Slides from the 2016/2017 edition of the Video game Design and Programming course at the Politecnico di Milano. More information at http://www.polimigamecollective.org Some of the video games developed by the students during the course are available at https://polimi-game-collective.itch.io

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Rendering Pipeline
Videogame Design and Programming

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The Rendering Pipeline
• Series of processes that generate the (2D) image on the screen
from the set of 3D models, textures, lights, etc. in the scene
• Rendering pipeline operations
§3D geometric primitives
§Modelling and transformation
§Camera transformation
§Lighting
§Projection transformation
§Clipping
§Scan conversion or rasterization
§Texturing, fragment shading

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normal mapping
utilizza una texture 2D che viene
combinata con un modello 3D
per aumentarne il livello di dettaglio

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ambient occlusion
approssima l’effetto della luce ambientale
limitando l’aspetto “piatto” prodotto dai
modelli di illuminazione più comuni
accentua i dettagli delle superfici e
aggiunge delle ombre morbide

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http://cgi.tutsplus.com/articles/game-character-creation-series-kila-chapter-3-uv-mapping--cg-26754

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