For most programming disciplines, there's a set of programs you write to learn that discipline. Is there such a thing for game dev?

[codevinsky]

Classically, in computer science education, you tend to learn cumulatively, where each program you write builds on the principles learned in the previous exercise.

I have classical training in programming, but all the game dev I've done has been self-taught. That being said, I feel I've done quite well with the core concepts, but I feel like maybe I skipped a few steps.

I'd like to start at the bottom again, and follow a project curriculum that would introduce me to concepts or ways of thinking that I'd not considered before. That being said, is there a project curriculum, or list of games that I should write/clone to wrap my head around some of the more abstract ideas or methods that are used in game dev?

[haden]

A while ago a came across the following blog post:

 

6 games you must be able to make in less than a day

 

It's a good exercise to make all those games one after another.

[alex_h]

This is a great read, it covers several core game programming concepts:

 

http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/

[codevinsky]

Thanks, guys.

 

I had totally forgotten I had made this thread. 

[robomatix]

Thanks everybody !

 

Thanks for the links and thanks @codevinsky for creating this topic !