MUD Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)
MUD Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)
ISBN: 1592000908
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 147
Pages: 147
Authors: Ron Penton
- Main page
- Table of contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Letter from the Series Editor
- Introduction
- History
- MUD Design
- Expectations
- Book Layout
- Let s Get Ready to Rumble
- Part ONE: The Basics
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Network Programming
- Why Learn the Basics?
- History of Communication Networks in a Nutshell
- IP Philosophy and Layered Hierarchy
- Common Transport Protocols
- Information on Networking Protocols
- Summary
- Chapter 2. WinsockBerkeley Sockets Programming
- Byte Ordering
- What Is a Socket?
- Sockets API
- Domain Name System
- Demo 2.1 Hello Internet Server
- Demo 2.2 Hello Internet Client
- Using select() to Avoid Multithreading
- Demo 2.3 Hello Internet Server v2
- Demo 2.4 Hello Internet Client v2
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Introduction to Multithreading
- What Is Multithreading?
- ThreadLib
- Demo 3.1Basic Threading
- Demo 3.2Yielding
- ThreadLib Mutexes
- Demo 3.3Mutexes
- Summary
- Chapter 4. The Basic Library
- Big Numbers
- What Time Is It?
- Strings
- Logging
- Summary
- Chapter 5. The Socket Library
- Sockets API Wrapper Classes and Functions
- Connections, Managers, and Policies, Oh My
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Telnet Protocol and a Simple Chat Server
- Telnet
- ConnectionHandler Class
- Creating a Telnet Protocol Class
- Demo 6.2SimpleChat
- Summary
- Part TWO: Creating a SimpleMUD
- Chapter 7. Designing the SimpleMUD
- Choosing Game Characteristics
- Setting
- Players
- Items
- Here There Be Dragons
- It s a Small World, After All
- Come and See What s in Store
- Mortal Combat
- I Command Thee
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Items and Players
- Groundwork
- Logs
- Attributes
- Items
- Populating Your Realm with Players
- Handler Design
- Demo 8.1The SimpleMUD Baseline: The Core, Players, and Items
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Maps, Stores, and Training Rooms
- Adding New Features to the Baseline
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
- Running the Improved SimpleMUD
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Enemies, Combat, and the Game Loop
- Enemies and Enemy Templates
- Databases
- Game Loop
- Game Additions
- Running the Final Version
- Summary
- Part THREE: Creating a BetterMUD
- Chapter 11. The BetterMUD
- Idea Behind the BetterMUD
- Logic Modules
- Overall Physical Design
- Summary
- Chapter 12. Entities, Accessors, and Databases
- Basic Entity Concepts
- Databases
- Summary
- Chapter 13. Entities and Databases Continued
- Databanks
- Entities
- Databases
- Accessors
- Summary
- Chapter 14. Scripts, Actions, Logic, and Commands
- Scripts
- Actions
- Logic
- Commands
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Game Logic
- Game Module
- Overall Module Design
- The Meat of the Game
- Main Function
- Summary
- Chapter 16. The Networking System
- Files
- A Better Design
- A Better Telnet
- Handler Design
- Summary
- Chapter 17. Python
- Python Language
- Integrating Python and C
- BetterMUD s Python Library
- Exposing C to Python
- Exposing the BetterMUD to Python
- Summary
- Chapter 18. Making the Game
- Login Script
- Python Script Base Class
- Command Scripts
- Logic Scripts
- Summary
- Chapter 19. Conclusion
- Picking Features
- The Future
- Resources
- Concluding the Conclusion
- Chapter 20. What s on the CD?
- Libraries
- The MUDs
- The Goodies
- Appendixes
- Let s Get Ready to Rumble
MUD Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)
ISBN: 1592000908
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 147
Pages: 147
Authors: Ron Penton