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'''André LaMothe''' is a [[computer scientist]], author, hardware engineer, and [[game programmer]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dev.league.org/2005cit/bios/lamothe.html |title=André LaMothe |website=dev.league.org |access-date=2022-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029065934/http://dev.league.org/2005cit/bios/lamothe.html |archive-date=2014-10-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.howtobecome.com/how-to-become-a-video-game-designer |title=How to Become a Video Game Designer |website=www.howtobecome.com |first=Andre |last=LaMothe }}</ref> known for writing books about game development.<ref name="Hyper">"XGameStation--The Ultimate Console? Just Make Games Yourself," Hyper 120, October 2003, page 26.</ref><ref name="Make">"Let the X Games Begin" by Alex Handy, [[Make (magazine)|Make Magazine]], issue 04, 2005, pages 48-50.</ref><ref name="AuthorBio">"André LaMothe," Baker & Taylor Author Biographies, January 3, 2000, accessed 5/20/2023.</ref><br />
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==Game design and programming==<br />
LaMothe is an independent game designer<ref name="Make"/> who was CEO of Xtreme Games<ref name="AuthorBio"/> and also developed video games for [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,417585/|title=André LaMothe Video Game Credits and Biography|website=MobyGames}}</ref> In the gaming industry LaMothe has a reputation as the "Yoda of game design," encouraging and teaching other programmers.<ref name="Make"/> He and Alex Varanese also designed the [[XGameStation series|XGameStation Micro Edition]] as a [[game development tool]] for hobbyists and students.<ref name="Make"/><ref>"XGame Station, Retro-Education" by Alex Handy, [[Game Developer (magazine)|Game Developer Magazine]], January 2005, page 5.</ref><br />
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LaMothe is also the hardware evangelist for the upcoming [[Intellivision Amico]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokUnn1lBGA|title=Intellivision® Amico™ - Reveal Trailer (2018)|date=22 October 2018 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and the founder of Nurve Networks LLC<ref>{{cite news |title=Nurve Networks LLC™ - World Class Embedded System Development, Engineering and Manufacturing |url=http://www.nurve.net/index-1.html |access-date=2021-11-06 |work=www.nurve.net}}</ref> and iC0nstrux.com.<ref>{{cite news |title=About |url=http://www.ic0nstrux.com/about |access-date=2021-11-06 |work=www.ic0nstrux.com}}</ref><br />
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== Writing career ==<br />
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LaMothe is an author of multiple books on computer programming and game design, including ''Windows Game Programming for Dummies''.<ref name="Hyper"/><ref name="AuthorBio"/><ref name="Make"/> Other books include ''Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus'', which tackles the development of a 3D [[software engine]] across 1600 pages.<ref>"Review of Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus" by Jeremy Jessup, Game Developer Magazine, October 2003, page 11-12.</ref><br />
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Many of his game development books were released in the 1990s and early 2000s. He has been described as having "an uncanny knack of shaping some of the most difficult and mind-bending programming concepts into a palatable form."<ref>"Review of Windows Game Programming for Dummies by André LaMothe," [[PC Zone]], issue 87, March 2000, page 100.</ref><br />
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==Selected bibliography==<br />
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* {{Cite book |title=Tricks of the game-programming gurus |date=1994 |publisher=Sams Publ |isbn=978-0-672-30507-8 |editor-last=LaMothe |editor-first=André |location=Indianapolis, Indiana}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=LaMothe |first=André |title=Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus: Fundamentals of 2D and 3D Game Programming |date=1999 |publisher=Sams |isbn=978-0-672-31361-5 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=LaMothe |first=André |title=Black art of 3D game programming |date=1995 |publisher=Waite Group Press |isbn=978-1-57169-004-3 |location=Corte Madera, Calif}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=LaMothe |first=André |title=Teach yourself game programming in 21 days |date=1996 |publisher=SAMS |isbn=978-0-672-30562-7 |location=Indianapolis, Ind}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=LaMothe |first=André |title=Windows game programming for dummies |date=2002 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-7645-1678-8 |location=New York}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=LaMothe |first=André |title=Tricks of the 3D game programming gurus: advanced 3D graphics and rasterization |date=2004 |publisher=Sams |isbn=978-0-672-31835-1 |location=Indianapolis, Ind}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=LaMothe |first=André |title=The Black Art of Video Game Console Design |date=2005-12-22 |publisher=SAMS |isbn=978-0672328206}}<br />
* Game Programming for the Propeller Powered HYDRA<br />
* Game Programming Starter Kit<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[XGameStation series]]<br />
*[[HYDRA Game Development Kit]]<br />
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