Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming with Visual Basic in 21 Days

Clayton Walnum

672 pages, parution le 01/01/2001

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Résumé

In just 21 days, you'll have all the skills you need to get up and running efficiently. With this complete tutorial, you'll master the basics and then move on to the more advanced features and concepts.

Understand the fundamentals and go to the next level of game programming
Learn how to create your own games with Visual Basic
Get expert tips from an authority on game programming

This book is designed for the way you learn. Go chapter by chapter through the step-by-step. lessons, or just choose those lessons that interest you the most.

Contents

Day 1: The Art of Game Programming
Day 2: Drawing Graphics with Visual Basic
Day 3: Creating Game Screens with Fonts and VB Graphics
Day 4: Developing Program Code
Day 5: Displaying and Manipulating Images
Day 6: Graphics Programming with the Windows API
Day 7: Programming Real-Time Games
Day 8: Programming Card Games
Day 9: Poker Squares
Day 10: Programming Computer Opponents
Day 11: Adding Sound to a Game
Day 12: Playing the Game-The Dragonlord RPG Project
Day 13: Programming a Simple RPG
Day 14: Creating a Level Editor
Day 15: Game Play and the User Interface: The Moonlord Project
Day 16: Tracking Game Information: The Moonlord Project
Day 17: Programming the Main Screen: The Moonlord Project
Day 18: Programming the Short Range Scan Screen: The Moonlord Proj ect
Day 19: Programming the Status Screen: The Moonlord Project
Day 20: Adding Animation: The Moonlord Project
Day 21: Adding Sound: The Moonlord Project

L'auteur - Clayton Walnum

Clayton Walnum started programming computers in 1982, when he traded an IBM Selectric typewriter to buy an Atari 400 computer (16K of RAM!). Clay has since acquired a degree in computer science, and written over 30 books (translated into many languages) covering everything from computer gaming to 3D graphics programming. He's also written hundreds of magazine articles and software reviews, as well as countless programs.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sams
Auteur(s)	Clayton Walnum
Parution	01/01/2001
Nb. de pages	672
Format	18,7 x 23,3
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1170g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780672319877