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Procedural Content Generation for C++ Game Development. by Green, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Procedural Generation -- Procedural generation versus random generation -- Procedural generation -- Random generation -- Introducing randomness -- Pseudorandom number generation -- Why computers can't generate truly random numbers -- Generating random numbers in C++ -- Generating random numbers within a range -- Seeds -- Defining seeds -- Using seeds -- Generating random seeds during the runtime -- Controlled randomness is the key to generating random numbers -- The use of procedural generation in games -- Saving space -- Map generation -- Texture creation -- Animation -- Sound -- Benefits of procedural generation -- Larger games can be created -- Procedural generation can be used to lower budgets -- An increase in gameplay variety -- An increase in replayability -- The drawbacks of procedural generation -- More taxing on the hardware -- Worlds can feel repetitive -- You sacrifice quality control -- You may generate an unplayable world -- It is hard to script set game events -- A brief history of rogue-like games -- How we'll implement procedural generation -- Populating environments -- Creating unique game objects -- Creating unique art -- Audio manipulation -- Behavior and mechanics -- Dungeon generation -- Component-based design -- The complete game -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Setup and Breakdown -- Choosing an IDE -- Microsoft Visual Studio -- Code::Blocks -- Other IDEs -- Build systems -- Breaking down the game template -- Download templates -- The class diagram -- The object hierarchy -- Level data -- Collision -- Input -- Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) -- Defining SFML -- Why we'll be using SFML -- Learning SFML -- Alternatives.…”
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Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability Third International Conference, ARTIIS 2023, Madrid, Spain, October 18–20, 2023, Proceedings, Part II...

Table of Contents: “…-- Flexibility and Productivity in IoT Programming: A Case Study with mruby -- Agile model for the gradual and short-term deployment of an Enterprise Architecture in the Financial Sector -- Digital Master Plan as a tool for generating territory development requirements -- Cooperation and Technological Capacity Development among Companies: Evidence from Ecuador -- Technological solution in real time based on IoT devices to optimize soccer team training -- Methods of allocation of urban centers. -- Characterization and comparison of maximum isomet-ric strength and vertical jump among novice runners, long distance runners, and ultramarathoners -- Energy Efficient Fill-level Monitoring for Recycling Glass Containers -- Impact of Biometric Sensors on Physical Activity -- A Domain Specific Language proposal for internet of things oriented to Smart Agro -- Survey based analysis on processed food and organic con-sumption pattern in India -- Technology and the generation gap: How e-expertise present in youths positively affects online purchases -- Internet of Things in Business & Management: Current Trends, Opportunities & Future Scope -- Ethics, Security, and Privacy -- Literature Review of SMS Phishing Attacks: Lessons, Addresses, and Future Challenges -- One-Time Passwords: A Literary Review of Different Protocols and Their Applications -- Social Engineering Shoulder Surfing Attacks (SSAs): A Literature Review. …”
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Challenges of the Modern Economy Digital Technologies, Problems, and Focus Areas of the Sustainable Development of Country and Regions / edited by Yakhya G. Buchaev, Arsen S. Abdul...

Table of Contents: “…Import Substitution: the Main Directions of Import Substitution, the Pros and Cons of the Implemented State Program, Some Success Stories of Import Substitution and its Prospects -- 16. …”
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Stattman : hope for CEO pressure on Obama, Congress / produced by Bloomberg.

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Wartime Elections / Makematic.

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Local Economic Development and the Environment : Finding Common Ground. by Opp, Susan M.

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Sales badassery : kick ass, take names, crush the competition. / Frank J. Rumbauskas, Jr. by Rumbauskas, Frank J., 1973-

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Sales badassery : kick ass, take names, crush the competition. / Frank J. Rumbauskas, Jr. by Rumbauskas, Frank J., 1973-

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The Debt of Dictators.

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Breaking with the past : the Maritime Customs Service and the global origins of modernity in China / Hans van de Ven. by Van de Ven, Hans J.

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The terrible 10 : a century of economic folly / Burton A. Abrams. by Abrams, Burton A.

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Local Economic Development and the Environment : Finding Common Ground. by Opp, Susan M.

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Decarbonizing development : three steps to a zero-carbon future / Marianne Fay, Stephane Hallegatte, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Julie Rozenberg, Ulf Narloch, Tom Kerr. by Fay, Marianne, Hallegatte, Stéphane, Vogt-Schilb, Adrien, Rozenberg, Julie, Narloch, Ulf, Kerr, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…Smoothing the Transition to Make It Happen -- Managing Concentrated Losses -- Managing the Fears of Competitiveness Loss -- Managing the Risk of Government Failures -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- 1.1 The "Full" Story on Greenhouse Gases -- 2.1 An Extreme Case of Commitment-Urban Forms -- 3.1 Short-Term Strategies Need to Be Designed Keeping the Long-Term Goal in Mind-Examples from Brazil and Germany -- 3.2 A World Bank Software for Comparing Abatement Options: MACTool -- 3.3 Using Space to Design Deforestation Policies -- 4.1 Agricultural Subsidies Are Also Sizable -- 4.2 Progress on Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform -- 4.3 Gaining Momentum on Carbon Pricing -- 4.4 Public Acceptance of Carbon Taxes: Good Communication Helps -- 4.5 Global Mechanisms to Cut Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation -- 5.1 Fiscal Instruments to Encourage Demand for Clean Technology Products -- 5.2 Combining Carbon Pricing with Infrastructure Development in Paris -- 5.3 Orchestrating Renewable Power Scale-Up-The Case of India and Australia -- 6.1 Infrastructure Investment Needs Illustrate the Challenges Faced in Securing Long-Term Financing in Developing Countries -- 6.2 Innovative Public Finance at Work -- 6.3 Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance's "Call for Ideas" -- 6.4 A Toolkit of Banking Regulation Measures for Low-Carbon Finance -- 7.1 Nonprice Instruments Are Often Regressive -- 7.2 Tips on a Good Communication Strategy for Fossil-Fuel Reform -- 7.3 Managing the Impacts of Global Land-Use Initiatives on the Poor -- Figures.…”
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The costs and benefits of price stability / edited by Martin Feldstein.

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Has Migration Gone too Far? / The Economist Group Limited.

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How to guide your team through change / by Assemble You.

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