Featured Articles
Managing Data Relationships
By Noel LlopisHow does your game data relate to each other? In this practical technical article, game development veteran Noel Llopis looks at how coders should structure and retrieve the intertwined world of game data in memory.
Sponsored Feature: Multi-Threaded Fluid Simulation for Games
By Quentin FroemkeIn this Intel-sponsored feature, part of Gamasutra's Visual Computing section, Intel engineer Froemke describes a multi-threaded fluid simulation system created to make virtual smoke or water for application into games.
ISV Spotlight
Wolfenstein: Rebuilt From the Ground Up for Today’s Hardware
Wolfenstein is back, reborn with better, stronger, and faster tools while staying true to its roots. See how Raven Software engineers adapted one of the great first person shooters to multi-core technology, devoting two threads to the Havok Physics* engine. Thanks to their efforts, players can enter a new supernatural world where better weapons mean better gameplay.
Papers, Briefs, and Downloads
Ignite Your Senses with Intel® Visual Adrenaline
Understanding what tools to use in order to take advantage of multiple cores and multiple threads makes a giant leap forward in Intel® Visual Adrenaline magazine, issue #3. Wolfenstein* makes a triumphant return thanks to stencil shadows, Autodesk® describes a collection of new tools available for developers, Empire: Total War* takes to the realistic seas, and a digital music giant describes handling raw power using the Cakewalk tool -- point and click and it’s yours. (This is a 20 MB file - so grab some coffe while it downloads!)
Launch of Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers: Virtual Graphics Support for Your Game Studio
New Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers help developers maximize for integrated graphics such as mobile chipsets. Hear from developers at Terminal Reality, developing the new Ghostbusters* title, using the frame analyzer and thread analyzer to root out bottlenecks and optimize for multiple platforms. Readers will gain insight into the new analyzers as Gas Powered Games describes its efforts in bringing out the new RTS title Demigod.
