Acknowledgements

The development of Practical Game Programming has benefited from a blend of human expertise and emerging technologies. Portions of the content were generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools and have been thoroughly reviewed and edited by the OER authors to ensure clarity, accuracy, and pedagogical integrity.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Athabasca University OER Publishing Support team, especially Kyle Flemmer and Dan Cockcroft, for their invaluable advice, editorial contributions, procedural guidance, and in-kind funding. Their commitment to open educational resources and accessible learning has been instrumental in the creation and publication of this textbook.