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Hardcore Game Programming	Khronos Kolumn
Game Engineering	GDNet Spotlight
Women In Game Development


Subcategory: Hardcore Game Programming
Topic		Author	Description
	Advanced Shader Programming: Diffuse & Specular Lighting with Pixel Shaders [Added: 10/4/2002]	Wolfgang F. Engel	Wolf returns with a more advanced look at shaders.
	An Example of Shadow Rendering in Direct3D 9 [Added: 12/4/2003]	Jack Hoxley	Describes the depth-pass stencil shadow volume rendering algorithm, using DX9 for implementation.
	Cg Bumpmapping [Added: 4/15/2003]	Razvan Surdulescu	This article describes how to implement a simple and effective bump mapping effect using nVIDIA's Cg programming language and OpenGL.
	Cg Shadow Volumes [Added: 9/4/2003]	Razvan Surdulescu	This article describes how to implement a very realistic shadow effect using nVIDIA's Cg programming language and OpenGL.
	High Dynamic Range Environment Mapping On Mainstream Graphics Hardware [Added: 2/22/2005]	Adam Lake and Cody Northrop Intel® Software Solution Group (SSG) Modern Game Technologies Project	This article discusses the capture, storage, and display of high dynamic range images.
	Introduction to Shader Programming Part II: Programming Vertex Shaders [Added: 4/24/2002]	Wolfgang F. Engel	The second installment demonstrates the use of vertex shaders in a program that evolves through several stages.
	Introduction to Shader Programming Part III Fundamentals of Pixel Shaders [Added: 5/15/2002]	Wolfgang F. Engel	The third installment in this series moves on to pixel shaders, providing a complete introduction to them.
	Introduction to Shader Programming Part IV: Programming Pixel Shaders [Added: 6/11/2002]	Wolfgang F. Engel	The fourth and final installment of this series digs into the details of implementing pixel shaders.
	Realistic Natural Effect Rendering: Water I [Added: 9/7/2004]	Yann Lombard	The first installment of this series starts with realistic water rendering.
	Real-Time Atmospheric Scattering [Added: 5/3/2004]	Sean O'Neil	Implements a real-time rendering algorithm based on the SIGGRAPH paper "Display of The Earth Taking into Account Atmospheric Scattering"
	Real-Time Realistic Cloud Rendering and Lighting [Added: 10/23/2005]	Andrei Stoian, bit13.no-ip.com	Describes 3D volumetric cloud rendering using Harris' method for lighting.
	Shader Programming Part I: Fundamentals of Vertex Shaders [Added: 4/9/2002]	Wolfgang Engel	The first article in this series provides a brief overview of shaders in general and a high-level discussion of vertex shaders in particular.
	Soft-Edged Shadows [Added: 1/18/2005]	Anirudh.S Shastry	Presents an image space technique to generate soft-edged shadows that works with both shadow mapping and shadow volumes.
	Spherical Scale Mapping [Added: 3/4/2005]	Stephan Reiter	Presents a practical approach to the interpolation between arbitrary convex polygonal models.
	Terrain Geomorphing in the Vertex Shader [Added: 5/8/2003]	Daniel Wagner	This article, excerpted from the upcoming ShaderX² - Shader Programming Tips and Tricks, discusses the implementation a fast terrain renderer which works optimally with current 3D hardware.
	The Theory of Stencil Shadow Volumes [Added: 12/3/2002]	Yen Kwoon, Hun	Discusses several methods for using stencil shadow volumes, including the strengths and weaknesses of each.
	Texture Splatting in Direct3D [Added: 4/23/2005]	Nate Glasser	Explains Bloom's texture splatting technique for terrain texturing.

Subcategory: Game Engineering
Topic		Author	Description
	Blind Man's Bluff [Added: 3/20/2004]	Dean Margerison	Provides a brief insight into the current problems that many projects face, and what can be done to transform the situation for the better.
	Game Unified Process [Added: 5/14/2003]	Kevin Flood	Describes how the author applied Rational and XP development processes to game development.
	Object-Oriented Scene Management [Added: 5/2/2002]	Jeff Kershner	This article will present an abstract, expandable, object-oriented method to handle generic objects for a practical and organized game engine.
	Test Driving Expression Template Programming [Added: 6/27/2004]	Kent Lai	In this article, you will be introduced to the concept of writing unit tests for your projects, and going a step further, to begin driving your development process with the test first, code later concept.
	The One: A Singleton Discussion [Added: 5/24/2002]	Robin Tan	Discusses some of the problems encountered when using the singleton pattern, and suggests some solutions, including nifty counters and Zerob singletons.

Subcategory: Women In Game Development
Topic		Author	Description
	Women in Game Development #2 [Added: 12/23/2002]	Sande Chen	In light of the holidays, Sande sampled a group of female gamers to see what games they'd like to find in their stockings.
	Women In Game Development #3 [Added: 3/17/2003]	Sande Chen	The 3rd installment in this series covers issues related to the GDC.
	Women in Game Development: Part 4 [Added: 6/5/2003]	Sande Chen	Sande reports on her first visit to E3.
	Women in Game Development: Part 5 [Added: 11/5/2003]	Sande Chen	Discusses quality of life issues.
	Women in Game Development: Part 6 [Added: 10/9/2005]	Sande Chen	After a hiatus, this column returns.
	Women In Game Development: The Introduction [Added: 11/25/2002]	Sande Chen	New columnist Sande Chen kicks on an ongoing series taking a look at the role of women in the world of game development.

Subcategory: Khronos Kolumn
Topic		Author	Description
	Khronos Kolumn #01 [Added: 10/3/2005]	Aaron Burton	Migration from software rendering to 3D accelerated graphics using OpenGL ES

Subcategory: GDNet Spotlight
Topic		Author	Description
	A First-Look at 0 A.D. [Added: 6/14/2006]	Jason Adams	Jason Adams interviews Wildfire Games, developers of the historical RTS 0 A.D.
	A First-Look at Sector 13 [Added: 3/19/2006]	Oli Wilkinson	Oli Wilkinson takes a first look at Sector 13, the exciting new space combat game from Reactor Interactive.

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