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- Beginning 3D Game Programming
- Beginning 3D Game Programming
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- So You Want to be a Game Developer
- Who Should Read This Book?
- Why Would I Want to Use the .NET Framework
- Why This Book?
- PartI.Introduction to Microsoft .NET
- Chapter1.Game Development and Managed Code
- What Is .NET?
- What Is Managed Code?
- Writing Code with the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 IDE
- Compiling .NET Code on the Command Line
- Introducing Game Development
- The Developers
- The Process
- The Tools
- Summary
- PartII.Introducing Graphics, Game 1
- Chapter2.Planning Your First Game
- Coming Up with the Game Idea
- Understanding the Need for a 3D Game
- The Specification
- Summary
- Chapter3.Understanding the Sample Framework
- Creating Your Project
- Enumerating All Device Options
- Summary
- Chapter4.Show Something Onscreen
- Creating Your Device
- Time to Render
- Loading and Rendering a Mesh
- Adding a Camera to Your Scene
- Summary
- Chapter5.Finishing Up the Support Code
- Understanding the High-Resolution Timer
- Handling Lost Devices
- Adding Frame Rate Output
- Designing a UI Screen
- Designing a Button
- Summary
- Chapter6.Implementing the User Interface
- Designing the Main Menu
- Plugging into the Game Engine
- Selecting Your Character (Loopy)
- Updating the Game Engine with This New Screen
- Summary
- Chapter7.Implementing the Player and Blocks
- Writing the Player Object
- Designing the Blocks
- Summary
- Chapter8.Implementing the Level Object
- Implementing the Level
- Controlling Player Movement
- Handling Level Updates
- Summary
- Chapter9.Putting the Pieces Together
- Including the Player
- Hooking Up the Level
- Implementing the Quit Screen
- Finishing Up
- Summary
- PartIII.Basic Math Principles
- Chapter10.A Quick 3D-Math Primer
- 2D? 3D? What Are You Talking About?
- Using These 3D Points
- Manipulating 3D Objects
- Math Structures
- Vectors
- Matrices
- Summary
- PartIV.Intermediate Graphics, Peer- to-Peer Networking, Game 2
- Chapter11.Now Let s Really Get Started
- TankersThe Next Game Idea
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