MUD Game programming

Ron Penton - Collection Game Development Series

666 pages, parution le 29/01/2004

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Résumé

Develop your own Multi-User Dungeon games! Multi-User Dungeon games are still going strong. It’s no wonder—they’re easy to create and easy to access. They also have an additional appeal for game programmers—they serve as the foundation for today’s Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. In order to create an MMORPG, you need to know MUD programming. Get ready to build your foundation! If you have a basic knowledge of C++, MUD Game Programming gives you everything you need to know to begin programming your own MUD games. The fundamentals of network basics are put to the test as you work your way through a simple MUD program. Put your new skills to work as you wrap things up with a more advanced, robust MUD. Pull out all the stops and test your creativity with the flexible aspects of your new MUD engine.

Features

This book will teach the basics about TELNET and text-based communication used for classical MUD's as well as the idea of client-server communications.
It will cover the creation of a simple telnet chat program, a text-based telnet MUD, and a complex graphic MUD using a binary MUD protocol.
Discuss and demonstrate advanced MMORPG concepts, since they are the modern-day evolvement of MUDS.
Accompanying CD contains the source from the book, all game demos compiled for Windows and UNIX as well as source code from some of the more popular open-source MUDS, such as Diku and CircleMUD.

L'auteur - Ron Penton

Ron Penton is an independent programmer with a primary interest in computer games. He began using GW-BASIC in 1989, moved on to Visual Basic 4 in 1995, QBasic in 1996, and learned C++ in 1997. Ron began working on his degree in 1998 at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and is working on completing his Bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Buffalo. Ron contributed a chapter in the book titled “Game Programming All in One” published by Premier Press.

Sommaire

Part I - The Basics
- Chapter 1: Introduction To Network Programming
- Chapter 2: Winsock/Berkeley Sockets Programming
- Chapter 3: Introduction to Multithreading
- Chapter 4: The Basic Library
- Chapter 5: The Socket Library
- Chapter 6: Telnet Protocol and A Simple Chat Server
Part II - Creating A Simple MUD
- Chapter 7: Designing The SimpleMUD
- Chapter 8: Items and Players
- Chapter 9: Maps, Stores, and Training Rooms
- Chapter 10: Enemies, Combat, and The Game Loop
Part III - Creating a Better MUD
- Chapter 11: The BetterMUD
- Chapter 12: Entities, Accessors, and Databases
- Chapter 13: Entities and Databases Continued
- Chapter 14: Scripts, Actions, Logic, Commands
- Chapter 15: Game Logic
- Chapter 16: The Networking System
- Chapter 17: Python
- Chapter 18: Making the Game

Appendix A: Setting up your Compilers
Appendix B: Socket Error Codes
Appendix C: C++ Primer
Appendix D: Template Primer

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Premier Press
Auteur(s)	Ron Penton
Collection	Game Development Series
Parution	29/01/2004
Nb. de pages	666
Format	19 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1170g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781592000906
ISBN13	978-1-59200-090-6