Game Programming in 24 Hours

Michael Morrison

504 pages, parution le 31/10/2002

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Résumé

Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming in 24 Hours demystifies game programming by providing clear, practical lessons using C/C++, the industry standard in game programming. The book focuses on the Windows API to construct games for the Windows platform and discusses game theory, including double-buffered graphics, sprite animation, and digitized sound effects and music. A fully functional game engine provides readers with the ability to create their own future games.

Contents
Part I Getting Started

1 Learning the Basics of Game Creation
2 A Windows Game Programming Primer
3 Creating an Engine for Games
4 Learning to Draw Basic Graphics
5 Drawing Graphical Images

Part II Interacting with Game Players

6 Controlling Games with the Keyboard and Mouse
7 Improving Input with Joysticks
8 Example Game: Brainiac

Part III Animating Games with Sprites

9 A Crash Course in Game Animation
10 Making Things Move with Sprites
11 Managing a World of Sprites
12 Example Game: Hen way

Part IV Making Noise with Sound and Music

13 Getting Acquainted with Digital Sound and Music
14 Playing Wave Sounds
15 Playing MIDI Music
16 Example Game: Battle Office

Part V Taking Animation to the Next Level

17 Animating the Appearance of Sprites
18 Creating Backgrounds for Your Sprites
19 Example Game: Meteor Defense

L'auteur - Michael Morrison

Michael Morrison est un auteur et un développeur logiciel. C'est un individu créatif qui compte à son actif plus de 30 ouvrages et 5 cours interactifs. II a été le coauteur de JavaScript Bible et l'unique auteur de Faster Smorter HTML and XML. Parmi ses livres les plus récents figurent Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS, Treo Essentiels et BIackBerry in a Snap. Pour dialoguer avec lui et en apprendre plus sur ce livre, visitez le site Web de Michael à l'adresse http://www.michaelmorrison.com.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sams
Auteur(s)	Michael Morrison
Parution	31/10/2002
Nb. de pages	504
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	895g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780672324611
ISBN13	978-0-672-32461-1