Follow them in any order Tutorial 9 : VBO Indexing Tutorial 10 : Transparency Tutorial 11 : 2D text Tutorial 12 : OpenGL Extensions Tutorial 13 : Normal Mapping Tutorial 14 : Render To Texture Tutorial 15 : Lightmaps Tutorial 16 : Shadow mapping Tutorial 17 : Rotations Tutorial 18 : Billboards & Particles Billboards Particles / Instancing