Scott D. Palmer

Broschiertes Buch

Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps: Using Visual Basic

Beschreibung

Learn PC Games Programming the Quick and Easy Way Think games programming is tough? Guess again! The basic concepts andtechniques behind creating your own PC games can be easily learned by anyonewith a little programming know-how. Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps teaches you the skills youneed to start programming good PC games for Windows(TM). Step by step, you'llsee how to pull a game together. The first step is deciding what type of game to program (adventure, arcade, orthe ubiquitous other), and move on to planning your game, prototyping it, andproviding for interactivity with the player. Then you'll learn to incorporategraphics, use animation and 3D effects, and add music and sound. The final stepis getting your game ready to market. Throughout the book, specific coding examples in Visual Basic(TM) will show youhow to implement concepts. Relatively easy to use, Visual Basic is a good wayto learn game programming basics. You'll discover tips and techniques formaking the most of this popular programming environment in building yourgames. Written in a humorous style, Build Your Own PC Game in Seven EasySteps will show you how to : * design fun and challenging games * use game algorithms * create striking graphics and animation * integrate sound effects * test and debug your game efficiently * port your Visual Basic games to other platforms. 0201489112B04062001

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ADDISON WESLEY PUB CO INC
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 188mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9780201489118
• ISBN-10: 0201489112
• Artikelnr.: 22010274