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24 alternatives to Game Programming Patterns
This is the book I wish I had when I started making games,
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Game Programming Patterns launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Interviews with the 15 most interesting computer programmers
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Going from first time designer to published and full time
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
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Hello. This year I dived into UI/UX area and at the same time I work as a web developer. I sincerely love making good UI. But at my full time job it's not always possible due to different reasons =\ So I've been posting random UI/UX staff on Twitter, then I made a free book that had 50 tips (posted it here as well). I decided to finish this year by collecting everything I learned and here it is: https://akcium.gumroad.com/l/ui-ux-tips. This time it's a paid one. But, you can check ~20 pages of it, just go to…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Lessons From Teaching Myself Web Development
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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"The Bible" of all fundamental algorithms for programming
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The authoritative resource for learning Go
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · packtpub.com · its alternatives →
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An illustrated guide for programmers & other curious people
2016 · adit.io · its alternatives →
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A riveting history of programming
2017 · theprogrammersodyssey.com · its alternatives →
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Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Great book with a low barrier to entry for learning Haskell
2016 · haskellbook.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive book introducing programming with ClojureScript
2017 · langintro.com · its alternatives →
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One of the best practical guides to programming
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A programmer's guide to building products, tech & teams
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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