Metal by Tutorials: Beginning game engine development with Metal

by Ray Wenderlich, Caroline Begbie, Marius Horga

Build your own low-level game engine in Metal! This book introduces you to graphics programming in Metal — Apple’s framework for programming on the GPU. You’ll build your own game engine in Metal where you can create 3D scenes and build your own 3D games. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate Swift developers interested in learning 3D graphics or gaining a deeper understanding of how game engines work. Topics Covered in Metal by Tutorials After reading this book, you’ll be prepared to take full advantage of graphics rendering with the Metal framework.

659 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2019

Reviews

[Qwiff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dedicated graphics API books are hard to come by these days. While you can cobble together the information from the web, it is convenient to have it compiled in one book.

The content is beginner-level, but its topics have just enough depth to motivate you to find out more on our own. The hands-on approach kept me engaged throughout. Graphics programming has an enormous learning curve, but the information here can help you clear the initial hurdle.

I would strongly recommend supplementing this book with a dedicated game math resource. If you're not as math-proficient the online book https://gamemath.com/ is a very good resource.