| Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX [With CDROM] Contributor(s): Freeze, Wayne S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789725924 ISBN-13: 9780789725929 Publisher: Que OUR PRICE: $44.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2001 Annotation: The book is divided into five parts. The first part is how to build a game using VB and DirectX; the second, how to simulate reality in a video game; the third, the hands-on building of the game projects; the fourth, making the game fun and functional; and the fifth, polishing the game for play. Topics such as artificial intelligence, animation, sound effects, background music, and multiplayer setups are covered in detail and put to work in the hands-on game project. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Programming Languages - Visual Basic - Games & Activities | Video & Electronic |
| Dewey: 794.815 |
| LCCN: 2001096458 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 7.42" W x 9.11" (1.54 lbs) 394 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The combination of Visual Basic and DirectX should give readers the ability to design and program intricate and appealing simulation games. This volume covers game programming code in Visual Basic while giving hints and ideas for the use of Visual Basic.NET. Written to teach the skills and ideas behind game programming, it contains hands-on examples and a simulation game project that results in a complete application at the end of the book. |