Windows Game Programming With Visual Basic and Directx

by Freeze, Wayne S.

• ISBN13: 9780789725929
• ISBN10: 0789725924
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Que

Summary

Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX is the only game programming book on the market that pairs the ease of Visual Basic with the power and flash of DirectX applications. The book is written to teach the skills and thoughts behind game programming, with hands-on examples and a simulation game project that results in a complete application at the end of the book. Topics such as artificial intelligence, animation, sound effects, background music, and multiplayer setups will be covered in detail and put to work in the hands-on game project.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(11)
I Diving into the Game	11	(122)
Developing an Idea into a Game	13	(10)
Introducing DirectX	23	(26)
Creating 3D Graphics	49	(22)
Turning 2D Graphics into 3D Graphics	71	(18)
Loading Mall Information	89	(22)
Displaying 3D Graphics	111	(22)
II Simulating Reality	133	(94)
Random Numbers Ain't Random	135	(18)
Simulating Reality	153	(20)
Simulating the Mall	173	(20)
Simulating Customers	193	(18)
Simulating Stores and Money	211	(16)
III Making the Game Fun	227	(98)
Controlling the Mall with Directinput	229	(18)
Commanding the Game	247	(24)
Attention, Shoppers	271	(22)
A Map and Customers	293	(16)
Walking Through the Mall	309	(16)
IV Finishing the Game	325	(58)
The Mall Strait Journal	327	(18)
Running the Mall	345	(20)
The End of the Beginning	365	(18)
Index	383