The biggest challenge facing many game programmers is completing their game. Most game projects fizzle out, overwhelmed by the complexity of their own code. Game Programming Patterns tackles that exact problem. Based on years of experience in shipped AAA titles, this book collects proven patterns to untangle and optimize your game, organized as independent recipes so you can pick just the patterns you need.
You will learn how to write a robust game loop, how to organize your entities using components, and take advantage of the CPUs cache to improve your performance. You'll dive deep into how scripting engines encode behavior, how quadtrees and other spatial partitions optimize your engine, and how other classic design patterns can be used in games.

本书通篇都是以情景对话的形式，用多个小故事或编程示例来组织讲解GOF(设计模式的经典名著——Design Patterns:Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software，中译本名为《设计模式——可复用面向对象软件的基础》的四位作者EIich Gamma、Richard Helm、Ralph Johnson，以及John Vlissides，这四人常被称为Gang of Four，即四人组，简称GoF)总结的23个设计模式。本书共分为29章。其中，第1、3、4、5章着重讲解了面向对象的意义、好处以及几个重要的设计原则；第2章，以及第6到第28章详细讲解了23个设计模式；第29章是对设计模式的全面总结，附录部分是通过一个例子的演变为初学者介绍了面向对象的基本概念。本书的特色是通过小菜与大鸟的趣味问答，在讲解程序的不断重构和演变过程中，把设计模式的学习门槛降低，让初学者可以更加容易地理解——为什么这样设计才是好的?是怎样想到这样设计的?以达到不但授之以“鱼”，还授之以“渔”的目的。引导读者体会设计演变过程中蕴藏的了、智慧。 本书适合编程初学者或希望在面向对象编程上有所提高的开发人员阅读。