Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide
Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide
ISBN: 0735714347
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: N/A
Pages: 148
Pages: 148
Authors: David Conger, Ron Little
- Creating Games in C: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- What s Different About This Book
- What s in This Book?
- System Requirements
- Free Stuff on the CD
- Who Am I?
- Part 1: The Really Basic Stuff
- Chapter 1. What it Takes to be a Game Programmer
- Programming Skills
- Computer Graphics Skills
- Game Design Skills
- Art Skills
- Sound and Music Skills
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Writing C Programs
- Introducing the Dev-C Compiler
- Programming in C
- Essential Math Operators
- Loops
- While Loops
- Do-while loops
- Windows Programming
- Game Programming
- Summary
- Part 2: ObjectOriented Programming in Games
- Chapter 3. Introducing Object-Oriented Programming
- Software Objects
- Classes
- Logical Operators
- The If-Else Statement
- Namespaces and Scope Resolution
- A Brief Word About Structures
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Introducing the LlamaWorks2D Game Engine
- A Step-by-Step Overview
- How Does Llamaworks2D Work?
- A Stationary Ball
- A Bouncing Ball
- Getting Good Results
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Function and Operator Overloading
- What Is Overloading?
- Implementing a Vector Class with Overloading
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Inheritance: Getting a Lot for a Little
- What Is Inheritance?
- Deriving Classes
- Protected Members
- Overriding Base Class Functions
- Customizing Your Game with Inheritance
- Summary
- Part 3: The Essentials of Game Development
- Chapter 7. Program Structure
- Program Structure
- File Structure
- A Game Called Ping
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Sound Effects and Music
- Sound Effects and Music Are Emotion
- Storing Sound Data
- Sound Effects in LlamaWorks2D
- Noise, Sweet Noise
- Play That Funky Music, Geek Boy
- Summary
- Part 4: Graduating to Better C
- Chapter 9. Floating-Point Math in C
- Getting into the Guts of Floating-Point Numbers
- Case Study: Floating-Point Numbers and Gamespaces
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Arrays
- What Are Arrays?
- Declaring and Using Arrays
- Initializing Arrays
- Problems with Array Boundaries
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Pointers
- Why Are Pointers Important to Games?
- Declaring and Using Pointers
- Pointers and Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Pointers and Inheritance
- Arrays Are Pointers in Disguise
- Summary
- Chapter 12. File Input and Output
- Games and File IO
- Types of Files
- Summary
- Chapter 13. Moving into Real Game Development
- Sprites that Come Alive
- High-Speed Input
- Summary
- Part 5: The Big Payoff
- Chapter 14. No Slime Allowed: Invasion of the Slugwroths
- What It Takes to Make a Real Game
- Essential Game Design
- Designing Invasion of the Slugwroths
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Captain Chloride Gets Going
- Introducing Captain Chloride
- Pulling It Together In The Game Class
- Summary
- Chapter 16. The World of Captain Chloride
- The New Captain Chloride
- Levels in LlamaWorks2D
- Summary
- Chapter 17. Captain Chloride Encounters Solid Objects
- Bumping into a Solid Door
- Picking Up a Key
- Making the Door Open and Close
- Summary
- Chapter 18. That s a Wrap
- Time for Consolidation
- Enter villains, Stage Left
- Additions to the Game
- Epilogue: Not the End
- Glossary
- Index
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Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide
ISBN: 0735714347
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: N/A
Pages: 148
Pages: 148
Authors: David Conger, Ron Little