Resources

Does your demo take advantage of the newest PC gaming technology? This page is full of links to game development resources that we think are particularly relevant for the Game Demo Contest. We've organized the links by topic: resources on game development in general, and specific resources for our two contest categories, Best Threaded Game and Best Game on the Go. We hope you find these useful. Let us know what you think.

• Game Demo Contest Discussion Forum
  Discuss the contest with your peers and Intel engineers. Share ideas and get your questions answered.
• Intel at GDC
  Find more information from the sessions that Intel delivered at the latest Game Developers Conference. Many different gaming topics will be covered.
• Intel® Software Network: Game Development
  One stop to find a variety of the best game development resources on the Intel Software Network.
• Open Source Game Development
  This article steps through the process of adding threading to the Open Source OGRE3D game engine.
• XNA Game Sample Application
  Learn how to create a threaded game with XNA.
• An Intel Game Developer's blog
  This blog has some insight into Intel's efforts to support and promote PC game development. Let our bloggers know what you think.

• Parallel Programming and Multi-Core Community
  Get resources to help you most effectively develop your game for multi-core environments
• Threading Basics for Gaming
  This paper shows how you can use OpenMP to add threading to your game.
• Threaded Cross-Platform Game Development
  Develop games with multiple threads using a simple implementation of a thread pool.
• Intel® Threading Analysis Tools
  This page has details on and tutorials for Intel® Thread Profiler, Intel® Thread Checker, and Intel® Threading Building Block

• Intel® Mobile Developer Community
  The Mobile developer community website is packed with resources for developing your game on a mobile platform.
• Mobile Games Developer Guide
  The Mobile Games Developer Guide is your first stop for mobile development information
• Intel® Laptop Gaming Technology Development Kit
  This free library, including source, can greatly simplify the process of adding laptop-friendly features to your game demo.
• Intel® Mobile Platform Software Development Kit*
  Quickly produce efficient, reliable, and adaptive software that users demand in mobile computing environments.
• Half Life 2 Demo with Intel® Laptop Gaming TDK
  Demonstration of the Intel Laptop Gaming Technical Development Kit used to create a mod to show battery and network status on the user interface for Half Life 2.
• The Mobile Future: An Interview with Satheesh Subramanian
  Satheesh Subramanian, product lead of the Intel Laptop Gaming discusses the past, present and future of mobile computing.

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Comments (1)

November 13, 2010 12:37 AM PST Todd Bezenek Total Points: 565 Green Belt

Great summary! -Todd

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