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How game graphics actually work

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10 videos on how a game turns maths into a picture 60 times a second, and how to judge whether it did it well.

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01
How do Video Game Graphics Work?
Branch Education
The whole pipeline from triangles to pixels, animated. The right first video.
02
How Rendering Graphics Works in Games!
TheHappieCat
A second pass on the same ideas in plainer language, useful if the first went fast.
03
How Real Time Computer Graphics and Rasterization work
FloatyMonkey
Rasterization specifically, which is how nearly every game still draws its frames.
04
How 3D video games do graphics.
Jonathan Blow
A working game developer explaining the pipeline he ships against.
05
How Ray Tracing Works - Computerphile
Computerphile
The idea behind ray tracing, at whiteboard level, before any marketing.
06
How does Ray Tracing Work in Video Games and Movies?
Branch Education
The animated version, including why it costs so much to run in real time.
07
Coding Adventure: Ray Tracing
Sebastian Lague
Builds a ray tracer from scratch on screen, so the theory becomes code.
08
Doom Eternal - The Digital Foundry Tech Review - id Tech 7 Is Incredible
Digital Foundry
A worked example of judging an engine by what it achieves per frame.
09
[4K] Red Dead Redemption 2: The Digital Foundry Tech Analysis!
Digital Foundry
How an open world budgets its rendering, examined shot by shot.
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Horizon Forbidden West - Digital Foundry Tech Review - A PS5 Graphics Masterclass
Digital Foundry
What current console hardware can do when a team pushes it properly.