2
Advanced Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .568
28.1.3
Master Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .568
28.2
Space Invaders
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .568
28.2.1
Basic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569
28.2.2
Advanced Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .570
28.2.3
Master level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .570
28.3
Breakout
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571
28.3.1
Basic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571
28.3.2
Advanced Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571
28.3.3
Master Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .572
28.4
Shooter Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573
28.4.1
Basic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573
28.4.2
Advanced level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574
28.4.3
Master Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .574
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Game Jams
576
29.1
Have Fun
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576
29.2
Stay Healthy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576
29.3
Stick to what you know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576
29.4
Hacking is better than planning (But still plan ahead!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576
29.5
Graphics? Sounds? Music? FOCUS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
29.6
Find creativity in limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
29.7
Involve Your Friends!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
29.8
Write a Post-Mortem (and read some too!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
29.9
Most common pitfalls in Game Jams
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
30
Where To Go From Here
580
30.1
Collections of different topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580
30.1.1
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580
30.1.2
Videos
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580
30.1.3
Multiple formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580
30.2
Pixel Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
30.2.1
Multiple Formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
30.3
Sound Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
30.3.1
Multiple Formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
30.4
Game Design
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
30.4.1
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
30.5
Game Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
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Introduction
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Laozi - Tao Te Ching
Welcome to the book! This book aims to be an organized collection of the community’s knowledge on game devel-
opment techniques, algorithms and experience with the objective of being as comprehensive as possible.
2.1
Why another game development book?
It’s really common in today’s game development scene to approach game development through tools that abstract
and guide our efforts, without exposing us to the nitty-gritty details of how things work on low-level and speeding
up and easing our development process.
This approach is great when things work well, but it can be seriously
detrimental when we are facing against issues: we are tied to what the library/framework creators decided was the
best (read “applicable in the widest range of problems”) approach to solving a problem.
Games normally run at 30fps, more modern games run at 60fps, some even more, leaving us with between 33ms
to 16ms or less to process a frame, which includes:
• Process the user input;
• Update the player movement according to the input;
• Update the state of any AI that is used in the level;
• Move the NPCs according to their AI;
• Identify Collisions between all game objects;
• React to said Collisions;
• Update the Camera (if present);
• Update the HUD (if present);
• Draw the scene to the screen.
These are only some basic things that can be subject to change in a game, every single frame.
When things don’t go well, the game lags, slows down or even locks up. In that case we will be forced to take the
matter in our hands and get dirty handling things exactly as we want them (instead of trying to solve a generic
problem).
When you are coding a game for any device that doesn’t really have “infinite memory”, like a mobile phone, consoles
or older computers, this “technical low-level know-how” becomes all the more important.
This book wants to open the box that contains everything related to 2D game development, plus some small tips
and tricks to make your game more enjoyable. This way, if your game encounters some issues, you won’t fear diving
into low-level details and fix it yourself.
Or why not, make everything from scratch using some pure-multimedia interfaces (like SDL or SFML) instead of fully
fledged game engines (like Unity).
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development, including the nitty-gritty details.
Enjoy!
2.2
Conventions used in this book
2.2.1
Logic Conventions
When talking about logic theory, the variables will be represented with a single uppercase letter, written in math
mode: A
The following symbol will be used to represent a logical “AND”: ∧
The following symbol will be used to represent a logical “OR”: ∨
The logical negation of a variable will be represented with a straight line on top of the variable, so the negation of
the variable A will be ¯
A
2.2.2
Code Listings
Listings, algorithms and anything that is code will be shown in monotype fonts, using syntax highlighting where
possible, inside of a dedicated frame:
Listing 1: Example code listing
1
def pythonExample(phrase):
2
# This is a simple example function
3
print (phrase)
4
5
6
class
ExampleClass:
7
# This is a simple example class
8
def __init__(self):
9
# This is an example constructor
10
pass
2.2.3
Block Quotes
There will be times when it’s needed to write down something from another source verbatim, for that we will use
block quotes, which are styled as follows:
Hi, I’m a block quote! You will see me when something is… quoted!
I am another row of the block quote! Have a nice day!
2.2.4
Boxes
In your journey through this book, you may find some boxes, let’s see which ones you may come across.
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• Pseudocode Edition: This is the standard edition, using a C-like syntax that tries to be as readable as
possible and abstracts itself from any kind of engine.
• Python Edition: Python is considered one of the easiest language to start coding on. Many tend to complain
about its performance, but its similarity to Godot Engine’s GDScript and its flexibility make it a good candidate
for starters.
• C++ Edition: C++ is probably the most used language in game development (along with C#) but it can be
really difficult to manage. It has no garbage collection, forcing you to manage the memory manually, and
pointers can prove to be a difficult concept for many.
• JavaScript Edition: Javascript is the de-facto “internet language” and its influence is spreading to desktop
applications and video games too. Many games now can be played on the browser thanks to it and the HTML5
canvas elements. This is a language that can be very forgiving and frustrating at the same time.
• Lua Edition: Lua is one of the most spread scripting languages in the world of video games. Since it has a very
small interpreter, it can be added to a lot of code bases without weighing them down much. It is not a proper
object-oriented language, but it has very strong metaprogramming capabilities (where you can “program the
programming language”). There are also some libraries that allow for classes and object-oriented concepts
to fit in Lua.
2.3
Structure of this Book
This book is structured in many chapters, here you will find a small description of each and every one of them.
• Foreword: You didn’t skip it, right?
• Introduction: Here we present the structure of the book and the reasons why it came to exist. You are
reading it now, hold tight, you’re almost there!
• The Maths Behind Game Development: Here we will learn the basic maths that are behind any game, like
vectors, matrices and screen coordinates.
• Some Computer Science Fundamentals: Here we will learn (or revise) some known computer science
fundamentals (and some less-known too!) and rules that will help us managing the development of our game.
• A game design dictionary: Here we will introduce some basic concepts that will help us in understanding
game design: platforms, input devices and genres.
• Project Management Basics and Tips: Project management is hard! Here we will take a look at some
common pitfalls and tips that will help us deliver our own project and deliver it in time.
• Writing a Game Design Document: In this section we will take a look at one of the first documents that
comes to exist when we want to make a game, and how to write one,
• The Game Loop: Here we will learn the basics of the “game loop”, the very base of any video game.
• Collision Detection and Reaction: In this section we will talk about one of the most complex and compu-
tationally expensive operations in a video game: collision detection.
• Scene Trees: Here we will briefly talk about probably the most important structure in games and game
engines: the scene tree.
• Cameras: In this section we will talk about the different types of cameras you can implement in a 2D game,
with in-depth analysis and explanation.
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• Game Design Tips: In this chapter we will talk about level design and how to walk your player through the
learning and reinforcement of game mechanics, dipping our toes into the huge topic that is game design.
• Creating your own assets: Small or solo game developers may need to create their own assets, in this
section we will take a look at how to create our own graphics, sounds and music.
• Design Patterns: A head-first dive into the software engineering side of game development, in this section
we will check many software design patterns used in many games.
• Useful Containers and Classes: A series of useful classes and containers used to make your game more
maintainable and better performing.
• Artificial Intelligence in Video games: In this section we will talk about algorithms that will help you coding
your enemy AI, as well as anything that must have a “semblance of intelligence” in your video game.
• Other Useful Algorithms: In this section we will see some algorithms that are commonly used in game,
including path finding, world generation and more.
• Procedural Content Generation: In this chapters we will see the difference between procedural and random
content generation and how procedural generation can apply to more things than we think.
• Developing Game Mechanics: Here we will dive into the game development’s darkest and dirtiest secrets,
how games fool us into strong emotions but also how some of the most used mechanics are implemented.
• Balancing Your Game: A very idealistic vision on game balance, in this chapter we will take a look inside
the player’s mind and look at how something that may seem “a nice challenge” to us can translate into a
“terrible balance issue” to our players.
• Accessibility in video games: Here we will learn the concept of “accessibility” and see what options we
can give to our players to make our game more accessible (as well as more enjoyable to use).
• Testing your game: This section is all about hunting bugs, without a can of bug spray. A deep dive into the
world of testing, both automated and manual.
• Profiling and Optimization: When things don’t go right, like the game is stuttering or too slow, we have to
rely on profiling and optimization. In this section we will learn tips and tricks and procedures to see how to
make our games perform better.
• Marketing Your Game: Here we will take a look at mistakes the industry has done when marketing and
maintaining their own products, from the point of view of a small indie developer. We will also check some of
the more controversial topics like loot boxes, micro transactions and season passes.
• Keeping your players engaged: a lot of a game’s power comes from its community, in this section we will
take a look at some suggestion you can implement in your game (and out-of-game too) to further engage your
loyal fans.
• Dissecting Games: A small section dedicated to dissecting the characteristics of one (very) bad game, and
two (very) good games, to give us more perspective on what makes a good game “good” and what instead
makes a bad one.
• Project Ideas: In this section we take a look at some projects you can try and make by yourself, each project
is divided into 3 levels and each level will list the skills you need to master in order to be able to take on such
level.
• Game Jams: A small section dedicated on Game Jams and how to participate to one without losing your mind
in the process, and still deliver a prototype.
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• Where to go from here: We’re at the home stretch, you learned a lot so far, here you will find pointers to
other resources that may be useful to learn even more.
• Glossary: Any world that has a g symbol will find a definition here.
• Engines and Frameworks: A collection of frameworks and engines you can choose from to begin your game
development.
• Tools: Some software and tool kits you can use to create your own resources, maps and overall make your
development process easier and more manageable.
• Premade Assets and resources: In this appendix we will find links to many websites and resource for
graphics, sounds, music or learning.
• Contributors: Last but not least, the names of the people who contributed in making this book.
Have a nice stay and let’s go!
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| | AB
00 01 11 10 |
| -------- | -------- |
| 00
01
CD
11
10 | 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1
0 1 1 1 |
Figure 46: Guided Exercise: Karnaugh Map (3/4)
| | AB
00 01 11 10 |
| -------- | -------- |
| 00
01
CD
11
10 | 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1
0 1 1 1 |
Figure 47: Guided Exercise: Karnaugh Map (4/4)
Extract the result: f = (A ∧¯
C) ∨(A ∧¯
B) ∨(B ∧C ∧¯
D)
4.11
Object Oriented Programming
4.11.1
Introduction
One of the biggest programming paradigms in use is surely the “Object Oriented Programming” (from now on:
“O.O.P
.”) paradigm. The fundamental unit of a program, in this paradigm is the Object. This paradigm allows to
structure your code in a more modular and re-usable way, as well as implementing abstractions, allowing for more
solid code and making it possible for other code to make use of your own code without needing to know any details
besides its Interface.
4.11.2
Objects
Objects are the fundamental unit in O.O.P
., objects are essentially a collection of data and functions. Objects are
actually the physical instantiation of what is called a “Class”.
T
o simplify the concept: a “Class” is a house blueprint, an “Object” is the house itself.
Objects contain data and functions, for the sake of precision, we will use their technical names:
• Functions that are part of an object are called methods and they can be classified as:
– Instance Methods when they act on a single object instance;
– Static Methods when they don’t (usually they’re utility functions), that also means that these methods
belong to the Class itself and not to its instance.
• Each piece of data contained in the class is called a Field and they can be classified as:
– Instance Fields when they’re part of the instance and can change from instance to instance;
– Static Fields when they’re part of the class but don’t change between instances (Caution: it does not
mean they cannot change, in that case the change will snowball into all the instances).
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| | GameMenu
Start The Game Remember to clear the menu stack!
Open the Options Menu
Open the Credits Screen
Exit to Desktop |
| -------- | -------- |
Player
Figure 52: Example of a use case diagram
4.13.1.1
Actors
Actors are any entity that can interface with our system (in this case, our game) without being part of it. Actors can
both be human, machines or even other systems.
Actors are represented with a stick figure and can inherit from each other: this will create an “IS-A” relationship
between actors.
Authenticated User
Free User
Power User
Ultimate User
Figure 53: Example of an actor hierarchy
In the previous example, we can see that a “Free User” is an “Authenticated User”, as well as a “Power User” (which
could be a paying user) is itself an “Authenticated User” while an “Ultimate User” (which could be a higher tier
of paying user) is a “Power User” (thus has all the “Power User” capabilities, plus some unique) and by transitive
property an “Authenticated User”.
As seen, inheritance between actors is represented with a solid line with a hollow closed arrow. Such arrow points
towards the “super-type” or “parent” from which the subject (or “sub-type”, or “child”) inherits.
This representation will come back in the UML language for other diagrams too.
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Use Cases
Use cases represent the functionalities that our system offers, and the relationships between them.
Use cases are represented with an ellipse with the name of the use case inside. Choosing the right name for a use
case is extremely important, since they will represent the functionality that will be developed in our game.
Start The Game
Figure 54: Example of a use case
4.13.1.2.1
Inheritance
As with many other elements used in UML, use cases can inherit from each other. Inheritance (also called “General-
ization”) is represented with a closed hollow arrow that points towards the parent use case.
Website
Search
Search By Name
Search By Category
Search By Tag
Player
Figure 55: Example of a use case hierarchy
4.13.1.2.2
Extensions
Use case extensions specify how and when optional behavior takes place.
Extended use cases are meaningful
on their own and are independent from the extending use case, while the extending use case define the optional
behavior that may not have much sense by itself.
Extensions are represented via a dashed line with an open arrow on the end, labeled with the <> keyword,
pointing towards the extending use case.
| User | System
«extend»
Login Help on Login |
| -------- | -------- |
Figure 56: Example of a use case extension
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The components of activity diagrams shown here are just a small part of the used components, but they should be
enough to get you started designing and reading most of the activity diagrams that exist.
4.13.4
Sequence Diagrams
Sequence diagrams are used to represents how objects (called “participants”) interact with each other and such
interactions are represented in a time sequence.
4.13.4.1
Lifelines
The central concept of sequence diagrams are lifelines: the represent the time a participant is “alive” and when it
is doing something.
WebServer
WebServer
Request
Response
Figure 78: Example of a sequence diagram lifeline
The time flows from top to bottom, a dashed line represents the participant exists (for instance an object is instan-
tiated in memory), while the rectangle that replaces the dotted line represents the participant being “active” (for
instance one of the object’s functions is called).
4.13.4.1.1
Participants
The participants don’t have to be actual classes, since sequence diagrams represent interactions at a “higher level”
than mere code-bound planning.
Some UML drawing software allows for custom shapes for each participant, like the following:
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0
0
0
1
0
Note!
For non-directed graphs (like the one in the reference image), adjacency matrices are
mirrored on the main diagonal. This may be useful information if you really want to
squeeze the last bit of space out of your implementation.
Using the table, we can see that we have a 1 in “row A, column B”, which means there is a link “A to B”, since there
is a 1 in “row B, column A”, it means that there is a link “B to A” too. This makes it easy to store single-direction
relationships (for Directed Graphs) in a compact way.
[This section is a work in progress and it will be completed as soon as possible]
4.15.2
Trees
When you are a programmer, sooner or later you will have to deal with trees: they are a data structure that represents
a hierarchy, using a set of nodes.
Trees can be defined as a “recursive data structure”, made up of a node and a bunch of sub-trees connected to it.
| G
D H
F
B
E
A C | I |
| -------- | -------- |
Figure 85: Example of a tree structure
The fact that we can define trees recursively also means that they’re a good candidate for all kinds of recursive
algorithms, which can help simplifying the code quite a bit.
Trees are the base structure for a lot of other data structures, like heaps and binary search trees.
In this book we will focus mostly on binary trees: trees where each node has at most 2 children.
A possible implementation of a tree could be the following:
Listing 24: A possible implementation of a tree class
1
class Node:
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This question should be answered in this section. Here you insert the goals of your game, both long and short term.
An example could be the following:
Long T
erm Goal: Stop the great circuit world war
Optional Long T
erm Goal: Restore the circuit world to its former glory.
Short T
erm Goals:
• Find the key to the exit
• Neutralize Enemies
• Get to the next level
7.2.5.2
Game Mechanics
In this section, you describe the core game mechanics that characterize the game, extensively. There are countless
resource on how to describe game mechanics, but we’ll try to add an example here below.
The game will play in the style of the well-known match-3 games. Each match of 3 items will add some points
to the score, and new items will “fall” from a randomly chosen direction every time.
Every time an “L
” or a “T” match is performed, a special item of a random color will be generated, when a
match including this item is made, all the items in the same row and column will be deleted and bonuses will
be awarded.
Every time a match with 4 items in a row is performed, a special item of a random color will be generated,
when a match including such item is made, all items in a 3x3 grid centered on the item will be deleted and
bonuses will be awarded.
Every time a match with 5 items in a row is performed, a special uncolored item will be generated, this can
be used as a “wildcard” for any kind of match.
In case the 5-item special is matched with any other special item, the whole game board will be wiped and
a bonus will be awarded.
…
7.2.5.3
Skills
Here you will describe the skills that are needed by the users in order to be able to play (and master) your game.
This will be useful to assess your game design and eventually find if there are some requirements that are too high
for your target audience; for instance asking a small child to do advanced resource management could be a problem.
This will also help deciding what the best hardware to use your game on could be, for instance if your game requires
precise inputs for platforming then touch screens may not be the best option.
Here’s an example of such section:
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The user will need the following skills to be able to play the game effectively:
• Pressing Keyboard Buttons or Joypad Buttons
• Puzzle Solving (for the “good ending” overarching puzzle)
• Timing inputs well (for the sections with many obstacles)
…
7.2.5.4
Items/Powerups
After describing the basic game mechanics and the skills the user needs to master to be able to play the game
effectively, you can use this section to describe the items and powerups that can be used to alter the core gameplay.
For example:
The player can touch a globular light powerup to gain invincibility, every enemy that will touch the player
will get automatically killed. The powerup duration is 15 seconds.
Red (incendiary) arrows can be collected through the levels, they can get shot and as soon as they touch the
ground or an enemy, the burst into flames, similarly to a match.
…
In this section you describe all items that can be either found or bought from an in-game store or also items derived
from micro-transactions. In-game currency acquisition should be mentioned here too, but further detailed in the
monetization section.
7.2.5.5
Difficulty Management and Progression
This section can be used to manage how the game gets harder and how the player can react to it. This will expand
on game mechanics like leveling and gear.
This section is by its own nature quite subjective, but describing how the game progresses helps a lot during the
tighter parts of development.
Below a possible example of this section:
The game will become harder by presenting tougher enemies, with more armor, Health Points and attack. T
o
overcome this difficulty shift, the player will have to create defense strategy and improve their dodging, as
well as leveling up their statistics and buy better gear from the towns’ shops.
In the later levels, enemies will start dodging too, and will also be faster. The player will need to improve
their own speed statistic to avoid being left behind or “kited” by fast enemies.
As the game progresses, the player will need to acquire heavy weapons to deal with bigger bosses, as well
as some more efficient ranged weapons to counteract ranged enemies.
…
This section is good if you want to talk about unlocking new missions/maps/levels too.
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Some special cases
A special mention goes to the VR game “Moss”, where a character (named Quill) communicates both emotionally
and gives clues on the puzzles using the American Sign Language (ASL).
[Do you know more about this? You can contribute, this book is open source!]
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The only thing you can do is think first and try later: this book can give you some suggestions, but nothing should be
taken at face value. Remember the context your game is working in and do not treat all platforms like they’re
the same: WebGL is different than Console which is different than Mobile.
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Skills required:
• Drawing to a screen;
• Vectors;
• Basic AI;
• Collision detection and reaction;
• Projectiles;
• Lose Conditions;
• Mouse/Keyboard Controls;
• Spawning entities;
• Score Keeping.
28.4.2
Advanced level
In the advanced level you should implement a life system for our playable character, so instead of dying our player
will get hurt and will have its life reduced. A health bar should be shown on screen.
The same should be done for each enemy, so you will need to be able to manage the state of each object (enemy)
separately. Extra points if you show a small health bar on top of a hit enemy, showing its current health.
You should also implement a way to easily code in new enemy types, this will require refactoring your code to support
importing entities from data. Each enemy should at least have different speeds and health.
On each death, the enemy should have a random chance of dropping e medkit that will heal you when touched,
such item should stay on screen for a limited amount of time, then disappear if not used.
Further Skills Required:
• Drawing an HUD;
• Managing an object’s state;
• Coding entities as data;
• Random number generation;
• Timers.
28.4.3
Master Level
In the most difficult level, you should start coding powerups, like new weapon types, temporarily increased walk-
ing speed, higher damage projectiles, etc… Similarly to medkits, these powerups should disappear after a certain
amount of time.
An interesting weapon to implement would be a “railgun”, with bullets that can go through enemies, this will be
easier when you use ray casting (and some tricks for drawing), if you didn’t use it already.
You should also animate the characters, thus getting used to your favourite engine’s animator nodes/classes: this
will make the game feel more complete.
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Where To Go From Here
Be grateful for all the obstacles in your life. They have strengthened you as
you continue with your journey.
Anonymous
It has been a very long trip, hopefully this book has satisfied great part of your curiosity about 2D Game Development
and Design, but the adventure is far from over. There are infinite resources on- and off-line to further your experience
in game development and design.
This book has been mainly about getting you to touch the nitty-gritty of game development, giving you the tools to
be able to create your game without overly relying on your toolkit (be it Unity, UDK or any other fully-fledged game
engine), or even be able to modify, at a low level, the behaviour of the tools given to you to reach your objective.
There are still countless questions remaining, which we can condense in one big question:
“Where do I go from here?”
You can try and take on a game jam, Itch hosts a myriad of game jams at https://itch.io/jams and many of them are
beginner friendly, then there is the famous “Ludum Dare” game jam that you can find at https://ldjam.com/.
If you want to know more about the game development process and how it works, Here are some resources you can
check out to become a better game developer and designer. Everything is divided by category for convenience.
But first, here’s a small legend to distinguish paid products from free products.
• Free Product: [F]
• Accepts donations or Partially Free: [D]
• Paid Product: [P]
30.1
Collections of different topics
30.1.1
Books
• Apress-Open Ebooks: https://www.apress.com/it/apress-open/apressopen-titles [F]
• “OpenBook” offers from O’Reilly: https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/ [F]
30.1.2
Videos
• freeCodeCamp.org’s YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8butISFwT-Wl7EV0hUK0BQ [F]
• 3DBuzz (Archived on the Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/3dbuzz-archive [F]
30.1.3
Multiple formats
• Daily “Free Learning” offer from PacktPub: https://www.packtpub.com/free-learning [F]
• “Awesome lists”: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome [F]
• Game Dev Nexus: https://gamedevnexus.com/ [F]
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30.2
Pixel Art
30.2.1
Multiple Formats
• Pedro Medeiros’s Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/saint11/ [D]
30.3
Sound Design
30.3.1
Multiple Formats
• EpicSound’s Sound Effects Tutorials: https://www.epicsound.com/sfx/ [F]
30.4
Game Design
30.4.1
Books
• 100 Game Design Tips and Tricks (Wlad Marhulets) https://archive.org/details/100-design-tips-and-tricks/
[F]
• A theory of fun for game design (Raph Koster) [P]
• The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (Jesse Schell) [P]
30.5
Game Development
30.5.1
Web Resources
• Amit’s Game Programming Information:
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html
[F]
30.5.2
Videos
• OneLoneCoder’s YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-yuWVUplUJZvieEligKBkA [F]
30.6
References and Cheat Sheets
• Easing functions Cheat Sheet: https://easings.net/ [F]
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Some rules that would help us calculating logarithms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2
Some simple derivation rules (k is any constant number and e is Euler’s number) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3
Some derivation rules for combined functions (a and b are constants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4
Conversion between degrees and Radians
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5
Some reflection formulas for trigonometry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6
Some Shift Formulas for Trigonometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7
Some addition and difference identities in trigonometry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8
Some double-angle formulae used in trigonometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9
Counting the possible outcomes of two coin tosses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10
Comparison between decimal and binary representations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
11
Comparison between decimal and octal representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
12
Comparison between decimal and hexadecimal representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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The first truth table we’ll simplify with Karnaugh Maps
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Truth table with a “don’t care” value
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A simple adjacency list for our reference image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
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How to read an adjacency matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
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Performance table for Dynamic Arrays
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Summary T
able for Dynamic Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
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Performance table for Linked Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
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Summary T
able for Linked Lists
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Performance table for Doubly-Linked Lists
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Summary T
able for Linked Lists
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Performance table for Hash T
ables
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Summary T
able for Hash T
ables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
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Performance table for Binary Search Trees
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
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Summary T
able for Binary Search Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
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Performance table for Heaps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
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Summary T
able for Heaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
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Summary of linear gameplay
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An example of exponential level curve
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An example of “level-based” experience rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
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Summary table for the Singleton Pattern
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Summary table for the Dependency Injection Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
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Summary table for the Prototype design pattern
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Summary table for the Flyweight Pattern
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Summary table for the Component/Composite design pattern
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Summary table for the Decorator design pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
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Summary table for the Adapter design pattern
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Big-O Estimates, plotted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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How O(2n) overpowers lower complexities
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Karnaugh Map for A XOR B
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Karnaugh Map where the elements of the two “rectangles” have been marked green and red . . . . . 79
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Karnaugh Map with a “don’t care” value
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Karnaugh Map where we pretend the “don’t care” value is equal to 1
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First Rectangle in the Karnaugh map
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Second Rectangle in the Karnaugh map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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A more complex Karnaugh map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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First rectangle of the more complex Karnaugh map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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Second rectangle of the more complex Karnaugh map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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Guided Exercise: Karnaugh Map (1/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Guided Exercise: Karnaugh Map (2/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Guided Exercise: Karnaugh Map (3/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Guided Exercise: Karnaugh Map (4/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Example of a diamond problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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How an object may look using inheritance
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How inheritance can get complicated quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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How components make things a bit simpler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Example of a use case diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Example of an actor hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Example of a use case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Example of a use case hierarchy
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Example of a use case extension
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Example of a use case inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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Example of a sub-use case
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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Example of classes in UML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Defining an interface in UML
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Interface Realization in UML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Relationships between classes in an UML Diagram
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Example of inheritance in UML class diagrams
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Example of interface realization in UML class diagram
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Example of association in UML class diagrams
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Example of aggregation and composition in UML class diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
67
Example of dependency in UML class diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
68
Example of an activity diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
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Example of activity diagrams start and end nodes
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Example of Action in activity diagrams
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Example of decision, using hexagons to represent the condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
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Example of loops, using guards to represent the condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
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Example of how nested loops and conditions are performed
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Example of concurrent processes in activity diagrams
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Example of swimlanes in activity diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
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Example of signals in activity diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
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Example of a note inside of an activity diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
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Example of a sequence diagram lifeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
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Some alternative shapes for participants
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Messages in a sequence diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
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Object instantiation and destruction in a sequence diagram
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A loop grouping in a sequence diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
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Example of notes in a sequence diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
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Graphical representation of a simple graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
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Example of a tree structure
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Order in which the nodes are visited during DFS
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Example tree that will be traversed by DFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
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Order in which the nodes are visited during BFS
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Dynamic Arrays Reference Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
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Adding an element at the beginning of a Dynamic Array
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Adding an element at the end of a Dynamic Array
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Adding an element at an arbitrary position of a Dynamic Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
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Linked List Reference Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
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Double-Ended Linked List Reference Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
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Inserting a new node at the beginning of a linked list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
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Inserting a new node at the end of a (double-ended) linked list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
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Inserting a new node at an arbitrary position in a (double-ended) linked list . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
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Doubly Linked List Reference Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
99
Hash T
able Reference Image (Hash T
able with Buckets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
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Binary Search Tree Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
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Heap Reference Image (Min-Heap)
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How a stack works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
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Array and linked list implementations of a stack
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How a queue works
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Array and linked list implementation of a queue
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How a circular queue works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
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Array and linked list implementation of a circular queue
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108
The “easy way” of dealing with frames
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A sample sprite sheet with the same frames as before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
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Singly-Linked List has no redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
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A doubly linked list is an example of redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
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In a multi-processing environment, each CPU takes care of a task
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In multi-threading, the CPU uses I/O wait time to take care of another task
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wo threads and a shared variable
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Thread 1 reads the variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
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While Thread 1 is working, Thread 2 reads the variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
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Thread 1 writes the variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
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Thread 2 writes the variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
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Both Threads T
erminated
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How mutex works (1/8)
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How mutex works (2/8)
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How mutex works (3/8)
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How mutex works (4/8)
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How mutex works (5/8)
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How mutex works (6/8)
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How mutex works (7/8)
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How mutex works (8/8)
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How an arcade machine usually looks like
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129
A portable console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
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A personal computer
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How many abstraction layers are used just for a game to be able to play sounds
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132
A smartphone
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133
Fully fledged games can run in your browser nowadays
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134
How to approach improvements on your game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
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Diagram of the waterfall life cycle model
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Diagram of the incremental life cycle model
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High-level diagram of the evolutionary life cycle model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
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Diagram of the evolutionary life cycle model
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139
Example of a Kanban Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
140
An example screen from Git, a version control system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
141
UML of the program which we’ll calculate the cyclomatic complexity of
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Flow diagram of the program we’ll calculate the cyclomatic complexity of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
143
UML Diagram of the input-update-draw abstraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
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An example of screen tearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
145
A small example of the “painter’s algorithm” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
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How not clearing the screen can create glitches
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Another type of glitch created by not clearing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
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Reference image for Point-Circle Collision detection
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Reference image for Circle-Circle collision detection
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150
Example used in the AABB collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
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op-Bottom Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
152
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op-Bottom Check is not enough
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An example of a left-right check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
154
Example of the triangle inequality theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
155
Example of a degenerate triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
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Point/Triangle Collision Detection: division into sub-triangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
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Example image for line/line collision
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158
Example of a Jordan Curve
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A simple case where a point is outside the polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
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A simple case where a point is inside the polygon
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161
How a non-convex polygon makes everything harder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
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Decomposing a polygon into triangles
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163
Example of a polygon with its bounding box
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Example image used for circle/polygon collision detection
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An edge case of the circle/polygon check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
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Example image used for line/polygon collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
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Example image used for polygon/polygon collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
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How a non-convex polygon still makes everything harder
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Counting how many times we hit the perimeter gives us the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
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Issues with vertices make everything even harder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
171
Triangulating a non-convex polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
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Example for collision detection
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Graphical example of a quad tree, overlaid on the reference image
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A quad tree
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Quad trees as spacial acceleration structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
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Redundancy in quad-tree pointers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
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How an AABB-tree would process our example image
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How a possible AABB-tree structure would look like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
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Example of a search in an AABB-Tree
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Querying an AABB-tree (1/3)
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Querying an AABB-tree (2/3)
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Querying an AABB-tree (3/3)
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Example tile-based level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
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Tile-based example: falling
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Example tile-based level with a bigger object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
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Tile-based example with a bigger object: falling
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Example of a hitbox (red) and a hurtbox (blue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
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Images used as a reference for collision reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
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How the naive method reacts to collisions against a wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
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How the naive method reacts to collisions against the ground
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Example of shallow-axis based reaction on a horizontal plane
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Example of shallow-axis based reaction on a vertical plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
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How the the interleaving method reacts to collisions on a horizontal plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
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Example of the “Bullet through paper” problem
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How velocity changing direction can teleport you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
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Example of how you can draw a line between two convex non-colliding polygons
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Why the SAT doesn’t work with concave polygons
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How the SAT algorithm works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
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Finding the axes for the SAT (1/2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
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Finding the axes for the SAT (2/2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
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Projecting the polygons onto the axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
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Projecting our projections onto the x and y axes
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How Ray Casting Works: Gun (1/2)
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How Ray Casting Works: Gun (2/2)
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How a scene tree looks (specifically in Godot)
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Example of a ship attack formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
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What happens when the ship attack formation rotates
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Reference Image for Screen Space and Game Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
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How a person sees things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
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How videogame cameras see things
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Example of an horizontally-tracking camera
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Example of a full-tracking camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
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Example of camera trap-based system
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Example of look-ahead camera
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How the camera may end up showing off-map areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
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Example of how to induce lateral thinking with environmental damage
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Example of how to induce lateral thinking by “breaking the fourth wall” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
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Example of secret-in-secret
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Example Scheme of linear gameplay
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Example Scheme of branching gameplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
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Example Scheme of parallel gameplay
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Example Scheme of threaded gameplay
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Example Scheme of episodic gameplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
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Example Scheme of looping gameplay with a overarching story
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Example of a telegraphed screen-filling attack in a shooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
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A pixel perfect detection would trigger in this case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
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A smaller hitbox may save the player some frustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
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A bomb spawned behind a chest, drawn in a realistic order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
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Moving the bomb in front of the chest may ruin immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
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Highlighting the hidden part of a danger can be useful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
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Graphical Representation of Sample Rate (44.1KHz)
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Graphical Representation of Sample Rate (8KHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
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Example of audio clipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
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Example of AM Synthesis
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Example of FM Synthesis
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How a sine wave looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
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How a square wave looks
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How a triangle wave looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
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How a sawtooth wave looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
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How a noise wave looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
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Representation of an ADSR Envelope
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Attack on ADSR Envelope
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Decay on ADSR Envelope
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Sustain on ADSR Envelope
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Release on ADSR Envelope
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A freeze frame of a C64 song, you can see the instruments changing
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Example of a piano roll in LMMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
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Example of a piano roll in FamiStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
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A screen from MilkyTracker
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Simple overview of a tracker
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How each tracker channel is divided
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A single bar in our basic rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
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A basic four on the floor rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
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Four on the floor with off-beat hi-hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
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A simple rock beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
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Example of a serif font (DejaVu Serif) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
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Example of a sans-serif font (DejaVu Sans)
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Example of a proportional font (DejaVu Serif) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
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Example of a monospaced font (Inconsolata) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
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A simple spritesheet for rendering text using textures
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Indexing our spritesheet for rendering
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Godot’s “Visual Shader” Editor
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The UML diagram for a singleton pattern
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A naive implementation of a local file upload system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
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A naive implementation of a file upload system on S3
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Using Interfaces and DI to build a flexible file upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
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Possible class structure for a DI file upload
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Diagram of the Prototype Pattern
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UML Diagram of the Flyweight pattern
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Diagram of the Component Design Pattern
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Diagram of the Decorator Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
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Diagram of the Object Adapter Pattern
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Diagram of the Class Adapter Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
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Diagram of the Facade Pattern
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Diagram of the Proxy Pattern
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UML diagram for the Command Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
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The UML diagram of the observer pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
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The UML diagram of the strategy pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
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UML Diagram of the Chain of Responsibility Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374
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Diagram of a character’s state machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
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Diagram of a menu system’s state machine
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Example of a simple menu stack
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Some examples of particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
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Map we will create a navigation mesh on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
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Dividing the map into many convex polygons and labelling them
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Creating the graph
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The final data structure
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Example of Manhattan distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
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Example of Euclidean Distance
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Pathfinding Algorithms Reference Image
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Pathfinding Algorithms Heuristics Reference Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
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Simple wandering algorithm 1/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
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Simple wandering algorithm 2/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
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This maze breaks our wandering algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
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The path taken by the greedy “Best First” algorithm
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The path taken by the Dijkstra Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
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Finite state machine representing an enemy AI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
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Example of a decision tree
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Example of a behaviour tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410
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How the Midpoint Displacement Algorithm Works (1/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
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How the Midpoint Displacement Algorithm Works (2/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
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How the Midpoint Displacement Algorithm Works (3/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
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How the Midpoint Displacement Algorithm Works (4/4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
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How the diamond-square algorithm works (1/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
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How the diamond-square algorithm works (2/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
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How the diamond-square algorithm works (3/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
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How the diamond-square algorithm works (4/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
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How the diamond-square algorithm works (5/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
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How the recursive backtracker algorithm works (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
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How the recursive backtracker algorithm works (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
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How the recursive backtracker algorithm works (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
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How the recursive backtracker algorithm works (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
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How the Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm Works (1/6)
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How the Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm Works (2/6)
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How the Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm Works (3/6)
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How the Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm Works (4/6)
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How the Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm Works (5/6)
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How the Randomized Kruskal’s Algorithm Works (6/6)
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How the Recursive Division Algorithm Works (1/6)
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How the Recursive Division Algorithm Works (2/6)
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How the Recursive Division Algorithm Works (3/6)
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How the Recursive Division Algorithm Works (4/6)
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How the Recursive Division Algorithm Works (5/6)
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How the Recursive Division Algorithm Works (6/6)
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The bias of Recursive Division Algorithm
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How the Binary Tree Maze generation works (1/6)
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How the Binary Tree Maze generation works (2/6)
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How the Binary Tree Maze generation works (3/6)
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How the Binary Tree Maze generation works (4/6)
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How the Binary Tree Maze generation works (5/6)
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How the Binary Tree Maze generation works (6/6)
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How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (1/7)
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How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (2/7)
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How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (3/7)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
377
How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (4/7)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
378
How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (5/7)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
379
How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (6/7)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
380
How Eller’s Maze Generation Algorithm Works (7/7)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
381
Example of Random Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
382
Example of a tileset and a tilemap drawn with it
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
383
Simple structure of a hexmap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
384
The outer circle or an hexagon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
385
The size of an hexagon, calculated
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
386
Making a hexmap
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
387
A simple isometric tiles and a tilemap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
388
Demonstration of an image with loop points
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
389
How we can split our game into layers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449
390
Rough UML diagram of a multi-threaded loading screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
391
Example chart of how movement without inertia looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
392
Example chart of how movement without inertia looks: reversing directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
LIST OF FIGURES
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Example of an O(n) algorithm (printing of a list)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
15
Example of an O(n²) algorithm (bubble sort)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
16
A simple O(1) algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
17
A simple o(n) algorithm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
18
The bubble sort algorithm, an O(n²) algorithm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
19
A more complex algorithm to estimate
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
20
An example of inheritance: Shapes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
21
An example of inheritance: A coffee machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
22
Example of an entity declared as YAML data
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
23
Example of an entity declared as JSON data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
24
A possible implementation of a tree class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
25
Pre-order traversal of a tree using DFS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
26
In-order traversal of a tree using DFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
27
Post-order traversal of a tree using DFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
28
Traversal of a tree using BFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
29
Counting the elements in a list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
30
Counting the elements in a list with data redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
31
Finding the previous element in a singly linked list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
32
Game Loop example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
33
Game loop with fixed timesteps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
34
Game loop with variable time steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
35
Game loop with Semi-Fixed time steps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
36
Game loop with Frame Limiting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
37
Point to point collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
38
Shortened version of a point to point collision detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
39
Point to point collision detection with epsilon values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
40
Point to circle collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
41
Shorter version of a point to circle collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
42
Circle to Circle Collision Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
43
Shorter Version of a Circle to Circle Collision Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
44
Axis-Aligned Bounding Box Collision Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
45
Line to Point Collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
46
Partial Implementation of a Line to Circle Collision Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
47
Line to circle collision detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
48
Point/Rectangle collision detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
49
Point/Triangle Collision Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
50
Point/Triangle Collision Detection with epsilon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
51
Rectangle to Circle Collision Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
52
Implementation of the line/line collision detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
53
Implementation of the line/rectangle collision detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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Die Dokumentation unterliegt einer Schutzgebühr in Höhe von 400 Euro (zzgl. MwSt.).
KONTAKT
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Zahlen und Fakten zur Studie
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2.
Fazit
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3.
Die besten Unternehmen
9
4.
Gesamtergebnis
12
Ergebnis Ökostromanbieter
16
Ergebnis Klassische Stromanbieter
18
5.
Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
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Telefonischer Service
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Service per E-Mail
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Internetauftritt
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Preise
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Vertragsbedingungen
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Service
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Konditionen
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Service
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Auftraggeber
Nachrichtensender
Studienumfang
34 Stromanbieter
Studienzeitraum
Oktober 2019 bis Februar 2020
Studienkonzept
Erstellung in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Dr.
Analysebereiche
Service und Konditionen
Service
Mystery-Tests, insgesamt 1.044 Servicekontakte (31* je Anbieter)
◼
330 Analysen* der telefonischen Kontaktqualität (10 je Anbieter)
◼
340 Analysen der E-Mail-Beantwortung (10 je Anbieter)
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34 Inhaltsanalysen der Internetauftritte (1 je Anbieter)
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340 Betrachtungen der Internetauftritte durch geschulte Nutzer
(10 je Anbieter)
Konditionen
Umfassende Bewertung von Preisen und Vertragsbedingungen der
jeweils günstigsten ausgewiesenen Stromtarife in Berlin, Hamburg
und München (Stand: 7. Januar 2020)
1. Zahlen und Fakten zur Studie
*
Die Unternehmen Elißa und Kaiser Energie verfügten über einen gemeinsamen telefonischen Service. Die Bewertung wurde für diese Anbieter zusammen vorgenommen.
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Versendete E-Mail-Antworten der Strom-
anbieter mit einer Ausnahme inhaltlich
korrekt (99,5% der Fälle)
◼
E-Mails freundlich verfasst (80,6% der
Fälle)
◼
Durchweg positive Formulierungen in
96,2% der Antworten
◼
40,0% der Anfragen gar nicht beantwortet;
zehn der 34 Stromanbieter antworteten
auf weniger als die Hälfte der E-Mails
(neun davon waren klassische Anbieter)
◼
E-Mails zu häufig ohne Bezug zum
Kundenbedarf (43,5% der Fälle)
◼
Keine vollständigen Auskünfte in 38,2%
der Antworten, häufig blieben Teilfragen
unbeantwortet
◼
Kunden- und Produktnutzen in 62,4% der
Fälle zu wenig hervorgehoben
◼
Kaum Mehrwert geschaffen (in 86,6% der
E-Mails), 92,5% der Antworten blieben
nicht nachhaltig in positiver Erinnerung
Stärken
Schwächen
5. Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
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In den letzten zwanzig Jahren haben sich die monatlichen Stromkosten in deutschen Haushal-
ten mehr als verdoppelt. Zahlte ein Haushalt mit einem Jahresverbrauch von 3.500 kWh um
die Jahrtausendwende im Schnitt noch 40,66 Euro monatlich, so betrug die Stromrechnung im
Jahr 2019 bereits 88,75 Euro.*
Ein Stromanbieter- oder Tarifwechsel kann sich für viele Kunden daher auszahlen. Gemäß
Bundesnetzagentur konnten Kunden im Jahr 2017 zwischen 1.289 Stromversorgern wählen.
Darüber hinaus gibt es eine Vielzahl an unterschiedlichen Tarifen. Für einige Verbraucher spielt
neben dem finanziellen Aspekt aber auch der Klimaschutz eine entscheidende Rolle bei der
Auswahl des Stromtarifs. Infolgedessen steigt das Interesse an Tarifen, die für die Gewinnung
regenerativer Energien gekennzeichnet sind – sogenannte Ökostromtarife.** Um die verschie-
denen Interessen abzubilden, wurden in der vorliegenden Studie zwei separate Samples für
klassische Stromanbieter und Ökostromanbieter definiert.
Für die aktuelle Untersuchung fand eine Serviceanalyse verschiedener Stromanbieter statt, um
aus Kundensicht festzustellen, welcher Anbieter eine kompetente, freundliche Beratung sowie
informative und bedienungsfreundliche Websites boten. Darüber hinaus wurden in einer
umfassenden Konditionenanalyse die Preise und Vertragsbedingungen geprüft. Ziel war es,
herauszufinden, welche Stromanbieter in welchen Bereichen die besten Leistungen bieten.
*
Vgl.: BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. (2019): BDEW-Strompreisanalyse Juli 2019: Haushalte und Industrie, Online unter:
https://www.bdew.de/media/documents/190723_BDEW-Strompreisanalyse_Juli-2019.pdf (letzter Zugriff am 24.10.2019).
**
Vgl.: Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen (2019): Monitoringbericht 2018, ebd. (letzter Zugriff am 24.10.2019).
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Hintergrund der Studie
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Die Untersuchungsauswahl berücksichtigte neben den Grundversorgern der drei größten
deutschen Städte (Berlin, Hamburg und München) Unternehmen mit Top-Platzierungen in der
Vorstudie. Dazu zählten die jeweils fünf besten Unternehmen beim Service, beim Gesamter-
gebnis der Stromanbieter und beim Ergebnis der Ökostromanbieter. In die Auswahl kamen
außerdem kostengünstige Unternehmen, die einen Top-10-Rang in der Metaanalyse „Deutsch-
lands Sparchampions 2019“ erzielten* oder bei einem Pretest zu den günstigsten fünf
Anbietern von Strom- beziehungsweise Ökostromtarifen gehörten.** Hinzu kamen Anbieter mit
besonders hoher Marktrelevanz (gemessen am Absatz) sowie unabhängige Ökostromanbieter.
Insgesamt umfasste die Auswahl folgende 34 Unternehmen:
7. Methodik
Untersuchungsumfang
*
Vgl. Deutsches Institut für Service-Qualität 2019.
**
Die Recherche basierte auf Daten der Internet-Vergleichsportale Check.24 und Verivox.de. Ermittelt wurden die günstigsten Tarife, Ökostromtarife und nachhaltigen Ökostrom-
tarife bei drei Verbrauchsmengen (2.000 kWh, 4.500 kWh, 5.000 kWh) in den Städten Berlin, Hamburg und München – ohne Bonuszahlungen, Vorkasse und Kaution (Stand der
Daten: 22.10.2019).
| Bürgerwerke | Eprimo | Innogy | N-Ergie | Stadtwerke Flensburg |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| DEW21 | EWE | Kaiser Energie | Ovag Energie | Stadtwerke Iserlohn |
| E.ON Energie Deutschland | EWS Schönau | Knauber Strom | Polarstern | Stadtwerke München |
| Elißa | Extraenergie | Lichtblick | Regionale Energiewerke | Strogon |
| EnBW | Greenpeace Energy | Maingau Energie | Rhein Energie Express | Team Energie |
| Energy4u | Grüner Funke | Montana | Roth Energie | Vattenfall |
| Enstroga | Grünwelt Energie | Naturstrom | Sauber Energie | |
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Bei den Mystery-Tests verwendeten die geschulten Testkunden für die Anfragen per Telefon
und E-Mail spezifische Rollenspiele mit Fragestellungen zum Thema Stromversorgung. Die
Rollenspiele kamen bei allen Unternehmen in der gleichen Verteilung zum Einsatz. Alle
Anfragen wurden auf Interessentenbasis gestellt. Dabei ging es unter anderem um folgende
Aspekte:
◼
Tarifempfehlung für ein vorgegebenes Verbraucherprofil
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Erklärung der Stromkennzeichnung
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Fragen zum Stromzähler
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Netzgebühr
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Möglichkeit zum Widerruf des Stromantrags
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Zuständigkeiten des Netzbetreibers
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Grundversorgung
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Erklärung und Informationen zur EEG-Umlage
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Kündigung des alten Stromanbieters bei einer Preiserhöhung
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Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Telefonischer Service (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Kommunikationsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Vollständige Meldeformel | 1,5% | |
| Positive Gesprächseröffnung | 1,5% | |
| Namensansprache | 1,0% | |
| Aktive Gesprächsführung | 2.5% | |
| Interaktionsqualität | 2,5% | |
| Freundlichkeit | 4,0% | |
| Motivation | 3,0% | |
| Akustische Verständlichkeit | 1,5% | |
| Positive Formulierungen | 1,0% | |
| Positive Verabschiedung | 1,5% | |
| Wartezeiten und Erreichbarkeit | | 20,0% |
| Zustande gekommene Gespräche im Erstkontakt | 7,0% | |
| Durchschnittliche Wartezeit | 7,0% | |
| Gesprächsannahme innerhalb von 20 Sekunden | 3,0% | |
| Wöchentliche Erreichbarkeit | 3,0% | |
| Beratungserlebnis | | 10,0% |
| Authentischer Berater | 2,0% | |
| Gesprächsatmosphäre/Wohlfühlfaktor | 4,0% | |
| Mehrwert der Beratung | 2,0% | |
| Erinnerungswert | 2,0% | |
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Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Service per E-Mail | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Beratungskompetenz | | 35,0% |
| Richtigkeit der Aussagen | 7,0% | |
| Vollständigkeit der Aussagen | 6,0% | |
| Strukturierte Darstellung | 4,0% | |
| Individuelle Antworten | 6,0% | |
| Inhaltliche Verständlichkeit | 4,5% | |
| Souveränität | 4,5% | |
| Orthografisch und grammatikalisch fehlerfreie Antwort | 3,0% | |
| Lösungsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Bedarfsgerechte Antworten | 6,0% | |
| Aufzeigen des Kunden- und Produktnutzens | 4,0% | |
| Konsistente Darstellung | 1,0% | |
| Relation Antwortumfang und -ergebnis | 4,0% | |
| Einfache Lösung des Anliegens | 5,0% | |
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Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Service per E-Mail (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Kommunikationsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Eindeutige Absenderkennung | 1,0% | |
| Betreffzeile entspricht Ursprungsanfrage | 1,0% | |
| Anfragetext in Antwort enthalten | 1,5% | |
| Positiver Einstieg | 1,0% | |
| Anrede mit Namen | 2,0% | |
| Dank für die Kontaktaufnahme | 2,0% | |
| Freundlichkeit der Antwort | 3,0% | |
| Optische Gestaltung | 2,0% | |
| Positive Formulierungen | 2,0% | |
| Aktives Gesprächsangebot | 1,0% | |
| Positive Verabschiedung | 2,0% | |
| Nennung wichtiger Kontaktdaten | 1,5% | |
| Wartezeiten und Erreichbarkeit | | 20,0% |
| Zusendung einer Empfangsbestätigung | 3,0% | |
| Eingegangene Antwort | 7,0% | |
| Dauer bis zum Erhalt der Antwort | 7,0% | |
| Zusendung einer Antwort in 24 Stunden | 3,0% | |
| Beratungserlebnis | | 5,0% |
| Mehrwert der Antwort | 1,5% | |
| Erinnerungswert | 3,5% | |
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7. Methodik
Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Inhaltsanalyse Internet (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Allgemeine Informationen | | 30,0% |
| AGB/Rechtliches | 4,0% | |
| FAQ/Hilfebereich | 3,5% | |
| Glossar | 2,5% | |
| Suchfunktion | 2,5% | |
| Sitemap/Seitenbeschreibung | 2,5% | |
| Newsletter | 2,5% | |
| Mobiloptimierte Website | 2,5% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zu den AGB/zum Rechtlichen | 5,0% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zu den FAQ/zum Hilfebereich | 5,0% | |
| Kontaktinformationen | | 20,0% |
| Telefonnummer (außerhalb des Impressums/der AGB) | 1,5% | |
| Hinweis auf telefonische Erreichbarkeit | 1,5% | |
| Call-Back-Service | 2,0% | |
| E-Mail-Adresse (außerhalb des Impressums/der AGB) | 1,5% | |
| Allgemeines Kontaktformular | 1,5% | |
| Postanschrift (außerhalb des Impressums/der AGB) | 2,0% | |
| Explizite Kritik-Möglichkeit | 3,0% | |
| Social-Media-Auftritt (Facebook, Twitter, Forum etc.) | 1,0% | |
| Direct-Messaging (Chat, Skype, WhatsApp) | 1,0% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zur Telefonnummer | 2,5% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zur E-Mail Adresse/zum Kontaktformular | 2,5% | |
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Positiv
51
Negativ
52
B. Tarifübersicht
53
C. Telefonischer Service
55
D. Service per E-Mail
57
E. Internetauftritt
59
F.
Tarifkosten
61
Berlin
61
Hamburg
64
München
65
G. Allgemeine Methodik (Servicetests)
64
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„Der Mitarbeiter am Telefon fragte meinen Bedarf ab und suchte mir dazu passend drei
verschiedene Tarife heraus, wobei er jeweils auf die Vertragsbedingungen einging. Er war
freundlich und offen und bot mir an, die Angebote noch einmal per E-Mail an mich zu
schicken.“ (Knauber Strom)
◼
„Die Website ist übersichtlich gestaltet. Man kommt hier direkt zum Tarifrechner und die
passenden Tarife werden mit den wichtigen Informationen übersichtlich nebeneinander
darstellt und verglichen. Insgesamt befinden sich auf der Seite viele nützliche Informatio-
nen, die nicht überladen wirken.“ (Team Energie)
◼
„Meine E-Mail-Anfrage wurde sehr umfassend beantwortet und dabei immer wieder Bezug
zu meinem Anliegen genommen. Die E-Mail war sehr freundlich und persönlich formuliert.
Ich erhielt verschiedene Alternativen mit den jeweiligen Vorteilen und auch weitere nütz-
liche Tipps.“ (Innogy)
◼
„Die Antwort auf meine E-Mail-Anfrage war informativ, verdeutlichte den Kundennutzen
und erbrachte einen Mehrwert.“ (Polarstern)
◼
„Obwohl die Website über ein umfassendes Portfolio informiert, sind die Informationen
zum Thema Strom gut zu finden und übersichtlich dargestellt. Insgesamt vermittelt der
Anbieter einen seriösen Eindruck.“ (Stadtwerke München)
A. Tester-Erlebnisse
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Basis: Standardisierte, objektiv nachprüfbare Messverfahren der SERVQUAL/SERVPERF-
Methodik, Erweiterung des Modells um Erkenntnisse aus der Verhaltensökonomie
◼
Analyse: Mehrdimensionaler Ansatz; Berücksichtigung der für Kunden relevanten Kon-
taktkanäle (Filiale vor Ort, Telefon, E-Mail und Kontaktformular, Online-Chat, Internetprä-
senz der Unternehmen, Versand)
◼
Verfahren: Datenerhebung mithilfe von Mystery-Tests (= aktive, verdeckte Beobachtung
durch geschulte Tester, die als Kunden auftreten und nach einem festgelegten und stan-
dardisierten Kriterienkatalog vorgehen)
◼
Mystery-Aktivitäten: Testkäufe, Testberatungen, Testanrufe, Test-E-Mails, Test-Chat-
Gespräche auf Basis streng definierter, branchenübergreifender Vorgaben hinsichtlich
Fragebögen, Rollenspiele und Kundenprofile
◼
Internetanalyse: Qualitätsmessung anhand quantitativer Inhaltsanalysen durch Experten
sowie Nutzerbetrachtungen durch geschulte Tester
G. Allgemeine Methodik
Servicetests
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KONTAKT
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Ergebnisse der Unternehmen
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Service
24
Konditionen
27
7.
Methodik
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Service
32
Konditionen
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◼
E-Mail-Antworten mit einer Ausnahme
stets korrekt (99,5% der Fälle) und
überwiegend strukturiert (96,7% der
Tests)
◼
E-Mails freundlich verfasst und meist mit
durchgehend positiven Formulierungen
(88,0% bzw. 96,2% der Testfälle)
◼
Optisch ansprechende Gestaltung bei
92,3% der E-Mails
◼
36,5% der Anfragen gar nicht beantwortet;
zwölf der 37 Gasanbieter antworteten auf
weniger als die Hälfte der E-Mails
◼
39,2% der E-Mails unvollständig – häufig
wurde auf eine telefonische Beratung oder
die Website verwiesen
◼
E-Mails oftmals zu wenig individuell und
kaum bedarfsgerecht (43,1% bzw. 44,0%
der Fälle)
◼
Kunden- und Produktnutzen in 57,9% der
Antworten unzureichend aufgezeigt
◼
Einstieg und Verabschiedung in E-Mails
meist nicht positiv (70,8 bzw. 61,2% der
Tests)
◼
94,7% der E-Mails schufen keinen Mehr-
wert über das Kernanliegen hinaus
Stärken
Schwächen
5. Stärken und Schwächen der Branche
Service per E-Mail
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Bei den Mystery-Tests verwendeten die geschulten Testkunden für die Anfragen per Telefon
und E-Mail spezifische Rollenspiele mit Fragestellungen zum Thema Gasversorgung. Die
Rollenspiele kamen bei allen Unternehmen in der gleichen Verteilung zum Einsatz. Alle
Anfragen wurden auf Interessentenbasis gestellt. Dabei ging es unter anderem um folgende
Aspekte:
◼
Tarifempfehlung für ein vorgegebenes Verbraucherprofil
◼
Erklärung der Zustandszahl
◼
Fragen zum Gaszähler
◼
Zuständigkeiten des Netzbetreibers
◼
Unterschiede zwischen konventionellem Gas und Ökogas
◼
Grundversorgung
◼
Sonderkündigungsrecht bei Umzügen
◼
Kündigung des alten Gasanbieters bei einer Preiserhöhung
◼
Preisgarantie
7. Methodik
Service – Rollenspiele
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7. Methodik
Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Telefonischer Service | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Beratungskompetenz | | 30,0% |
| Richtigkeit der Aussagen | 7,0% | |
| Vollständigkeit der Aussagen | 6,0% | |
| Strukturierte Beratung | 4,0% | |
| Individuelle Beratung | 5,0% | |
| Inhaltliche Verständlichkeit | 4,0% | |
| Glaubwürdigkeit des Beraters | 4,0% | |
| Lösungsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Gezielte Bedarfsanalyse | 5,0% | |
| Bedarfsgerechte Antworten | 5,0% | |
| Aufzeigen des Kunden- oder Produktnutzens | 4,0% | |
| Relation Gesprächsdauer und -ergebnis | 2,0% | |
| Einfache Lösung des Anliegens | 4,0% | |
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7. Methodik
Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Telefonischer Service (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Kommunikationsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Vollständige Meldeformel | 1,5% | |
| Positive Gesprächseröffnung | 1,5% | |
| Namensansprache | 1,0% | |
| Aktive Gesprächsführung | 2,5% | |
| Interaktionsqualität | 2,5% | |
| Freundlichkeit | 4,0% | |
| Motivation | 3,0% | |
| Akustische Verständlichkeit | 1,5% | |
| Positive Formulierungen | 1,0% | |
| Positive Verabschiedung | 1,5% | |
| Wartezeiten und Erreichbarkeit | | 20,0% |
| Zustande gekommene Gespräche im Erstkontakt | 7,0% | |
| Durchschnittliche Wartezeit | 7,0% | |
| Gesprächsannahme innerhalb von 20 Sekunden | 3,0% | |
| Wöchentliche Erreichbarkeit | 3,0% | |
| Beratungserlebnis | | 10,0% |
| Authentischer Berater | 2,0% | |
| Gesprächsatmosphäre/Wohlfühlfaktor | 4,0% | |
| Mehrwert der Beratung | 2,0% | |
| Erinnerungswert | 2,0% | |
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7. Methodik
Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Service per E-Mail | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Beratungskompetenz | | 35,0% |
| Richtigkeit der Aussagen | 7,0% | |
| Vollständigkeit der Aussagen | 6,0% | |
| Strukturierte Darstellung | 4,0% | |
| Individuelle Antworten | 6,0% | |
| Inhaltliche Verständlichkeit | 4,5% | |
| Souveränität | 4,5% | |
| Orthografisch und grammatikalisch fehlerfreie Antwort | 3,0% | |
| Lösungsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Bedarfsgerechte Antworten | 6,0% | |
| Aufzeigen des Kunden- und Produktnutzens | 4,0% | |
| Konsistente Darstellung | 1,0% | |
| Relation Antwortumfang und -ergebnis | 4,0% | |
| Einfache Lösung des Anliegens | 5,0% | |
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7. Methodik
Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Service per E-Mail (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Kommunikationsqualität | | 20,0% |
| Eindeutige Absenderkennung | 1,0% | |
| Betreffzeile entspricht Ursprungsanfrage | 1,0% | |
| Anfragetext in Antwort enthalten | 1,5% | |
| Positiver Einstieg | 1,0% | |
| Anrede mit Namen | 2,0% | |
| Dank für die Kontaktaufnahme | 2,0% | |
| Freundlichkeit der Antwort | 3,0% | |
| Optische Gestaltung | 2,0% | |
| Positive Formulierungen | 2,0% | |
| Aktives Gesprächsangebot | 1,0% | |
| Positive Verabschiedung | 2,0% | |
| Nennung wichtiger Kontaktdaten | 1,5% | |
| Wartezeiten und Erreichbarkeit | | 20,0% |
| Zusendung einer Empfangsbestätigung | 3,0% | |
| Eingegangene Antwort | 7,0% | |
| Dauer bis zum Erhalt der Antwort | 7,0% | |
| Zusendung einer Antwort in 24 Stunden | 3,0% | |
| Beratungserlebnis | | 5,0% |
| Mehrwert der Antwort | 1,5% | |
| Erinnerungswert | 3,5% | |
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7. Methodik
Service – Untersuchungskriterien
| Inhaltsanalyse Internet (Fortsetzung) | | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Allgemeine Informationen | | 30,0% |
| AGB/Rechtliches | 4,0% | |
| FAQ/Hilfebereich | 3,5% | |
| Glossar | 2,5% | |
| Suchfunktion | 2,5% | |
| Sitemap/Seitenbeschreibung | 2,5% | |
| Newsletter | 2,5% | |
| Mobiloptimierte Website | 2,5% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zu den AGB/zum Rechtlichen | 5,0% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zu den FAQ/zum Hilfebereich | 5,0% | |
| Kontaktinformationen | | 20,0% |
| Telefonnummer (außerhalb des Impressums/der AGB) | 1,5% | |
| Hinweis auf telefonische Erreichbarkeit | 1,5% | |
| Call-Back-Service | 2,0% | |
| E-Mail-Adresse (außerhalb des Impressums/der AGB) | 1,5% | |
| Allgemeines Kontaktformular | 1,5% | |
| Postanschrift (außerhalb des Impressums/der AGB) | 2,0% | |
| Explizite Kritik-Möglichkeit | 3,0% | |
| Social-Media-Auftritt (Facebook, Twitter, Forum etc.) | 1,0% | |
| Direct-Messaging (Chat, Skype, WhatsApp) | 1,0% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zur Telefonnummer | 2,5% | |
| Anzahl Klicks bis zur E-Mail Adresse/zum Kontaktformular | 2,5% | |
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7. Methodik
Service – Getestete Kontaktkanäle
| Unternehmen | Telefonnummer | E-Mail-Adresse / Kontaktformular | Internetseite |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Badenova | 0800 2791020 | service@badenova.de / Kontaktformular | www.badenova.de |
| Baywa | 0800 7241640 | baywa-oekoenergie@abrechnung.com / Kontaktformular | www.baywa-oekoenergie.de |
| E wie einfach | 0800 4411800 | neukunde@e-wie-einfach.de / Kontaktformular | www.e-wie-einfach.de |
| E.ON Energie Deutschland | 0800 3300033 | kundenservice@eon.de / Kontaktformular | www.eon.de |
| EnBW | 0721 72586005 | kontakt@enbw.com / Kontaktformular | www.enbw.com |
| Eprimo | 0800 6060110 | kundenservice@eprimo.de | www.eprimo.de |
| EWE | 0441 80005555 | info@ewe.de / Kontaktformular | www.ewe.de |
| Fünfwerke.de | 0800 3593753 | service@fuenfwerke.de / Kontaktformular | www.fuenfwerke.de |
| Gasag | 030 707200000 | service@gasag.de / Kontaktformular | www.gasag.de |
| Greenline | 03928 703770 /
03928 703727 | info@greenline.de / service@greenline.de /
Kontaktformular | www.greenline.de |
| Grünwelt Energie | 0800 5858777 | Kontaktformular | www.gruenwelt.de |
| Immergrün | 0221 98599985 | service@immergruen-energie.de / Kontaktformular | www.immergruen-energie.de |
| Innogy | 0800 9944023 | kundenservice@innogy.com / Kontaktformular | innogy.com |
| Klickenergie | 02131 5310123 | info@klickenergie.de | www.klickenergie.de |
| Knauber Erdgas | 0228 512765 | erdgasberatung@knauber.de / Kontaktformular | www.knauber-erdgas.de |
| Kostenix Gas | 02324 904370 | info@kostenix-gas.de / Kontaktformular | www.kostenix-gas.de |
| Lekker Energie | 030 430949101 | kundenservice@lekker.de / Kontaktformular | www.lekker.de |
| Leu Energie | 0800 8998996 | info@leu-erdgas.de / Kontaktformular | www.leu-erdgas.de |
| Lichtblick | 040 80803030 | info@lichtblick.de | www.lichtblick.de |
| Testzeitraum | 14. Februar -
25. März 2020 | 12. Februar - 20. März 2020 | 18. Februar - 24. März 2020 |
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Teil 2/2
| Unternehmen | Telefonnummer | E-Mail-Adresse / Kontaktformular | Internetseite |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Logo Energie | 02251 7739397 | info@logoenergie.de / Kontaktformular | www.logoenergie.de |
| Maingau Energie | 0800 6246428 | kundenbetreuung@maingau-energie.de /
Kontaktformular | www.maingau-energie.de |
| Mitgas | 0800 2660660 | vertrieb@mitgas.de / Kontaktformular | www.mitgas.de |
| Montana | 0800 5555990 | service@montana-energie.de / info@montana-
energie.de / Kontaktformular | www.montana-energie.de |
| Naturstrom | 0211 77900300 /
0211 77900100 | kundenservice@naturstrom.de / Kontaktformular | www.naturstrom.de |
| NEW Energie | 0800 6886881 | info@new-energie.de / Kontaktformular | www.new-energie.de |
| Ovag Energie | 0800 0123535 | info@ovag.de / Kontaktformular | www.ovag-energie.de |
| Roth Energie | 0641 6020 /
0641 60257 | info@roth-energie.de / erdgas@roth-energie.de /
Kontaktformular | www.roth-energie.de |
| Ruck zuck Energie | 03501 4909699 | frag@ruckzuck-energie.de / Kontaktformular | www.ruckzuck-energie.de |
| Sauber Energie | 0800 1122999 | kundenservice@sauberenergie.de / Kontaktformular | www.sauberenergie.de |
| Scharr Wärme | 0800 7972725 /
0711 7868599 | info@scharr-waerme.de / Kontaktformular | scharr.de/waerme/privatkunden/erd
gas |
| Stadtwerke Flensburg | 0461 4874455 | service@stadtwerke-flensburg.de / Kontaktformular | www.stadtwerke-flensburg.de |
| Stadtwerke München | 0800 7967960 | privatkunden@swm.de / Kontaktformular | www.swm.de |
| Strogon | 0228 92953577 | info@strogon.de / Kontaktformular | strogon.de |
| Susi-Energie | 0800 7874123 | info@susi-energie.de / Kontaktformular | www.susi-energie.de |
| Team Energie | 04641 98601200 | erdgas@team.de / Kontaktformular | teamgas.de |
| Vattenfall | 0800 9925000 | kundenservice@vattenfall.de / Kontaktformular | www.vattenfall.de |
| Yello Strom | 0221 27117777 | immerda@yello.de / Kontaktformular | www.yello.de |
| Testzeitraum | 14. Februar -
25. März 2020 | 12. Februar - 20. März 2020 | 18. Februar - 24. März 2020 |
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A. Tester-Erlebnisse
47
Positiv
47
Negativ
48
B. Tarifübersicht
49
C. Telefonischer Service
51
D. Service per E-Mail
53
E. Internetauftritt
55
F.
Tarifkosten Gasanbieter
57
Berlin
57
Hamburg
58
München
59
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Basis: Standardisierte, objektiv nachprüfbare Messverfahren der SERVQUAL/SERVPERF-
Methodik, Erweiterung des Modells um Erkenntnisse aus der Verhaltensökonomie
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Analyse: Mehrdimensionaler Ansatz; Berücksichtigung der für Kunden relevanten Kon-
taktkanäle (Filiale vor Ort, Telefon, E-Mail und Kontaktformular, Online-Chat, Internetprä-
senz der Unternehmen, Versand)
◼
Verfahren: Datenerhebung mithilfe von Mystery-Tests (= aktive, verdeckte Beobachtung
durch geschulte Tester, die als Kunden auftreten und nach einem festgelegten und stan-
dardisierten Kriterienkatalog vorgehen)
◼
Mystery-Aktivitäten: Testkäufe, Testberatungen, Testanrufe, Test-E-Mails, Test-Chat-
Gespräche auf Basis streng definierter, branchenübergreifender Vorgaben hinsichtlich
Fragebögen, Rollenspiele und Kundenprofile
◼
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sowie Nutzerbetrachtungen durch geschulte Tester
H. Allgemeine Methodik
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Die Abbildung zeigt die Hauptkriterien der Servicetests mit wesentlichen Unterkriterien:
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Bewertungen basieren auf standardisierter Likert-Skala mit fünf Ausprägungen
◼
Einheitliche Überführung ermittelter Daten in ein Punktesystem (0 bis 100 Punkte)
◼
Einordnung der Werte in Qualitätsurteilsschema von „sehr gut“ bis „mangelhaft“
H. Allgemeine Methodik
Servicetests
Filiale
Umfeld
Kommunikationsqualität
Freundlichkeit, Namensansprache, aktive Gesprächsführung etc.
Lösungsqualität
gezielte Bedarfsanalyse, Aufzeigen des Produktnutzens etc.
Beratungskompetenz
Richtigkeit von Aussagen, vollständige Beantwortung etc.
Nutzer-
betrachtung
Optik,
Navigation,
Verständlich-
keit etc.
Inhalts-
analyse
Kontaktar-
ten, Umfang
und Zugriff
auf Informa-
tionen etc.
Bestell-
bedingungen
Rück-
gaberecht,
Zahlungs-
arten etc.
Versand-
qualität
Versanddauer,
Kosten,
Zustellungs-
qualität etc.
Telefon
E-Mail
Internet
Versand
Angebot
Chat
Wartezeiten und Erreichbarkeit
Wartezeiten, Öffnungszeiten, Termineinhaltung etc.
Beratungserlebnis
Mehrwert der Beratung, Erinnerungswert etc.
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Up Linear Algebra
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Stephen Davies, Ph.D.
Computer Science Department
University of Mary Washington
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University of Mary Washington
Department of Computer Science
James Farmer Hall
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Permission is granted to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this
work under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Inter-
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der this license.
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Contents at a glance
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Acknowledgements
iii
1
Stretching our legs
1
2
Vectors
11
3
Linear independence
53
4
Matrices
83
5
Linear transformations
113
6
Matrix multiplication
143
7
Applications
177
8
Eigenanalysis
211
9
Eigenapplications
233
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Stretching our legs
We’ve got a steep climb up ahead of us. What exactly are we up
against? And what will we see from the summit that will be worth
all the effort to get there?
As we did in the opening chapter of A Cool, Brisk Walk, let’s take
the two words of our subject – “Linear Algebra” – one at a time,
and talk about what they mean. And just like we did for “Discrete
Mathematics,” we’ll consider the words in reverse order.
1.1
“Algebra”
When most people hear the word “algebra,” they flash back to
middle school, to that subject where they first learned to work
with letters (like x) instead of just numbers (like 5) in a math
class. They remember the quadratic formula, collecting like terms,
factoring expressions, and so on.
That middle school class is indeed related to the subject of our
book, but more distantly than you might imagine. Properly speak-
ing, that middle school subject is a proper noun: “Algebra” with
a capital ‘A.’ It’s actually a special case of the common noun
that mathematicians deal with: an “algebra” with a lower-case ‘a.’
Okay. So what’s “an algebra,” then?
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An algebra is any system of mathematical objects together with
operations that can be used to combine them. The middle school
Algebra is an example: the “objects” are numbers (or letters that
stand for numbers) and the operations are things like addition,
multiplication, powers, roots, and the like. We can take numbers
(or stand-ins) like:
5, x, 3, y, q, 17, 14, z, 9
and combine them to build up a complex expression like:
(5+x)3
y
−q ⋅17
√
(14 + x)z + 9 + y
.
It looks kinda gross, but I think you’ll agree that if you knew what
numbers each letter stood for, you could laboriously crank out the
answer with a calculator.
Another example was the algebra of sets we learned about in Cool,
Brisk Walk chapter 2. We could take the sets A, B, N, and Q and
combine them with set operations to get:
((A ∩N) ∪B) × A −(Q ∪B).
Or, from chapter 8 of Cool, Brisk Walk, we could combine the
logical propositions P, Q, R, and S to get a compound proposition
like:
(¬P ∨Q ∧¬(R ⊕P)) ⇔(¬S ⇒P).
Any system of mathematical objects and operations like this is an
“algebra.”
The subject of this book is linear algebra in which
the “mathematical objects,” instead of being numbers or sets or
propositions, are vectors and matrices.
Closure
Key to the notion of an algebra, by the way, is the notion of clo-
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3 Appendix: Python
Each chapter of this book comes equipped with an appendix show-
ing how to carry out the various linear algebra calculations in a
programming language called Python. Here’s the first one!
Most readers will have done at least a little bit of computer pro-
gramming before making it to this book.
If you haven’t, don’t
worry about it. We’re not really going to be programming per se,
but rather using the Python language as a glorified calculator.
Python is of course a fully-functional, feature-rich programming
language that can be used for just about any program you want
to write, whether that’s a PC or smartphone app, a data analysis
program, or a dynamic website.
It’s a great and very readable
language, and I highly recommend adding it to your quiver as you
assimilate various high-tech tools.
Installing and navigating Python
For this book, all you’ll need to do is download a Python IDE2
and the “package” (bundle of software) called “numpy.” NumPy3
stands for “numerical Python,” and has the various cogs and gears
to create vectors and matrices, the mainstays of this book. The
easiest way I know of to do this is to download the Anaconda
Python distribution from www.anaconda.com, and then start the
Spyder application that automatically comes with it.
Whether you use Spyder or a different IDE (Eclipse, IDLE, and
PyCharm are some other popular ones), the main thing to focus on
– and the only thing I’ll describe in this book – is the Python code
itself, which you’ll type in an editor window that sorta resembles
Microsoft Word or Google Docs.
2IDE stands for “Integrated Development Environment” and just means “a
point-and-click interface that lets you write programs, edit them, run them, and
debug (find and remove errors) them.”
3NumPy can be pronounced either “NUM-PIE” or “NUM-pee.” I’ve heard
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Vectors
As I stated on p. 1, every “algebra” is comprised of a set of math-
ematical objects which you can combine with various operations.
In linear algebra, those building blocks are vectors and matrices
(singular: matrix). Buried within them are many mysteries. We’ll
cover them in considerable detail in this chapter and the next.
2.1
Vector vs. scalar quantities
The first thing we should do is perhaps distinguish between a vector
quantity and a scalar quantity, which probably had the spotlight
in most of your previous math classes. A scalar value is simply a
single number, like 5, or -3.2, or π, or even 9 + 2i if you’re into
imaginary numbers. The word scalar is related to the word scale,
as in a “scale of measure.” Think of stepping on a scale to weigh
yourself in the morning: your scale gives you back a single number
(which you may or may not like; I won’t judge).
We’ll call scalars one-dimensional values. That might seem odd,
since we haven’t really talked about “dimensions,” yet. But think
of the plain-old number line you learned about back in elemen-
tary school. Zero’s drawn in the middle, positive numbers to the
right and negative numbers to the left, and the whole thing extends
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Applications
I was going to make this chapter the finale of the book, but found
I just couldn’t wait. This is what I love about linear algebra: not
the abstract manipulation of meaningless numbers in grids, but the
ways in which the whole topic of matrices applies beautifully and
usefully to real-world scenarios.
This chapter doesn’t begin to cover all the applications of linear
algebra! Those are vast, and probably innumerable. But here are
three of my favorites presented in capsule form so you can get a
taste for why it’s useful to do all this stuff.
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Eigenapplications
We end this book with a few more ultra-cool real-world applications
of linear algebra. Unlike those in Chapter 7, though, these will all
involve the eigenvalue concepts you learned in Chapter 8. Our
new ability to penetrate to the heart of a matrix and understand
its inner structure will enable us to do things we could only dream
about before.
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CHAPTER 9. EIGENAPPLICATIONS
Now, if I wanted to find “pages with similar content to cnn.com,”
I’d calculate the dot product of every page’s (normalized) vector
with CNN’s vector, and take the highest results.
Or, if a Ya-
hoo! user entered “harry potter the sorcerers stone” in the
search box, I’d first make a vector on the fly with a 1 for each of
the five words of the query and 0 everywhere else, then normal-
ize it, and finally take its dot product with every page’s vector.
Effectively, this means I’d be looking for the pages for which the
percentage of words that are harry, potter, the, sorcerers, or
stone is the highest.
I’m glossing over several other pragmatic steps that search engines
take to improve the accuracy of their results. Among them are:
• Getting rid of punctuation, capitalization, and other stuff
that doesn’t pertain to the root meanings of a word.
• Collapsing all different forms of the same root word to a single
entry.
In English, this is called stemming, because we’re
finding the word’s stem and using it instead of the raw word.
The idea here is that the words jump, jumps, jumped, and
jumping all reflect the same basic meaning. If we’re trying
to capture the topics of a Web page, we really don’t care
which of the specific variants of the word appear, only its
root meaning.
• Dropping super-common words altogether. Words like “a,”
“the,” and “of” don’t actually hold any meaningful content,
because every page has zillions of them regardless of what it’s
about. Search engines use a stop list of common words to
discard.
• Scaling the importance of each word by how common it is.
This is a gentler version of the previous item, but it’s very
important. The idea is that the more common a word is, the
less about the page it tells you by being present on it.
Consider these two words, for example: dollar, and Jedi. If
I chose a random Web page and told you only that it con-
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269
Filbert, 27, 44, 254
first-order, 247
Fiver, 185
for loop, 76, 110
frame (of a video), 236
Fredericksburg, Virginia, 85
frequency, resonant, 211
Frobenius norm, 237
fudge, 32, 92
full-rank matrix, 131, 171
function, 3, 20, 21, 83, 86, 113
function (Python), 74
Get Out Of Jail Free card, 178
GIF file, 186
Google, 254
graph, 196, 259
gray scale, 236
guitar, 213
Hamming code, 186
Harry Potter, 255, 257
hash table, 21
hashtag, 8
Hazel, 185
Hermione, 73, 95, 165, 224
hippo butts, 120
horses, 134
hyperlink, 258
identity element, 157
identity matrix, 98, 118, 157,
164, 173
if statement, 107
in-degree, 198, 205
indentation (in Python), 74,
77, 107
independence, 246
index number, 16, 46, 85, 103
Inf (infinity), 52
information loss, 12
initial condition, 252
injective function, 133, 170
inner product, 152
inverse, 73, 95, 136, 157, 163,
165, 171, 225
is diagonal(), 110
is square(), 109
iteration, 76
Jezebel, 27, 91, 254
JPG file, 186
kernel, 125, 130, 136, 171
King of the World, 102, 163
Kylo Ren, 247
label, 19, 85
Law of Total Probability, 262
left-ness, 12
length (of a vector), 13
Leslie matrix, 180, 249
Letterman, David, 201
lifespan, 180
linalg.eig(), 231
linalg.inv(), 173
linalg.norm(), 52
linalg.solve(), 174
linear, 3
linear combination, 58, 67
linear expectations, 5
linear independence, 53, 63, 171
linear map, 114
linear operator, 117, 213, 250
linear transformation, 113
linearCombo(), 78
list, 21, 46
loadtxt() (NumPy), 48, 104
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loop, 76
losing information, 12
lower-triangular, 97
machine, 113
magnitude (of a vector), 13
main diagonal, of a matrix, 96
Manhattan norm, 39, 260
Mario Kart, 124
Markov chain, 247
Markov property, 179, 247
Markov, Andrey, 247
matchmaker.com, 27, 28, 44,
91, 149, 254
mathematical object, 1
matrix (plural: matrices), 84
matrix multiplication, 173
matrix-vector multiplication, 107,
145, 160, 204
.max(), 50
McDonald’s, 117
middle C, 213, 216
.min(), 50
mirror, 96
Miss Scarlet, 23
modularity, 74
modulo operator (mod), 186
Monopoly, 178, 245
mosquito, 14
MP3 file, 186
Mr. Green, 23
Mr. Right, 28, 44, 254
Mrs. Peacock, 23
Mrs. White, 23
multiplicative inverse, 157, 166
mutually exclusive, 248
ndarray (NumPy type), 46,
103
nested for loop, 110
network-based data, 196
nibble, 189
“no can do”, 22, 23
“noisy channel”, 187
norm() (from linalg), 52
norm (of a matrix), 237
norm (of a vector), 35, 52, 222
normalizing (a vector), 43, 223,
231, 254
nullity, 130, 171
nullspace, 125
NumPy, 7, 46, 103
Oakenshield, Thorin, 235
object, mathematical, 1
one-dimensional quantity, 11
order (of a graph), 197
origin, 3, 126
orthogonal, 30, 100
orthogonal matrix, 100, 163
orthonormal, 102
orthonormal basis, 164, 229
out-degree, 198, 205
outer product, 152, 235
Page, Larry, 254
PageRank vector, 260
partition, 204
path (through a graph), 197,
205
perpendicular, 30
piano, 213, 216
plain-text file, 48, 104
playground, 212
plot operator(), 140
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state (of a system), 178
state vector, 178
stemming, 256
stochastic matrix, 249
stock price, 12, 116
stop list, 256
stretching, 119, 127
strongly connected (graph), 198
stupid dog tricks, 201
subdiagonal, 181
substitution matrix, 249
sucky matrix, 132
.sum(), 50
Supreme Leader Snoke, 247
surfer, 261
surjective function, 133, 170
survival rate, 181, 185
swing, 212
symmetric matrix, 95, 153, 164,
201, 229
system, 178, 245
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 212
tail (of a vector), 13, 17, 35
taxicab norm, 39
tensor, 103
TF/IDF, 256
the Domino Game, 53
Thrace, Lt. Kara, 125
tip (of a vector), 13, 17, 35
transition matrix, 249
transpose, 88, 91, 152, 163,
191, 260
.transpose(), 107
traversing (a graph), 197
“trivial” solution, 64, 126, 128
trunc() function, 49
tuna fish, 12
Twitter, 197
.txt file, 48, 104
Ulam, Stanis
law, 6
undirected graph, 197, 201
upper-triangular, 97, 202
variable (Python), 9
vector, 11, 12, 21, 83
vector addition, 22, 51
vector multiplication, 24, 51
vector space, 19, 68
vertex (graph), 196
video file, 186
Wal-Mart, 132
Washington, D.C., 85
Watership Down, 185
weakly connected (graph), 198
Web search, 254
Wegmans, 33
weighted graph, 197
weights, 50, 75, 107
Wendell, 27
whirlpool, 127
windshield wiper, 60
word count, 254
y-intercept, 3
y = mx + b, 3
Yahoo 254
yellow matrix, 170
zero vector, 125
zeros() function, 47, 104
zombie, 178
zoology, 255
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CHAPTER I.
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS AND PROCESSES OF ALGEBRA.
PAGE
Laws of Association and Commutation for Addition and Subtraction
2-7
Properties of 0.
Essentially Negative Quantity in formal Algebra
Laws of Commutation and Association for Multiplication
Law of Distribution
8
11
12
13
Laws of Association, Commutation, and Distribution for Division
14-19
Properties of 1.
17
Synoptic Table of the Laws of Algebra
20
Exercises I.
•
Historical Note
24
22
24
Laws of Indices
CHAPTER II.
MONOMIALS-LAWS OF INDICES-DEGREE.
Theory of Degree, Constants and Variables
Exercises II.
•
THEORY OF QUOTIENTS
CHAPTER III.
25-29
23
30
31
-FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THEORY OF NUMBERS.
Fundamental Properties of Fractions and Fundamental Operations
therewith.
33-36
Exercises III.
36
Prime and Composite Integers.
38
Arithmetical G. C. M.
Theorems on the Divisibility of Integers
Remainder and Residue, Periodicity for Given Modulus
Arithmetical Fractionality
39
41
42
43
The Resolution of a Composite Number into Prime Factors is unique
General Theorem regarding G.C.M., and Corollaries
The Number of Primes is infinite
Exercises IV. .
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Graph of ax + b
Graphical Discussion of the cases b=0; a= : 0; α= 0, b = 0)
Contour Lines of ax+by+c
Illustration of the Solution of a System of Two Linear Equations
Cases where the Solution is Infinite or Indeterminate discussed
graphically
Exceptional Systems of Three Equations in Two Variables
Exercises XXVII.
CHAPTER XVII.
PAGE
385
388
389
390
391
393
394
EQUATIONS OF THE SECOND DEGREE.
ax²+bx+c=0 has in general just two roots
396
Particular Cases
397
General Case, various Methods of Solution
398
Discrimination of the Roots
400
.
Exercises XXVIII.
401
Equations reducible to Quadratics, by Factorisation, by Integralisa-
tion, by Rationalisation
Exercises XXIX., XXX.
Exercises XXXI.
402-406
406
407
Reduction by change of Variable; Reciprocal Equations
408-413
Rationalisation by introducing Auxiliary Variables
Exercises XXXII.
413
413
Systems with more than One Variable which can be solved by means
of Quadratics
General System of Order 1 × 2
General System of Order 2×2; Exceptional Cases
Homogeneous Systems
Symmetrical Systems
Miscellaneous Examples
Exercises XXXIII.
Exercises XXXIV.
Exercises XXXV.
CHAPTER XVIII.
414-427
415
416
418
420
425
427
429
430
GENERAL THEORY OF INTEGRAL FUNCTIONS.
Relations between Coefficients and Roots
431
Symmetric Functions of the Roots of a Quadratic
432
Newton's Theorem regarding Sums of Powers of the Roots of any
Equation.
436
Symmetric Functions of the Roots of any Equation
438
Any Symmetric Function expressible in terms of certain elementary
Symmetric Functions
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THE work on Algebra of which this volume forms the first
part, is so far elementary that it begins at the beginning of
the subject. It is not, however, intended for the use of
absolute beginners.
The teaching of Algebra in the earlier stages ought to
consist in a gradual generalisation of Arithmetic; in other
words, Algebra ought, in the first instance, to be taught as
Arithmetica Universalis in the strictest sense.
I suppose
that the student has gone in this way the length of, say, the
solution of problems by means of simple or perhaps even
quadratic equations, and that he is more or less familiar
with the construction of literal formulæ, such, for example,
as that for the amount of a sum of money during a given.
term at simple interest.
Then it becomes necessary, if Algebra is to be any-
thing more than a mere bundle of unconnected rules, to
lay down generally the three fundamental laws of the
subject, and to proceed deductively-in short, to introduce
the idea of Algebraic Form, which is the foundation of all
the modern developments of Algebra and the secret of analy-
tical geometry, the most beautiful of all its applications.
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PAGE
Limiting Cases of Algebraic Operation
Definition of the Increment of a Function
318-322
322
Continuity of the Sum and of the Product of Continuous Functions.
Continuity of any Integral Function .
Continuity of the Quotient of Two Continuous Functions; Exception
General Proposition regarding Continuous Functions
Number of Roots of an Equation between given limits
323
324
324
325
326
An Integral Function can change sign only by passing through the
value 0; Corresponding Theorem for any Rational Function
326
Sign of the Value of an Integral Function for very small and for very
large values of its Variable; Conclusions regarding the Number
of Roots
•
Propositions regarding Maxima and Minima
Continuity and Graphical Representation of f(x, y); Graphic Surface;
Contour Lines
f(x, y)=0 represents a Plane Curve
Graphical Representation of a Function of a Single Complex Variable
Horner's Method for approximating to the Real Roots of an
Equation.
Multiplication of Roots by a Constant
Increase of Roots by a Constant
Approximate Value of Small Root
Horner's Process
Example
328
330
331
334
335
338-346
338
339
340
341
342-345
Extraction of square, cube, fourth,
.
roots by Horner's Method
346
.
Exercises XXII.
347
CHAPTER XVI.
EQUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF FIRST DEGREE.
Linear Equations in One Variable
Exercises XXIII.
Linear Equations in Two Variables-Single Equation, One-fold Infin-
ity of Solutions; System of Two, Various Methods of Solution ;
System of Three, Condition of Consistency
Exercises XXIV.
349, 350
351
352-364
364
Linear Equations in Three Variables-Single Equation, Two-fold In-
finity of Solutions; System of Two, One-fold Infinity of Solu-
tions, Homogeneous System; System of Three, in general Deter-
minate, Homogeneous System, Various Methods of Solution ;
Systems of more than Three
365-372
General Theory of a Linear System
General Solution by means of Determinants
Exercises XXV.
Examples of Equations solved by means of Linear Equations.
Exercises XXVI.
379-383
• 383
373
374-376
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ix
doubtless find the hardest in the book, I should mention
that it was written as a suggestion to the teacher how
to connect the general laws of Algebra with the former
experience of the pupil. In writing this chapter I had to
remember that I was engaged in writing, not a book on the
philosophical nature of the first principles of Algebra, but
the first chapter of a book on their consequences. Another
peculiarity of the work is the large amount of illustrative
matter, which I thought necessary to prevent the vagueness
which dims the learner's vision of pure theory; this has
swollen the book to dimensions and corresponding price
that require some apology. The chapters on the theory of
the complex variable and on the equivalence of systems of
equations, the free use of graphical illustrations, and the
elementary discussion of problems on maxima and minima,
although new features in an English text-book, stand so
little in need of apology with the scientific public that I
offer none.
The order of the matter, the character of the illustra-
tions, and the method of exposition generally, are the result
of some ten years' experience as a university teacher. I
have adopted now this, now that deviation from accepted
English usages solely at the dictation of experience. It
was only after my own ideas had been to a considerable
extent thus fixed that I did what possibly I ought to have
done sooner, viz., consulted foreign elementary treatises.
I then found that wherever there had been free considera-
tion of the subject the results had been much the same.
I thus derived moral support, and obtained numberless hints
on matters of detail, the exact sources of which it would be
difficult to indicate. I may mention, however, as specimens
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PAGE
445
Exercises XXXVI.
•
Special Properties of Quadratic Functions
447-453
Discrimination of Roots, Table of Results
447
Generalisation of some of the Results
449
Condition that Two Quadratics have Two Roots in common
Lagrange's Interpolation Formula.
450
451
Condition that Two Quadratics have One Root in common.
Exercises XXXVII.
452
.
453
Variation of a Quadratic Function for real values of its Variable;
Analytical and Graphical Discussion of Three Fundamental Cases,
Maxima and Minima
Examples of Maxima and Minima Problems
General Method of finding Turning Values by means of Equal Roots.
Example, y=x³ - 9x² +24x+3.
Example, y=(x² − 8x+15)/x
certain Particular Cases
•
General Discussion of y= (ax² + bx + c)/(a'x² + b'x + c'), with Graphs of
•
Finding of Turning Values by Examination of the Increment
Exercises XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS BY MEANS OF EQUATIONS.
454-458
458
461
462
463
464-467
468
469
Choice of Variables; Interpretation of the Solution
Examples
Exercises XXXIX
CHAPTER XX.
471
472-476
476
ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRIC, AND ALLIED SERIES.
Definition of a Series; Meaning of Summation; General Term
Integral Series.
480
482-488
Arithmetic Progression
482
Sums of the Powers of the Natural Numbers
484-487
487
•
Sum of any Integral Series
Arithmetic-Geometric Series, including the Simple Geometric Series
as a Particular Case
Convergency and Divergency of Geometric Series
Expression of Arithmetic Series by Two Variables
Properties of Quantities in A.P., in G.P., or in H.P. .
Insertion of Arithmetic Means
Arithmetic Mean of n given quantities
Expression of Geometric Series by Two Variables
Insertion of Geometric Means
Geometric Mean of n given quantities
489-494
495
496-502
496
497
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499
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AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK
FOR THE
HIGHER CLASSES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
AND FOR COLLEGES
BY
G. CHRYSTAL, M.A., LL.D.
HONORARY FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE:
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
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PREFACE
As mathematical education stands at present in this
country, the first part might be used in the higher classes
of our secondary schools and in the lower courses of our
colleges and universities. It will be seen on looking through
the pages that the only knowledge required outside of
Algebra proper is familiarity with the definition of the
trigonometrical functions and a knowledge of their funda-
mental addition-theorem.
The first object I have set before me is to develop
Algebra as a science, and thereby to increase its usefulness
as an educational discipline. I have also endeavoured so
to lay the foundations that nothing shall have to be un-
learned and as little as possible added when the student
comes to the higher parts of the subject. The neglect of
this consideration I have found to be one of the most
important of the many defects of the English text-books
hitherto in vogue. Where immediate practical application
comes in question, I have striven to adapt the matter to
that end as far as the main general educational purpose
would allow. I have also endeavoured, so far as possible,
to give complete information on every subject taken up, or,
in default of that, to indicate the proper sources; so that
the book should serve the student both as a manual and
as a book of reference. The introduction here and there of
historical notes is intended partly to serve the purpose just
mentioned, and partly to familiarise the student with the
great names of the science, and to open for him a vista
beyond the boards of an elementary text-book.
As examples of the special features of this book, I may
ask the attention of teachers to chapters iv. and v. With
respect to the opening chapter, which the beginner will
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The Fundamental Laws and Processes of Algebra
as exhibited in ordinary Arithmetic.
§ 1.] The student is already familiar with the distinction
between abstract and concrete arithmetic. The former is con-
cerned with those laws of, and operations with, numbers that are
independent of the things numbered; the latter is taken up
with applications of the former to the numeration of various
classes of things.
Confining ourselves for the present to abstract arithmetic,
let us consider the following series of equalities :-
2623 1023
2623 3 + 1023 × 61
+
61
3
61 × 3
70272
-
= 384.
183
The
The first step is merely the assertion of the equivalence of
two different sets of operations with the same numbers.
second and third steps, though doubtless based on certain simple
laws from which also the first is a consequence, nevertheless
require for their direct execution the application of certain rules,
of a kind to which the name arithmetical is appropriated.
We have thus shadowed forth two great branches of the higher
mathematics: one, algebra, strictly so called, that is, the theory of
operation with numbers, or, more generally speaking, with quanti-
ties; the other, the higher arithmetic, or theory of numbers. These
two sciences are identical as to their fundamental laws, but differ
widely in their derived processes. As is usual in elementary
text-books, the elements of both will be treated in this work.
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AN
ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK
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1
613
(7.) 2+
(10.) a +
1 1 1
1+ 1+ 3+
*
1
2a+
*
*
(8.) 3+
*
6+
*
-
1 1
6+ 3+
*
; a+ (an-1 –B^−1)/(a” – Bn), a and ß being the roots of
-
-
x22ax-1=0. (11.) {a+√√(a²+4)}; (an+1 – ẞn+1)/(an – ẞn), where a and
ẞare the roots of x² - ax - -1=0. (12.) ½ {a − √(a² – 4)}; (an – ß^)/(an+1 – ßn+1),
where a and ẞ are the roots of x². -ax+1=0. (13.) { − ab+√(«²b²+4ab)}/2a;
if a, ẞ be the roots of x² - (ab+2)x+1=0, then p2n=b (an – ßn)/(a – ß),
I2n=(an+1 – ßn+1 - an + ß^)/(α- ß), and P2n-1=(P2n − P2n−2)/b, 92n−1 = (I2n −
92n-2)/b. (14.) 13 (an - ẞn) +2 (an-1 - Bn-1)}|(an+1 - ẞn+1)], where a
and ẞ are the roots of x². −1=0. (20.) - \n+V[{(n + n) (an-1 – Bn-1)+
(n²+1) (an-2 ẞn-2)}|(an -- ẞn)], where a and ẞ are the roots of x²-x-1=0.
-
-
-
XXXII.
-
(1.) 3+7t, 2 - 5t.
25 fr.
(2.) 17t+7, 16t+5.
-
(3.) 2206 – 7t, 11t - 3309.
(7.) 6.
(10.) 69. (12.)
(4.)
(8.) If
1013t – 3021756, 1367t - 4077746. (5.) 13. (6.) 280.
20s., 41. (9.) Buy 300 of each and spend 1021d.
(13.) 715.
19.
(14.) 697.
XXXIV.
(1.) Converges. (2.) Converges. (3.) Oscillates. (4.) Converges. (5.)
Converges. (6.) Converges. (7.) Converges if k▷ 2, oscillates if k>2. (8.)
Converges. (9.) Oscillates. (10.) Oscillates. (15.) Each of the fractions
converges to 1. (23.) e. (24.) 1/(1-e). (25.) loge 2. (26.) (3 − e)/(e− 2).
XXXIX.
(1.) 11/30. (2.) 3/11, 29/44, 3/44. (3.) m(m+2n)/(m+n)², m(m + 2n − 1)/
(mn) (m+n-1). (4.) (365.4n+1)/(1461)". (5.) 4/9. (7.) 55/672, 299/2688.
(8.) 1/42. (9.) (n-1)/n (2n-1). (10.) (391) 2/26152!, 4 (39!)2/26!52!. (11.)
2 (r− 1)/n (n − 1).
-
-
either side of it.
(13.) 7n/2, or, if this be not integral, the two integers on
n+1
-
-
(14.) Σr (r — 1) n (n − 1) . . . (n−r+2)/nr. (18.) 16/31,
7=2
8/31, 4/31, 2/31, 1/31.
9/10, when he is 1, 2, 3, 4 up respectively.
(19.) The chances in A's favour are 6/10, 7/10, 8/10,
(20.) 25 to 2. (23.) (1 - 1/n)/2,
(1 − 1/n)/(2 – 1/n).
XL.
(1.) £1:11: 6. (2.) His expectations are 11s. 6d. and 10s. 4½d. respect-
ively. (3.) £8:5:9, £2: 4:21. (4.) n (1-1/2″), (1 - 1/2″)”. (7.) 7s. 2½d.;
(n+1) (4n − 1)/6n. (12.) £6, £1, £4: 2:21.
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EXERCISES V
(11.) If a, b,
"
I be in A. P., show that
a²b² . . .
12> anlm.
-
(12.) For what values of x is (x − 3)/(x²+x+1)> (x − 4)/(x² - x + 1) ?
(13.) Find the limits of x and y in order that
c>ax+by>d,
a>cx+dy>b;
51
where
-
-
ad bc 0.
-
(14.) xxy+4x4y² − 2x³y³+4x²y¹ − xy³+y°>0, for all real values of
x and y.
(15.) Is 10x+5y²+13z² > = <8yz+2xy +18zx ?
(16.) If p2 /2, then √√(x² + y²)+p₁√/(xy)>x+y.
-
(17.) Is √(a²+ab+b²) −√ (a² − ab+b²)> = <2√√(ab) ?
(18.) If x and a be positive, between what limits must x lie in order that
x+a>√{}(x²+ xa+a²) } +√ { }(x² − xa+a²)} ?
(19.) If x1, then {x+√(x² - 1)}} + { x − √(x² - 1)}} <2.
-
(20.) If all the three quantities ✓ {a (b+ca)}, √ {b (c+a - b)}, √{c (a+
bc)} be real, then the sum of any two is greater than the third.
(21.) If the sum of any two of the three x, y, z be greater than the third,
then 2x2x2>Σx³ + xyz.
(22.) Σ1/α - Στο/34323.
(23.) If p, denote the sum of the products r at a time of a, b, c, d (each
positive and <1), then p₂+2p4>²P3·
(24.) 2x xyzΣx.
(25.) If s=a+b+c+.
-
-
.n terms, then Σs/(s − a) 1, x<1, and mx<1+x, then 1/(1+mx)>(1±x)m>1±mx.
If m<1, x<1, mx<1+x, then (1+x)/{1±(1 − m) x}<(1±x)m <
1±mx.
(27.) If z=x+y", then zm> 2am, m being a
positive integer.
(29.) n{(n+1)/ -1} <1+1/2+ . . . +1/nΣp.
(33.) If n be integral, and x and n each >1, then
xn − 1>n (x(n+1)/2 — x (n−1)/²).
-
(34.) Prove for x, y, z that (22yz - Σx²)x + (2x)Σ*II (Zx - 2x)*.
(35.) If s=a₁+α₂+ ·
•
•
•
+an, then II (s/ar − 1)ªr ▷ (n − 1)³.
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EXERCISES XXXIII
CH. XXXIV
(13.) Show that
..
• ) a³)
:).
b₁, (b₁+α₁) b2, (b₂+α2) b3,
Աշ:
K
(1,
a1,
and deduce the theorem of § 19.
a.3,
=(b₁₂+α₁) (b₂+ a₂) (b3+ α3) . . .;
Taking (a, b, C,
.
•
"
k) to denote the continued fraction
1
•
ㄤˊ
denote K
and [a, b, c,
K(a.
- 1, -1,
a, b,
(14.) If x=(a, b,
C,
C,
xy - (e,
•
• "
.
•
.
(Muir, l.c.)
1 1 1
a- b C-
k], or, when no confusion is likely, [a, k], to
-
•
"
.
•
k
, prove the following theorems*:-
e, y), then y=(e,
a) x − (a,
(a, . . ., e) (e, .
(15.) (a,. e) – (a,.
•
-
.
-
..
•, e) y + (e,
.
•, c, b, a, x) ;
• "
a) (a, , d) = 0;
., b) = (e, . . ., a) (a, . . ., d) ;
"
• • •,
., a)² (c, . . ., a)². . . (a)².
a)² (c, . . ., a)² . . . (a)².
d, e) (d, e) (c).
{x (a,..., e)} {y - (e, . . ., a)}
−
=(e,..., a)2 (d, . .
d) = (e, ., a) (d, .
(16.) [a, b, c, d, e]=1/(a, b, c, d, e) (b, c, d, e) (c,
(17.) Prove the following equivalence theorem :—
., e', f', a", . . ., c", f", a"",
[a', e′] [a, e][a", e"] [a', e'][a'', e''']
[a, e'][a', e"]- [a", e'"]-[a""',
(18.) (a, f, a', f', a", f", a"", f"", ...)
(a, . . ., e, f,
==
1
[[a, e]
a',
{[v, e] +
= 1½ {1.
1+
(19.) a+
a'
aa"
e"", "")
[a", e"]
e'"'] ƒ ''' – [a''', d''']]
a'a""
-
α afa'-a-a' a'f'a" - a' - a" - a"f"a"" - a" - a'''
1 1 1 1 1
m+b+m+c+m+
=
am+1.
-
1
1
2+bm 2+cm
-
..}.
·}.
(20.) √2=1+
1 1
2+ 2+
(21.) (a,. •, e, f, a,
•
-
− (e, . .
a, f, e,
.=
{7.
7+
ทะ
1 1
14+ 14+ 14+
1
.
·}.
•
•
•, e, f',
a,
"
a, f', e,
"
•, e, f",
a, f",
•
.
= (a,
•
•
•
(22.) Show that the successive constituents a, ß, v,
omitted from the continued fraction (... a, b, a, ß, y, •
without altering its value, provided [ẞ, .. µ]=±1,
and v=±[B, . . ., λ]; and construct examples.
*
*
(23.) If x=(a,. •, e, f,
•
to which this leads is x =
•
•
ad ∞)
ad co)
., e) – (e, . . ., a).
.
•
-
λ, μ, v may be
•, λ, µ, v, c, d,
a=±[y,
.
•
• •
.)
μ],
.), the other root of the quadratic equation
*
a,
•
.).
*
(f, e,
•
1
1
1
1
(24.) If b+
•
•
•
be one root of a quadratic
bm + a +
am+
*
*
* The notation and the order of ideas used in (14) to (23), as well as
some of the special results, are due to Möbius (Crelle's Jour., 1830).
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AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK
FOR THE
HIGHER CLASSES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
AND FOR COLLEGES
BY
G. CHRYSTAL, M.A., LL.D.
HONORARY FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
PART II.
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