Programming 2D Games

by Charles Kelly

Overview

A First Course in Game ProgrammingMost of today's commercial games are written in C++ and are created using a game engine. Addressing both of these key elements, Programming 2D Games provides a complete, up-to-date introduction to game programming. All of the code in the book was carefully crafted using C++. As game programming techniques are intro

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040060131
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/21/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	438
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Charles Kelly is an associate professor at Monroe County Community College, where he teaches game programming and other computer science courses. He is also the project lead of and major contributor to the open source assembler/simulator "EASy68K." He earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where he is also an adjunct instructor.

Table of Contents

Getting Started. Windows Programming Fundamentals. Introduction to DirectX. The Game Engine. Sprites and Animation. Collisions and Entities. Sound. Text. Enhanced Appearance. Tiled Games. Building a Complete Game. Network Programming. The Journey. Index.