Modern Game Animation in C++: Design Advanced Animation Pipelines and Motion Systems with OpenGL and Vulkan - Brossura

Gobert, Jose

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798283056319

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2025

Riassunto

Modern Game Animation in C++ is the definitive guide for developers and technical animators who want to build high-performance, real-time animation systems from the ground up. Whether you're building your own engine or extending an existing framework, this book walks you step-by-step through the architecture, mathematics, and implementation strategies behind advanced character motion in modern games.

Inside, you'll gain the knowledge and tools to:

• Design scalable animation pipelines that integrate seamlessly with rendering, physics, and ECS architectures.
• Import and process skeletal data from industry-standard tools like Blender and Mixamo using Assimp.
• Implement real-time pose evaluation, state machines, blend trees, and parametric animation controllers.
• Apply Linear Blend Skinning (LBS) and GPU skinning with OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3.
• Solve inverse kinematics (IK) for foot placement, aiming, and procedural joint manipulation.
• Blend motion data using interpolation, curve-based timing, and additive layering for dynamic, responsive characters.
• Visualize animation states and debug bone transforms in real time with ImGui and RenderDoc.
• Optimize for performance with multithreaded pose evaluation, animation culling, UBO batching, and memory-efficient data structures.

Through in-depth explanations, authentic code samples in modern C++17/20, and practical real-world case studies, you'll not only learn how things work—you’ll implement them the right way. From foundational math to high-level system design, this book equips you to take full control of your animation runtime.

Who Should Read This Book?

• Game developers building custom engines or animation systems
• Technical artists and animators looking to understand animation from a programming perspective
• Graphics programmers integrating GPU-based motion pipelines
• C++ developers who want to build low-latency, scalable animation features for real-time applications

Stop relying on black-box engines and generic middleware. Learn how to build animation systems that are fast, flexible, and production-ready—using clean C++, efficient GPU code, and proven real-time techniques. Own your pipeline. Elevate your characters. Start building today.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798283056319
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 308
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile