Game Development with ActionScript

Lewis Moronta - Collection Game Development Series

400 pages, parution le 16/12/2003

Ajouter à une liste

Indisponible

Résumé

Are you ready to jump into the world of game development? "Game Development with ActionScript" is the guide that can show you the way! You’ll cover the basics of programming with ActionScript and will explore the incredible development possibilities offered by Macromedia Flash MX 2004. You'll develop the animation techniques you need to keep players coming back for more. Transform your game as you learn how ActionScript can be used to create amazing sound effects that flow seamlessly into your game’s script. When you’re ready, move on to advanced math and components topics that can take your game to new levels of realism. By the time you're finished, you'll be able to put everything you've learned together and begin creating amazing, eye-popping games!

Features

This book is a companion to Macromedia Flash MX Game Programming. It is targeted at the beginner-intermediate user; the Flash MX book is for intermediate-advanced user.
Focuses more on artistic game design and programming; the Flash MX book is heavier on the programming side.
Requires no prior programming knowledge and no prior Flash MX knowledge.
Covers Flash MX’s newest features. Many competing titles do not because they are based on Flash 5

Part I - The Essentials
- Chapter 1: The Flash Interface: Getting Acquainted
- Chapter 2: Programming & Design: Concept to Design
- Chapter 3: The Fundamentals: Variables, Conditionals & Loops
- Chapter 4: Movie Clips & Buttons: Functions & Properties
- Chapter 5: Arrays & Objects: The Special Variables
Part II – The Intermediate
- Chapter 6: Dynamic Movie Clips
- Chapter 7: Drawing with a Script
Part III – The Interactivity & Sound
- Chapter 8: User Interactivity: The Keyboard
- Chapter 9: More Interaction: The Mouse
- Chapter 10: Sound Effects & Music
Part IV – The Math
- Chapter 11: The Trig: Fun Trigonometry
- Chapter 12: The Physics: Making it Feel Real
Part V – The Advanced
- Chapter 13: Server & CGI Communications
- Chapter 14: Memory & Web Management
- Chapter 15: Components: Advanced Interaction
Part VI – Wrapping It Up
- Chapter 16: Pitfalls, Debugging & Optimizing
- Chapter 17: Putting it all together: The Project
- Appendix A: Brief History of Games
- Appendix B: Installing the CD

L'auteur - Lewis Moronta

Queens, New York, has been programming and working with computer graphics since 1996. Lewis began freelancing as a graphic designer in 1998 through his virtual studio, www.m80produxions.com. His website hosts many articles on math, programming, and computer graphics, including 3D animation. Lewis earned a degree in visual communications from Katharine Gibbs School in New York in 2003. Lewis recently formed Ism Studios, a graphic design and animation studio that handles everything from graphic design to professional-level CGI. Ism Studios will launch a website, www.ismstudios.com, in the fall of 2003.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Premier Press
Auteur(s)	Lewis Moronta
Collection	Game Development Series
Parution	16/12/2003
Nb. de pages	400
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	725g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781592001101
ISBN13	978-1-59200-110-1