Résumé
Another addition to the Wordware Game Developer's Library,
Learn Computer Game Programming with DirectX 7.0
provides beginning programmers with the foundations of
computer game programming using Microsoft's DirectX 7.0
software. Computer science professor Ian Parberry details
the construction of a game demo in 14 easy stages using
DirectDraw, DirectSound, the Windows API, and the Windows
registry, including a detailed explanation of the program's
C++ code.
With this book, learn how to:
- Create a primary surface in DirectDraw and display a background image.
- Implement page flipping to produce smooth transitions between frames.
- Regulate animation speed using the timer class.
- Enhance your sprite animation using clipping and transparent butting.
- Simulate AI using timers and pseudorandom number generators.
- Wrap a game shell around your game engine.
- Set up DirectSound for playing and mixing sounds.
- Manage user input from the mouse, buttons, or joystick.
Contents
- Preface
- 1. Read This First
- 2. Displaying the Background
- 3. Page Flipping
- 4. Full-screen Animation
- 5. Sprite Animation
- 6. Sprite Clipping
- 7. Parallax Scrolling
- 8. Artificial Intelligence
- 9. The Game Shell
- 10. Sound
- 11. The Mouse
- 12. The Joystick
- 13. Winning and Losing
- 14. High Score List
- 15. Pausing the Game
- Index
L'auteur - Ian Parberry
Ian Parberry is a professor of computer science at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he specializes in a unique curriculum focusing on the computer game industry. Parberry is internationally recognized as one of the top academics in this field.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Wordware Publishing, Inc |
| Auteur(s) | Ian Parberry |
| Parution | 01/11/2000 |
| Nb. de pages | 572 |
| Format | 19 x 23 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 1222g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9781556227417 |
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