Index B

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

Baer, Ralph
    history of game programming  2nd 
balance of power test (IMs) 
Baldur's Gate
    Lua 
    Lua examples 
    Lua user-defined functions 
    page-swap scrollers 
Bartle, Richard
    history of game programming 
BASIC programming language
    history of game programming 
basis matrices  2nd  3rd  4th 
batching
    OpenGL primitives 
BC (bounding column) 
beginnings of game programming industry  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
behavior
    of particles  2nd  3rd  4th 
behavior parameters
    for particles 
behaviors
    history of game programming 
BGR colors 
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function.  [See BRDF]
bilinear texture filtering 
billboards
    cloud rendering 
    tree rendering  2nd  3rd  4th 
binary search algorithm 
Binary Search Tree (BST) 
Binary Space Partition (BSP) 
binary space partition (BSP) algorithms  2nd 
    construction of BSP  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th 
    hierarchical clipping  2nd 
    occlusion detection  2nd  3rd  4th 
    rendering algorithm  2nd 
    view-dependent sorting  2nd  3rd 
Binary Space Partition (BSP) trees 
    point-triangle set collision tests  2nd 
binary trees  2nd  3rd 
    ordered binary trees 
binary triangle tree (BTT)
    outdoors rendering  2nd  3rd 
    ROAM mesh reconstruction  2nd  3rd 
binding 
biology-inspired AI systems  2nd 
    evolutionary computation  2nd 
        fitness testing  2nd  3rd 
        mutations  2nd 
    genetic programming  2nd 
    population generation  2nd  3rd 
Black and White
    new content releases 
black-and-white sprites 
blending
    textures  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
        arithmetic for  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
blending modes
    rendering particles  2nd 
blitting (layering sprites) 
blocking sockets 
    preventing  2nd 
boids algorithm (group dynamics)  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
booting
    Direct3D  2nd  3rd 
bosses.  [See end-of-level bosses]
bottlenecks
    application bottlenecks  2nd 
    data transfer bottlenecks  2nd  3rd 
    geometry bottlenecks  2nd 
    rasterization bottlenecks  2nd  3rd 
bottlenecks (performance tuning)  2nd  3rd  4th  5th 
Boulder Dash
    screen-based games 
bounding boxes  2nd 
bounding column (BC) 
bounding spheres  2nd  3rd  4th 
boxes
    bounding boxes.  [See bounding boxes]
Braveheart syndrome
    in MMG (massively multiplayer games)  2nd  3rd 
BRDF  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
    (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) 
    average vector  2nd 
breadth-first algorithm 
breakability of enemy forces test (IMs) 
Bromberg, Irving
    history of game programming 
Bromely, Martin
    history of game programming 
Brookhaven National Labs
    history of game programming 
BSP (Binary Space Partition) 
BSP (binary space partition) algorithms  2nd 
    construction of BSP  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th 
    hierarchical clipping  2nd 
    occlusion detection  2nd  3rd  4th 
    rendering algorithm  2nd 
    view-dependent sorting  2nd  3rd 
BSP (Binary Space Partition) trees 
    point-triangle set collision tests  2nd 
BST (Binary Search Tree) 
BTT (binary triangle tree)
    outdoors rendering  2nd  3rd 
    ROAM mesh reconstruction  2nd  3rd 
bump mapping  2nd 
    Dot3 bump mapping  2nd 
    emboss bump mapping  2nd 
Bushnell, Nolan
    history of game programming  2nd 
business model
    for game consoles