The Game Programmer's Guide to Torque

The author takes readers on an in-depth walkthrough of the Torque Game Engine---one of the most popular, powerful, and easy to use game engines available today. With clear explanations of how to use Torque to create your own games and detailed discussions of the engine's inner workings, this book is a must read for any programmer interested in making games for fun or profit. It offers - step-by-step examples, - detailed system descriptions, - in-depth references, - practical tips, tricks, and more that will provide readers all they need to understand the Torque Game Engine. See the Support page on the author's website for a revision of Chapter 15 (Torque Lighting).

Edward Maurina is a long-time Torque programmer and trainer. He currently works as a senior engineer for Intel and earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Oregon State University. He is co-founder of Hall of Worlds, an independent game studio and developer of educational tools for game engineers.