Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/4tHeAkxNg7 Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gameswthgabe In this episode I go over the fundamentals of buffers in OpenGL. I go over vertex array buffers and element buffers in depth in the latter half of the video. I also cover some fundamental concepts (the graphics pipeline) that are required to understand the necessity of buffers. Challenges: https://github.com/codingminecraft/MinecraftCloneForYoutube/tree/master/Challenges Tesselation for Terrain Generation: https://victorbush.com/2015/01/tessellated-terrain/ Jonathan Blow Explains Graphics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGe-d09Nc_M All the Buffers: https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL-Refpages/gl4/html/glBindBuffer.xhtml Buffer Data and Usage Types: https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL-Refpages/gl4/html/glBufferData.xhtml Element Buffer Docs: https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Vertex_Specification My Example Code C++ Example: https://github.com/codingminecraft/MinecraftCloneForYoutube/tree/84b11719e9d0c3015aca347464f742dee2fd5fd8 "Spring / The Promise" licensed via Music Vine: THVAJRQFYGELCUNZ "Artist Sunrise" licensed via Music Vine “Serenity Prayer” licensed via Music Vine: NLTYRLTVLNPBSID0 “Look Up” licensed via Music Vine: OBALWSA54NKIDANG 0:00 Intro 0:47 What are Buffers? 1:22 OpenGL Graphics Pipeline 1:45 Vertex Processing Stage 5:34 Tesselation Processing Stage 6:22 Geometry Processing Stage 6:45 Primitive Assembly Stage 7:40 Rasterization Stage 8:05 Fragment Processing Stage 8:43 Add your Math Library 9:14 What are buffers? Revisited 10:53 Coding Vertex Array Buffers 13:06 Vertex Attributes 16:47 Vertex Array Objects 18:18 Drawing the Vertices 20:10 Element Buffer Objects 23:16 Challenges 1 23:57 Named Buffers 25:56 Challenges 2 26:17 Closing Thoughts --------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://ambrosiogabe.github.io/ Github: https://github.com/ambrosiogabe Here are some books I recommend if you want to learn about game engine development more thoroughly. I do not profit off any of these sales, these are just some books that have helped me out :) My Recommended Game Engine Books: Game Engine Architecture: https://www.gameenginebook.com/ Game Physics Cookbook (Read this before the next physics book): https://www.amazon.com/Game-Physics-Cookbook-Gabor-Szauer/dp/1787123669 Game Physics (Ian Millington): https://www.amazon.com/Game-Physics-Engine-Development-Commercial-Grade/dp/0123819768 Game Programming Patterns (Free): https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/ My Recommended Beginning Game Programming Books: JavaScript Game Design: https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781430247166 My Recommended Java Books: Data Structures/Algorithms: https://www.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Algorithms-Java-6th-ebook/dp/B00JDRQF8C LWJGL (Free, but I haven't read this thoroughly): https://lwjglgamedev.gitbooks.io/3d-game-development-with-lwjgl/content/