Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps Using Visual Basic,9780201489118

Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps Using Visual Basic

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780201489118
ISBN10: 0201489112
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-12-18
Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
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Summary

Learn PC Games Programming the Quick and Easy Way

Think games programming is tough? Guess again! The basic concepts andtechniques behind creating your own PC games can be easily learned by anyonewith a little programming know-how.

Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps teaches you the skills youneed to start programming good PC games for Windows(TM). Step by step, you'llsee how to pull a game together.

The first step is deciding what type of game to program (adventure, arcade, orthe ubiquitous other), and move on to planning your game, prototyping it, andproviding for interactivity with the player. Then you'll learn to incorporategraphics, use animation and 3D effects, and add music and sound. The final stepis getting your game ready to market.

Throughout the book, specific coding examples in Visual Basic(TM) will show youhow to implement concepts. Relatively easy to use, Visual Basic is a good wayto learn game programming basics. You'll discover tips and techniques formaking the most of this popular programming environment in building yourgames.

Written in a humorous style, Build Your Own PC Game in Seven EasySteps will show you how to :

  • design fun and challenging games

  • use game algorithms

  • create striking graphics and animation

  • integrate sound effects

  • test and debug your game efficiently

  • port your Visual Basic games to other platforms.



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Author Biography

Scott Palmer is the author of several programming books. A specialist inmaking complex topics easy to learn, he has written a number of computer games.



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Table of Contents

Preliminaries: Get Ready to Create Your Game
Plan Your Gamep. 1
Prototype Your Game, or Just Type Itp. 39
Add Some Code to Your Programp. 129
Learn Simple Animation Techniquesp. 271
Integrate Animation into Your Gamep. 325
Add Sound Effects and Musicp. 421
Get Your Game Ready for Marketp. 447
A Game Programming with Visual Basic 4.0p. 471
B Advanced Multimedia Programming Techniquesp. 475
Indexp. 501
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