Resources

Online

  • Flip Code full of great tutorials and information, similar to gamedev, but it seems to be slanted a little bit less toward the newbie. One of the best features is the image/code/tip of the day sections where readers send in pics/code/and tips from their recent projects.
  • GamaNetwork is dedicated to providing information for game development professionals.
  • GameDev.net specializes in news articles and events that affect the gaming industry.
  • Games Institute (Pay) provides online courses taught by DigiPen professors and other industry professionals.
  • Game Tutorials (Free) is a forum where game developers share gaming techniques and coding examples.
  • Game AI is a site dedicated to building Artificial Intellegence into games.
  • Garage Games profiles the Torque Game Engine which was used to create Tribes and Tribes 2. This site is a fabulous site for independent developers and game artists.
  • Paul Bourke provides an interesting site on providing computing solutions using astrophysics and mathematics.

    Universities

  • DigiPen Institute of Technology, located in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the first school in the world dedicated to real-time interactive simulation programming and computer animation.
  • Full Sail, located in Orlando, Florida, USA, is a multimedia university based on gaming technologies.
  • Montgomery County Community College, located in Rockville, Maryland, USA, offers an Internet Gaming and Simulation Certificate which will enable you to produce web games.
  • Southern Methodist University: Guildhall, although it's first class hasn't started there's some pretty influencial people behind it. Carmack is even giving an opening address on the first day of school.
  • University of Baltimore, located in Maryland, USA, earn a Bachelor of Technical or Professional Studies (BTPS) in Simulation and Digital Entertainment.

    Java JDK/2D/3D/J2ME

  • Java Online Tutorials and Courses (Free)
  • Java 3D API and Tutorial
  • Java 3D Community
  • Java Wireless Developer
  • JavaGaming.org