[thoughts in the essay] mourn for development technology expert Mao Xingyun

Well known programmers , Mao Xingyun （1991 year -2021 year 12 month 11 Japan ）, The Internet ID be known as “ Light ink ”.2021 year 12 month 14 Japan , Tencent confirmed that Tianmei F1 Studio staff Mao Xingyun 12 month 11 Died in an accident on the morning of the th .

Tencent said ,“ As an indispensable member of the team , The nebula has always been excellent , Outstanding professional ability , High performance in the past few years , For his departure , We are very sorry and sad ！”

Mao Xingyun's resume is as follows ：

• 2009 year , Admitted to the school of aerospace, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics “ China Ukraine Aerospace joint training class ”.
• 2011 year , He went to the Ukrainian State Zhukovsky University of Aeronautics and Astronautics to study in his junior and senior year .
• 2013 year , He studied at the Ukrainian State Zhukovsky University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and returned home , Return to Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics to study for a master's degree .
• 2013 year 10 month , The first computer programming book 《 Dream journey ：Windows Game programming from scratch 》 published .
• 2014 year 4 month , Won the “ Microsoft's most valuable expert ” The title of .
• 2015 year 2 month , The second book on computer programming 《OpenCV3 Introduction to programming 》 published .
• 2016 Graduated from the school of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in .
• After graduation, he worked in Tencent IEG Tianmei studio group , As game engine development engineer .2021 year 2 Monthly position Lead Engine Programmer（ Engine team leader ）.

From the resume of Mao Xingyun, we can see that he is very excellent , Over the past ten years, he has been continuously exporting, sharing and opening up his knowledge , There are his footprints on all major platforms . His common active places are ：

• Mao Xingyun CSDN
• The hairy Nebula knows
• Maoxingyun Zhihu column
• Mao Xingyun github（ China proper Top100）
• Mao Xingyun micro blog

I believe many people are like me ,OpenCV All the introductions are from his publishing 《OpenCV3 Introduction to programming 》 Start . During my master's degree ,OpenCV It was by reading his books that I got started , To complete the master's graduation project , so far OpenCV It is also the main tool I use in my work . It is no exaggeration to say that he is countless computer vision 、 The leader of game developers .

And he was there CSDN His... Was made public on the Internet OpenCV Introductory tutorial , It has benefited many people , The average reading amount of each introductory article is 5 All the above .

I have gone , I can master the knowledge related to image processing. At first, I relied on the book of Mr. Mao Xingyun , Otherwise, I can't learn OpenCV. I always remember when I read many books about image processing , Only his books open source code and accurately tell the image processing application system , How to install OpenCV, Then the image processing algorithm is realized step by step , And various source codes and program examples are given , And still github The Corrigendum information in the previous synchronization book . His character is also very good , Be low-key and pragmatic .

Don't forget to dig a well when drinking water , I've always been grateful to him . I hope he can walk well all the way , Happily do what he likes in the afterlife , To realize his dream . May he break the waves sometimes , Sail the clouds straight to the sea . There is spring ahead of the sick tree , A thousand sails sail by the side of a sinking ship .

Last , Put him on 《 Dream journey ：Windows Game programming from scratch 》 Preface to the book ： I have a dream —— To the domestic games that will eventually be revived by us .

All our dreams can come true, if we have thecourage to pursue them.
All our dreams can come true , As long as we have the courage to pursue them .
———— Walter · Disney
Vaguely remember that it was still F4 Red all over the streets , All over the city 《 meteor shower 》 The s .
Video games at that time , Whether it's a coin operated arcade game , Or in the Internet cafe 《 counter-strike 》、《 Meteor butterfly sword 》、《 Fairy sword legend 》、《 starcraft 》、《 Age of Empires 》 And the bright pearl of the game industry that leads the times , It can always deeply attract the hearts of every innocent child , Gorgeous game pictures always make children linger .
At that time , The only simple thought after school every time , Is sneaking into the Internet cafe near the school , Close contact with computer games . You can play for a while when you have money in your pocket , When I don't have pocket money, I just stand in front of the screen and watch others manipulate the swordsman in front of the screen to travel around the world . When I was young, I simply thought , There is an incomparably grand world in the game world , That's where you can put your dreams . It should be my obsession with games , Devotion to the dream of game development , Let me go to the path of studying game development .
Remember that summer covered with camphor trees , Young and ignorant, I boasted among a group of classmates ： When I grow up , We must develop our own games that are more interesting than these .
Now think about it. , The road we have traveled in recent years , That's exactly what I said ,“ Now the effort , It's all for the bravado that I used to boast when I was a child ”.
Over the years , I had a surprise on the road of learning game programming , There have been ups and downs , Have you ever been proud , Have been disappointed , A lot of detours , It can be said that we have finally embarked on the right path , A small success . therefore , My single revolves around Mayday 《 Some things will not be done for a lifetime if you don't do them now 》, open Word, open Visual Studio, Combine your game development experience and experience over the years with words , Start writing this book for everyone .
And this is written , It's a whole year .
After a year's sleep , finally , Catch up with 22 Before your birthday , The manuscript of nearly one million words began to take shape with a snap of your fingers .
“ This book is dedicated to my parents , Because of the kindness of parenting, there is no return . This book is dedicated to the alma mater Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Ukrainian National University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Because I am not willing to be mediocre 、 A searching heart . This book is dedicated to all people who have dreams of game development , because , You are not fighting alone .”
When you write these three at the beginning of the manuscript “ With ” When , I finally began to feel , Day and night this year , This year's stars and the moon , It's all worth it .
However , Because of the accumulation of years , The programming ideas permeated in this book may not be in the same breath as the leading figures in the programming world . however , I can cover my chest and say with a clear conscience , I put the learning methods and insights on game programming that I have realized over the years , Presented to everyone without reservation . You can see these sentences and codes in front of you , It's all thought over and over again , Revise again and again , Then knock it out carefully .
Friends who have studied game programming in detail should have such a consensus ：“ The level of books written by the Chinese is not up to , The level of books written by foreigners has improved , But the translation is often very poor , Can't understand ”. Maybe that's why , The entry threshold of domestic game programming has been very high ,DirectX It has always been considered difficult to learn . Many hot-blooded young people with dreams of game development , When I vowed to start learning game programming , But was rejected by the obscure game programming textbook , A touch of ashes , From then on, I missed my original dream . I think , This is exactly what led to the malaise of the domestic game industry , One of the reasons why domestic games have been difficult to grow up .
Inspired by such an environment , The book that I devoted more than a year to appeared , The original intention of its creation is to change this situation .
May this book , Can help those who love game programming 、 Dream of game development , But people who are difficult to get started , Let them avoid detours .
May this book , Can be used for domestic games 、 The rise of domestic game engines , Open a door , Welcome a new dawn .
I have a dream , One day in the future , Everyone can play a high-quality game masterpiece containing 5000 years of Chinese local culture .
I have a dream , one day , Journey to the west can produce ACT, Let foreigners experience Chinese culture in journey to the West ” Fight against fo ” The thrill of shock , That must be better than the pinnacle of western action 《 God of war 》、《 Ghost cry 》 More profound .
I have a dream , one day , Sandbox games can be played on the beach , Instead of playing 《GTA》 Feel the American dream , Or playing 《 Hot blooded rascal 》 Experience what foreign companies force us to “ Chinese culture ”.
I have a dream , one day , not a few 3A Great works do not need to be sinicized , Because it's our own game , The dubbing is in Chinese , Culture is also Chinese .
I have a dream , One day in the future , Domestic games can be like other industries in China , As a leader , Face the world , Facing the whole universe , one's deportment is dignified , a feeling of exaltation upon fulfillment .
This will be a dream that we will complete together .
I'm waiting for our good news .
Light ink 2013 year 5 September in Ukraine