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Game Programming for Teens
By Maneesh Sethi
Publisher	: Premier Press
Pub Date	: 2003
ISBN	: 1-59200-068-1
Pages	: 392

		Dedication
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Letter from the Series Editor
		Introduction
			What's in the book?
			Who Are You?
			Who am I?
			Conventions Used in this Book
			Let's Get Ready to Rumble
		Part ONE:  The Basics of BASIC
			Chapter 1.  Getting Started
				A Brief History of BASIC
				The First Game: KONG
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Getting to Know BASIC
				Hello, World!
				Variables
				Input
				Conditionals
				Logical Operators
				The Goto Command
				A Text-Based Guessing Game
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  Loops, Functions, Arrays, and Types
				Loops
				Functions
				Arrays
				Types
				Putting It All Together: Textanoid!
				Summary
			Chapter 4.  The Style Factor
				Developing Style
				Comments
				Function and Variable Names
				Summary
		Part TWO:  Getting Graphical
			Chapter 5.  Beginning Graphics
				Creating the Graphics Window
				Images
				Colors
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Page Flipping and Pixel Plotting
				Page Flipping
				Locking and Unlocking Buffers
				Using Buffers: A Paint Program
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  Basic Image Programming
				Transformations
				Parallaxing
				Summary
			Chapter 8.  Animation
				Using Bitmaps in Animation
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Collision Detection
				Basic Collisions
				Bounding Circles
				Bounding Boxes
				Pixel-Imperfect Collisions
				Pixel-Perfect Collisions
				Summary
		Part THREE:  Completing the Puzzle
			Chapter 10.  Handling Input
				Handling the Keyboard
				Mapping the Mouse to the Screen
				Joystick Input
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  Sounds and Music
				Sound
				Music
				Summary
			Chapter 12.  Artificial Intelligence
				Random Numbers
				Chasing and Evading
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  The Final Frontier: Invaderz!!!
				Let's Bust It: Planning the Game
				Constants, Functions, and Types in Invaderz!!!
				Playing Invaderz!!!
				Conclusion
		Part FOUR:  APPENDIXES
			Appendix A.  SCAN CODE REFERENCE
			Appendix B.  Useful Links
				Blitz Basic Links
				General Game Programming Links
			Appendix C.  What's on the CD
				Source
				Art
				Sounds
				Games
				Programs

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