Panda3D 1.7 Game Developer's Cookbook

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What you will learn

• Develop a camera system that smoothly follows a target Add lights, shadows, and particles to make your scenes more interesting Use shader effects to take control of the rendering output Set up custom render-to-texture pipelines for advanced render effects Apply full-screen post-processing effects like depth of field and color correction to achieve cinematic and more stylized looks Connect Panda3D to the network and download files, send high-score lists, and update game object states Use one of the ODE, PhysX, or Bullet physics engines to add more realism Get input from keyboard, mouse, a game controller, a microphone, or even a webcam Debug and profile your game to find bugs and bottlenecks Package your game into a bundle and make it ready for redistribution using the web browser plugin

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