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Game Programming Patterns

Game Programming Patterns
This book is a work in progress! If you see a mistake, find something unclear, or have a suggestion, please file a ticket. To know when new chapters are up, join the mailing list: Welcome to Game Programming Patterns, a book on architectural patterns in game code. If you ever struggle with the complexity of your game's codebase, this book will help. The complete text (that I've written so far) is available online for free, and will always be.

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