Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my loving mother, Jean, for being my biggest fan, for being the light when all was dark, and for instilling in me a strong depth of character that has enabled me to overcome all challenges. For these gifts, I am eternally grateful. I would like to thank my wife and best friend, Samborn, for helping me realize another dream with unending support and love. I could not ask for anything more than to share this adventure called life with you. I would also like to thank my good friends, Jason and Richie, for having unyielding faith in me and for joining me on this amazing journey as technical reviewers. I would like to thank Reshma, Ajinkya, and the rest of the great team at Packt with all their help, patience, and resourcefulness throughout. Finally, I would like to thank Andrew Rios for creating the DawnLike tileset, as well as the greater community of video game artists and musicians contributing fantastic art and music under the Creative Commons license.