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Beginning Game Programming

by: Harbour, Jonathan S.

Beginning Game Programming

by: Harbour, Jonathan S.

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9781592005857
ISBN 10:
1592005853
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/13/2004
Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr
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Learn the essential skills needed to demystify game programming and harness the power of Windows® and DirectX®. "Beginning Game Programming" teaches you everything you need to know to write 2D and 3D games with C and DirectX 9 without any complex mathematics. Ease your way into this exciting new world by learning to write simple Windows programs, and then tap into the power of Direct3D! Each chapter teaches important new skills (such as basic 3D programming with vertices, polygons, and textures), culminating in a simple DirectX game library?great for your own game projects! Learn the basics of 3D modeling with the Anim8or modeling program and then learn how to load and use 3D models in your own games. The complete game project in this book runs in fullscreen or windowed mode, and features mouse support, sound effects, 3D models, texture-based sprites, and 3D collision detection. Brace yourself for an exciting introduction to game programming!

Introduction	p. xiii
Windows Programming	p. 1
Getting Started with Windows and DirectX	p. 3
Welcome to the Adventure!	p. 4
Let's Talk about Compilers	p. 5
What's Your Skill Level?	p. 7
Where to Begin?	p. 9
An Overview of Windows Programming	p. 10
"Getting" Windows	p. 11
Understanding Windows Messaging	p. 11
Multi-Tasking	p. 12
Multi-Threading	p. 15
Event Handling	p. 16
A Quick Overview of DirectX	p. 17
What Is Direct3D?	p. 19
What You Have Learned	p. 20
Review Questions	p. 20
Windows Programming Basics	p. 23
The Basics of a Windows Program	p. 24
Creating a Win32 Project	p. 25
Understanding WinMain	p. 29
The Complete WinMain	p. 30
What You Have Learned	p. 33
Review Questions	p. 33
On Your Own	p. 34
Windows Messaging and Event Handling	p. 35
Writing a Full-Blown Windows Program	p. 36
Understanding InitInstance	p. 40
Understanding MyRegisterClass	p. 43
Understanding WinProc	p. 45
What You Have Learned	p. 50
Review Questions	p. 50
On Your Own	p. 51
The Real-Time Game Loop	p. 53
What Is a Game Loop?	p. 54
The Old WinMain	p. 54
WinMain and Looping	p. 57
The GameLoop Project	p. 60
Source Code for the GameLoop Program	p. 61
What You Have Learned	p. 68
Review Questions	p. 68
On Your Own	p. 69
DirectX Programming	p. 71
Your First DirectX Graphics Program	p. 73
Getting Started with Direct3D	p. 74
The Direct3D Interfaces	p. 74
Creating the Direct3D Object	p. 75
Taking Direct3D for a Spin	p. 78
Direct3D in Fullscreen Mode	p. 87
What You Have Learned	p. 89
Review Questions	p. 89
On Your Own	p. 90
Bitmaps and Surfaces	p. 91
Surfaces and Bitmaps	p. 92
The Primary Surfaces	p. 94
Secondary Offscreen Surfaces	p. 95
The Create_Surface Example	p. 97
Loading Bitmaps from Disk	p. 104
The Load_Bitmap Program	p. 105
What You Have Learned	p. 109
Review Questions	p. 110
On Your Own	p. 110
Drawing Animated Sprites	p. 111
How to Draw Animated Sprites	p. 112
The Anim_Sprite Project	p. 112
Concept Art	p. 131
Animated Sprites Explained	p. 132
What You Have Learned	p. 137
Review Questions	p. 137
On Your Own	p. 137
Advanced Sprite Programming	p. 139
Drawing Transparent Sprites	p. 140
Creating a Sprite Handler Object	p. 140
Loading the Sprite Image	p. 142
The Trans_Sprite Program	p. 145
Drawing a Tiled Sprite	p. 152
Capturing a Tile	p. 153
The Tiled_Sprite Program	p. 153
What You Have Learned	p. 158
Review Questions	p. 158
On Your Own	p. 158
Jamming with DirectX Audio	p. 159
Using DirectSound	p. 160
Initializing DirectSound	p. 161
Creating a Sound Buffer	p. 161
Loading a Wave File	p. 162
Playing a Sound	p. 162
Testing DirectSound	p. 163
Creating the Project	p. 163
Creating the DirectX Audio Support Files	p. 169
Tweaking the Framework Code	p. 172
Adding the Game Files	p. 173
Running the Program	p. 179
What You Have Learned	p. 180
Review Questions	p. 181
On Your Own	p. 181
Handling Input Devices	p. 183
The Keyboard	p. 184
DirectInput Object and Device	p. 184
Initializing the Keyboard	p. 185
Reading Key Presses	p. 187
The Mouse	p. 188
Initializing the Mouse	p. 188
Reading the Mouse	p. 189
Paddle Game	p. 190
The New Framework Code for DirectInput	p. 191
The Paddle Game Source Code	p. 196
Paddle Game Explained	p. 205
What You Have Learned	p. 206
Review Questions	p. 206
On Your Own	p. 207
3D Programming	p. 209
3D Graphics Fundamentals	p. 211
Introduction to 3D Programming	p. 212
The Three Steps to 3D Programming	p. 213
The 3D Scene	p. 213
Moving to the Third Dimension	p. 217
Grabbing Hold of the 3D Pipeline	p. 218
The Vertex Buffer	p. 219
Rendering the Vertex Buffer	p. 222
Creating a Quad	p. 223
The Textured Cube Demo	p. 226
Modifying the Framework	p. 226
The Cube_Demo Program	p. 231
What's Next?	p. 236
What You Have Learned	p. 237
Review Questions	p. 237
On Your Own	p. 237
Creating Your Own 3D Models with Anim8or	p. 239
Introducing Anim8or	p. 240
Getting into 3D Modeling	p. 240
Features	p. 243
The Interface	p. 244
Installing Anim8or	p. 246
Using Anim8or	p. 247
Stock Primitives	p. 247
Manipulating Objects	p. 253
Manipulating the Entire Scene	p. 258
Creating the Car Model	p. 263
The Wheels	p. 264
The Frame	p. 273
The Windows	p. 277
The Headlights and Taillights	p. 278
Creating a Scene	p. 281
What You Have Learned	p. 283
Review Questions	p. 283
On Your Own	p. 283
Working with 3D Model Files	p. 285
Converting 3D Files	p. 286
Converting 3DS to X	p. 286
Loading and Rendering a Model File	p. 294
Loading an .X File	p. 294
Rendering a Complete Model	p. 297
The Load_Mesh Program	p. 298
What's Next?	p. 303
What You Have Learned	p. 304
Review Questions	p. 304
On Your Own	p. 305
Complete Game Project	p. 307
Bash	p. 308
Playing the Game	p. 309
Creating the Models	p. 318
Printing Text Using a Bitmapped Font	p. 322
Simple 3D Collision Detection	p. 323
Bash Source Code	p. 324
What's Next?	p. 325
What You Have Learned	p. 325
Review Questions	p. 325
On Your Own	p. 325
Index	p. 327
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