mrblue, December 20, 2006 1 Comment
This book gives hobbyists and professional programmers the knowledge necessary to create a real time strategy game of their own.
Text covers everything needed to create a strategy game using C++ and DirectX 9.0. Outlines the game development process and explains game mechanics, resource management, interface design, sound implementation and more. For beginning to intermediate users. Softcover. DLC: Computer games–Programming.
This book has no new rules, no new feats, and no new prestige classes. Instead, it brings to d20 the most popular book category of the video game industry: the strategy guide. The Power Gamer’s 3.5 Wizard Strategy Guide tells wizards, sorcerers, and other arcane spellcasters how to make the right decisions to build the perfect magic user — using only the 100 percent official rules presented in the PHB. Chock full of tables, charts, stats, and comparisons with all the number-crunching done for you, it’s a first-of-its-kind product useable in ANY d20 campaign.
This book, will teach you the java language with a game programming orientation.
If you already have Java programming experience and are looking to program games, this book is for you. David Brackeen, along with co-authors Bret Barker and Lawrence Vanhelsuwe, show you how to make fast, full-screen action games such as side scrollers and 3D shooters. Key features covered in this book include Java 2 game programming techniques, including latest 2D graphics and sound technologies, 3D graphics and scene management, path-finding and artificial intelligence, collision detection, game scripting using BeanShell, and multi-player game engine creation. 
Designing of a great game takes much more than the reading of a good programming book. A game needs a story, fantastic graphics and many other non-programming assets. This range of input is probably only manageable if you have a number of developers. A group of friends will probably go far with this book. E.g. a programmer, a graphic designer and the kind of person who downloads and uses level editors.The object oriented design is quite excellent. Some books are quite weak at showing you how to create and manipulate objects, this book however is a gem. Object Orientation lends itself well to game design. This book exploits that fact and right from the start you will use inheritance and polymorphism to your advantage. This is only sensible, but you will find in many books such subjects only get a couple of paragraphs. I feel for this reason that many programmers new to Java/OOP would find this book very useful. 
Are you ready to try your hand at programming games using C#? “Beginning C# Game Programming” is your ideal introductory guide?designed to jumpstart your experience with C# and DirectX 9. It includes the fundamental topics you?ll need to know and covers additional topics that you?ll find helpful along the way. Begin with a comprehensive look at programming with C#?from the basics of classes to advanced topics such as polymorphism and abstraction. Then it?s on to DirectX 9 as you learn how to create a basic framework and a Direct3D device. You?ll also cover DirectSound and DirectInput. Put your newfound knowledge to the test as you program a complete game!
Software Engineering and Computer Games was originally developed for use as the primary textbook in undergraduate Software Engineering and graduate Software Projects courses in the Department of Computer Science at San Jose State University (SJSU for short). In these classes we cover the topics of Software Engineering in the context of having student teams design and implement computer games. Depending on the nature of the course, lesser or greater emphasis can be placed on the student projects.
The computer game industry is clearly growing in the direction of multiplayer, online games. Understanding the demands of games on IP (Internet Protocol) networks is essential for ISP (Internet Service Provider) engineers to develop appropriate IP services. Correspondingly, knowledge of the underlying network’s capabilities is vital for game developers.Networking and Online Games concisely draws together and illustrates the overlapping and interacting technical concerns of these sectors. The text explains the principles behind modern multiplayer communication systems and the techniques underlying contemporary networked games. The traffic patterns that modern games impose on networks, and how network performance and service level limitations impact on game designers and player experiences, are covered in-depth, giving the reader the knowledge necessary to develop better gaming products and network services. Examples of real-world multiplayer online games illustrate the theory throughout.
The computer game industry is clearly growing in the direction of multiplayer, online games. Understanding the demands of games on IP (Internet Protocol) networks is essential for ISP (Internet Service Provider) engineers to develop appropriate IP services. Correspondingly, knowledge of the underlying network’s capabilities is vital for game developers.
With over 13 million shipped, the Sony PlayStation Portable, or PSP, is one of the fastest selling game consoles in history. In this essential guide, gaming expert Joel Durham, Jr. shows readers how to get the most out of this revolutionary handheld game console. After an initial tour around the interface, Joel will introduce the readers to the multimedia possibilities of the PSP, including gaming, movie playback, organizing and playing music, organizing and displaying photographs, and web surfing and RSS. In addition he will walk readers through how to use the device on a network, how to get the most life from the battery, how to pick a headset, how to set up a WLAN and more.
