Appendix E: Links and references

Everything the book cites, grouped. Primary and official sources first.

Odin (official)

• Home: https://odin-lang.org/
• Install guide: https://odin-lang.org/docs/install/
• Overview (the language tour): https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/
• FAQ: https://odin-lang.org/docs/faq/
• Package documentation: https://pkg.odin-lang.org/
• core:math: https://pkg.odin-lang.org/core/math/
• core:math/rand: https://pkg.odin-lang.org/core/math/rand/
• core:strconv: https://pkg.odin-lang.org/core/strconv/
• core:net: https://pkg.odin-lang.org/core/net/
• core:os: https://pkg.odin-lang.org/core/os/
• GitHub: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin
• Community (Discord etc.): https://odin-lang.org/community/
• ols (Odin language server): https://github.com/DanielGavin/ols

Going deeper on Odin (recommended)

• Karl Zylinski, _Understanding the Odin Programming Language_: https://odinbook.com/, the thorough, standalone treatment of the language. If you're serious about Odin, buy it. This book taught only the slice Destroids needed; that one teaches the rest.

Web platform (MDN)

• WebAssembly: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly
• WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/JavaScript_interface/instantiateStreaming_static
• CanvasRenderingContext2D: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D
• Canvas transforms (setTransform): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/setTransform
• requestAnimationFrame: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/requestAnimationFrame
• KeyboardEvent / .code: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code
• addEventListener: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/addEventListener
• Web Audio API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API
• OscillatorNode / GainNode: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OscillatorNode
• AudioContext & the autoplay policy: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioContext
• localStorage: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/localStorage
• MIME types: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types
• DataView / typed arrays: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DataView

Specs & background

• WebAssembly project: https://webassembly.org/
• Elastic collision (2D impulse): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision
• "Fix Your Timestep!" (game-loop timing): https://gafferongames.com/post/fix_your_timestep/
• "Juice it or lose it" (game feel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg

Lineage and credits

• Batchiness (the batched-Canvas2D library this book's batch distils): https://github.com/ewaldhorn/batchiness
• Odin is by Ginger Bill and contributors.