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Game Programming All In One

by: Harbour, Jonathan S.

Game Programming All In One

by: Harbour, Jonathan S.

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9781592003839
ISBN 10:
1592003834
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/17/2004
Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr
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Summary

Part One: Introduction To Cross-Platform Game Programming Chapter 1: Demystifying Game Development Chapter 2: Getting Started with Dev-C++ and Allegro Chapter 3: Basic 2D Graphics Programming with Allegro Chapter 4: Writing Your First Allegro Game Chapter 5: Programming The Keyboard, Mouse, and Joystick Part Two: 2D Game Theory, Design, and Programming Chapter 6: Introduction To Game Design Chapter 7: Basic Bitmap Handling and Blitting Chapter 8: Basic Sprite Programming: Drawing Scaled, Flipped, Rotated, Pivoted, and Translucent Sprites Chapter 9: Advanced Sprite Programming: Compiled Sprites, Collision Detection, and Animation Chapter 10: Programming Tile-Based Backgrounds with Scrolling Chapter 11: Timers, Interrupt Handlers, and Multi-threading Chapter 12: Creating A Game World: Editing Tiles and Levels Chapter 13: Vertical Scrolling "Arcade Games" Chapter 14: Horizontal Scrolling "Platform Games" Part Three: Taking It To The Next Level Chapter 15: Mastering The Audible Realm: Allegro's Sound Support Chapter 16: Using Data Files To Store Game Resources Chapter 17: Playing FLIC Movies Chapter 18: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Chapter 19: The Mathematical Side of Games Chapter 20: Introduction to Physics Modeling Chapter 21: Publishing Your Game Part Four: Appendices Appendix A: Chapter Quiz Answers Appendix B: Useful Tables Appendix C: Numbering Systems: Binary and Hexadecimal Appendix D: Recommended Books and Web Sites Appendix E: Configuring Allegro for Visual C++ and Other Compilers Appendix F: Compiling The Allegro Source Code Appendix G: Using the CD-ROM

Introduction

xxv

Part I: Introduction to Cross-Platform Game Programming

(184)

Demystifying Game Development

(30)

Introduction

(2)

Practical Game Programming

(1)

Goals Revisited

(1)

The High-Level View of Game Development

(3)

Recognizing Your Personal Motivations

(9)

Decision Point: College versus Job

(1)

Every Situation Is Unique

(2)

A Note about Specialization

(1)

Game Industry Speculation

(1)

Emphasizing 2D

(1)

Finding Your Niche

(3)

Getting into the Spirit of Gaming

(7)

Starship Battles: An Inspired Fan Game

(4)

Axis & Allies: Hobby Wargaming

(2)

Setting Realistic Expectations for Yourself

(1)

An Introduction to Dev-C++ and Allegro

(5)

DirectX Is Just Another Game Library

(1)

Introducing the Allegro Game Library

(3)

Supporting Multiple C/C++ Compilers

(1)

Summary

(1)

Chapter Quiz

(2)

Getting Started with Dev-C++ and Allegro

(38)

Introduction

(1)

Installing and Configuring Dev-C++ and Allegro

(8)

Installing Dev-C++

(1)

Updating Dev-C++

(4)

Installing Allegro

(2)

Taking Dev-C++ and Allegro for a Spin

(20)

Testing Dev-C++: The Greetings Program

(9)

Testing Allegro: The GetInfo Program

(10)

Gaining More Experience with Allegro

(5)

The Hello World Demo

(2)

Allegro Sample Programs

(3)

Summary

(1)

Chapter Quiz

(3)

Basic 2D Graphics Programming with Allegro

(48)

Introduction

(2)

Graphics Fundamentals

(8)

The InitGraphics Program

(4)

The DrawBitmap Program

(3)

Drawing Graphics Primitives

(30)

Drawing Pixels

(2)

Drawing Lines and Rectangles

(11)

Drawing Circles and Ellipses

(8)

Drawing Splines, Triangles, and Polygons

103

(6)

Filling in Regions

109

(3)

Printing Text on the Screen

112

(3)

Constant Text Output

112

(1)

Variable Text Output

113

(1)

Testing Text Output

114

(1)

Summary

115

(1)

Chapter Quiz

116

(3)

Writing Your First Allegro Game

119

(26)

Tank War

119

(22)

Creating the Tanks

120

(2)

Firing Weapons

122

(3)

Tank Movement

125

(1)

Collision Detection

126

(1)

The Complete Tank War Source Code

126

(15)

Summary

141

(1)

Chapter Quiz

142

(3)

Programming the Keyboard, Mouse, and Joystick

145

(40)

Handling Keyboard Input

146

(9)

The Keyboard Handler

146

(1)

Detecting Key Presses

147

(1)

The Stargate Program

148

(4)

Buffered Keyboard Input

152

(1)

Simulating Key Presses

153

(1)

The KeyTest Program

154

(1)

Handling Mouse Input

155

(15)

The Mouse Handler

156

(1)

Reading the Mouse Position

156

(1)

Detecting Mouse Buttons

157

(1)

Showing and Hiding the Mouse Pointer

157

(1)

The Strategic Defense Game

158

(7)

Setting the Mouse Position

165

(2)

Limiting Mouse Movement and Speed

167

(1)

Relative Mouse Motion

167

(1)

Using a Mouse Wheel

167

(3)

Handling Joystick Input

170

(12)

The Joystick Handler

170

(1)

Detecting Controller Stick Movement

171

(3)

Detecting Controller Buttons

174

(1)

Testing the Joystick Routines

175

(7)

Summary

182

(1)

Chapter Quiz

182

(3)

Part II: 2D Game Theory, Design, and Programming

185

(324)

Introduction to Game Design

187

(28)

Game Design Basics

188

(5)

Inspiration

188

(1)

Game Feasibility

188

(1)

Feature Glut

189

(1)

Back Up Your Work

189

(1)

Game Genres

190

(3)

Game Development Phases

193

(5)

Initial Design

196

(1)

Game Engine

196

(1)

Alpha Prototype

196

(1)

Game Development

197

(1)

Quality Control

197

(1)

Beta Testing

198

(1)

Post-Production

198

(5)

Official Release

199

(1)

Out the Door or Out the Window?

199

(1)

Managing the Game

199

(1)

A Note about Quality

200

(1)

Empowering the Engine

200

(1)

Quality versus Trends

201

(1)

Innovation versus Inspiration

202

(1)

The Infamous Game Patch

202

(1)

Expanding the Game

203

(1)

Future-Proof Design

203

(1)

Game Libraries

204

(1)

Game Engines and SDKs

204

(1)

What Is Game Design?

204

(1)

The Dreaded Design Document

205

(1)

The Importance of Good Game Design

206

(1)

The Two Types of Designs

206

(1)

Mini Design

206

(1)

Complete Design

207

(1)

A Sample Design Document Template

207

(2)

General Overview

208

(1)

Target System and Requirements

208

(1)

Story

208

(1)

Theme: Graphics and Sound

208

(1)

Menus

208

(1)

Playing a Game

208

(1)

Characters and NPCs Description

208

(1)

Artificial Intelligence Overview

208

(1)

Conclusion

209

(1)

A Sample Game Design: Space Invaders

209

(3)

General Overview

209

(1)

Target System and Requirements

209

(1)

Story

209

(1)

Theme: Graphics and Sound

210

(1)

Menus

210

(1)

Playing a Game

210

(1)

Character and NPC Description

211

(1)

Artificial Intelligence Overview

211

(1)

Conclusion

211

(1)

Game Design Mini-FAQ

212

(1)

Summary

212

(1)

Chapter Quiz

212

(3)

Basic Bitmap Handling and Blitting

215

(22)

Introduction

215

(2)

Dealing with Bitmaps

217

(10)

Creating Bitmaps

219

(2)

Cleaning House

221

(1)

Bitmap Information

221

(2)

Acquiring and Releasing Bitmaps

223

(1)

Bitmap Clipping

224

(1)

Loading Bitmaps from Disk

224

(3)

Blitting Functions

227

(2)

Standard Blitting

227

(1)

Scaled Blitting

228

(1)

Masked Blitting

229

(1)

Masked Scaled Blitting

229

(1)

Enhancing Tank War---From Graphics Primitives to Bitmaps

229

(5)

Summary

234

(1)

Chapter Quiz

234

(3)

Basic Sprite Programming: Drawing Scaled, Flipped, Rotated, Pivoted, and Translucent Sprites

237

(42)

Basic Sprite Handling

238

(21)

Drawing Regular Sprites

238

(4)

Drawing Scaled Sprites

242

(2)

Drawing Flipped Sprites

244

(1)

Drawing Rotated Sprites

245

(7)

Drawing Pivoted Sprites

252

(4)

Drawing Translucent Sprites

256

(3)

Enhancing Tank War

259

(17)

What's New?

260

(2)

Modifying the Source Code

262

(14)

Summary

276

(1)

Chapter Quiz

276

(3)

Advanced Sprite Programming: Animation, Compiled Sprites, and Collision Detection

279

(60)

Animated Sprites

280

(26)

Drawing an Animated Sprite

280

(3)

Creating a Sprite Handler

283

(3)

The SpriteHandler Program

286

(5)

Grabbing Sprite Frames from an Image

291

(2)

The SpriteGrabber Program

293

(5)

The Next Step: Multiple Animated Sprites

298

(2)

The MultipleSprites Program

300

(6)

Run-Length Encoded Sprites

306

(7)

Creating and Destroying RLE Sprites

307

(1)

Drawing RLE Sprites

307

(1)

The RLESprites Program

307

(6)

Compiled Sprites

313

(4)

Using Compiled Sprites

314

(1)

Testing Compiled Sprites

315

(2)

Collision Detection

317

(2)

The CollisionTest Program

319

(5)

Enhancing Tank War

324

(12)

Summary

336

(1)

Chapter Quiz

337

(2)

Programming Tile-Based Backgrounds with Scrolling

339

(42)

Introduction to Scrolling

340

(1)

A Limited View of the World

341

(4)

Introduction to Tile-Based Backgrounds

345

(10)

Backgrounds and Scenery

346

(1)

Creating Backgrounds from Tiles

347

(1)

Tile-Based Scrolling

347

(4)

Creating a Tile Map

351

(4)

Enhancing Tank War

355

(23)

Exploring the All-New Tank War

356

(3)

The New Tank War Source Code

359

(19)

Summary

378

(1)

Chapter Quiz

378

(3)

Timers, Interrupt Handlers, and Multi-Threading

381

(48)

Timers

381

(11)

Installing and Removing the Timer

381

(1)

Slowing Down the Program

382

(1)

The TimerTest Program

383

(9)

Interrupt Handlers

392

(3)

Creating an Interrupt Handler

392

(1)

Removing an Interrupt Handler

393

(1)

The InterruptTest Program

393

(2)

Using Timed Game Loops

395

(2)

Slowing Down the Gameplay...Not the Game

395

(1)

The TimedLoop Program

396

(1)

Multi-Threading

397

(16)

Abstracting the Parallel Processing Problem

398

(1)

The Pthreads-Win32 Library

399

(1)

Programming with Posix Threads

400

(3)

The MultiThread Program

403

(10)

Enhancing Tank War

413

(13)

Description of New Improvements

414

(1)

Modifying the Tank War Project

415

(11)

Future Changes to Tank War

426

(1)

Summary

426

(1)

Chapter Quiz

426

(3)

Creating a Game World: Editing Tiles and Levels

429

(26)

Creating the Game World

429

(7)

Installing Mappy

430

(1)

Creating a New Map

430

(2)

Importing the Source Tiles

432

(1)

Saving the Map File as FMP

433

(2)

Saving the Map File as Text

435

(1)

Loading and Drawing Mappy Level Files

436

(9)

Using a Text Array Map

437

(5)

Using a Mappy Level File

442

(3)

Enhancing Tank War

445

(8)

Proposed Changes to Tank War

446

(1)

Modifying Tank War

447

(6)

Summary

453

(1)

Chapter Quiz

453

(2)

Vertical Scrolling Arcade Games

455

(34)

Building a Vertical Scroller Engine

455

(9)

Creating Levels Using Mappy

457

(2)

Filling in the Tiles

459

(1)

Let's Scroll It

460

(4)

Writing a Vertical Scrolling Shooter

464

(23)

Describing the Game

464

(2)

The Game's Artwork

466

(2)

Writing the Source Code

468

(19)

Summary

487

(1)

Chapter Quiz

487

(2)

Horizontal Scrolling Platform Games

489

(20)

Understanding Horizontal Scrolling Games

490

(1)

Developing a Platform Scroller

490

(1)

Creating Horizontal Platform Levels with Mappy

491

(7)

Separating the Foreground Tiles

495

(2)

Performing a Range Block Edit

497

(1)

Developing a Scrolling Platform Game

498

(8)

Describing the Game

498

(1)

The Game Artwork

499

(1)

Using the Platform Scroller

500

(1)

Writing the Source Code

501

(5)

Summary

506

(1)

Chapter Quiz

507

(2)

Part III: Taking It to the Next Level

509

(122)

Mastering the Audible Realm: Allegro's Sound Support

511

(28)

The PlayWave Program

512

(2)

Sound Initialization Routines

514

(3)

Detecting the Digital Sound Driver

515

(1)

Reserving Voices

515

(1)

Setting an Individual Voice Volume

515

(1)

Initializing the Sound Driver

516

(1)

Removing the Sound Driver

516

(1)

Changing the Volume

516

(1)

Standard Sample Playback Routines

517

(1)

Loading a Sample File

517

(1)

Loading a WAV File

517

(1)

Loading a VOC File

517

(1)

Playing a Sample

517

(1)

Altering a Sample's Properties

518

(1)

Stopping a Sample

518

(1)

Creating a New Sample

518

(1)

Destroying a Sample

518

(1)

Low-Level Sample Playback Routines

518

(4)

Allocating a Voice

519

(1)

Removing a Voice

519

(1)

Reallocating a Voice

519

(1)

Releasing a Voice

519

(1)

Activating a Voice

519

(1)

Stopping a Voice

519

(1)

Setting Voice Priority

520

(1)

Checking the Status of a Voice

520

(1)

Returning the Position of a Voice

520

(1)

Setting the Position of a Voice

520

(1)

Altering the Playback Mode of a Voice

520

(1)

Returning the Volume of a Voice

521

(1)

Setting the Volume of a Voice

521

(1)

Ramping the Volume of a Voice

521

(1)

Stopping a Volume Ramp

521

(1)

Returning the Pitch of a Voice

521

(1)

Setting the Pitch of a Voice

521

(1)

Performing a Frequency Sweep of a Voice

521

(1)

Stopping a Frequency Sweep

522

(1)

Returning the Pan Value of a Voice

522

(1)

Setting the Pan Value of a Voice

522

(1)

Performing a Sweeping Pan on a Voice

522

(1)

Stopping a Sweeping Pan

522

(1)

The SampleMixer Program

522

(3)

Enhancing Tank War

525

(12)

Modifying the Game

525

(11)

Final Comments about Tank War

536

(1)

Summary

537

(1)

Chapter Quiz

537

(2)

Using Datafiles to Store Game Resources

539

(12)

Understanding Allegro Datafiles

540

(1)

Creating Allegro Datafiles

541

(3)

Using Allegro Datafiles

544

(1)

Loading a Datafile

544

(1)

Unloading a Datafile

545

(1)

Loading a Datafile Object

545

(1)

Unloading a Datafile Object

545

(1)

Finding a Datafile Object

545

(1)

Testing Allegro Datafiles

545

(2)

Summary

547

(1)

Chapter Quiz

548

(3)

Playing FLIC Movies

551

(12)

Playing FLI Animation Files

551

(3)

The FLI Callback Function

552

(1)

The PlayFlick Program

552

(2)

Playing an FLI from a Memory Block

554

(1)

Loading FLIs into Memory

554

(7)

Opening and Closing FLI Files

555

(1)

Processing Each Frame of the Animation

555

(1)

The LoadFlick Program

556

(2)

The ResizeFlick Program

558

(3)

Summary

561

(1)

Chapter Quiz

561

(2)

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

563

(22)

The Fields of Artificial Intelligence

564

(6)

Expert Systems

564

(1)

Fuzzy Logic

565

(2)

Genetic Algorithms

567

(2)

Neural Networks

569

(1)

Deterministic Algorithms

570

(5)

Random Motion

571

(1)

Tracking

572

(1)

Patterns

573

(2)

Finite State Machines

575

(2)

Fuzzy Logic

577

(3)

Fuzzy Logic Basics

577

(2)

Fuzzy Matrices

579

(1)

A Simple Method for Memory

580

(1)

Artificial Intelligence and Games

581

(1)

Summary

581

(1)

Chapter Quiz

582

(3)

The Mathematical Side of Games

585

(26)

Trigonometry

586

(4)

Visual Representation and Laws

586

(3)

Angle Relations

589

(1)

Vectors

590

(8)

Addition and Subtraction

591

(2)

Scalar Multiplication and Division

593

(1)

Length

594

(1)

Normalization

594

(1)

Perpendicular Operation

595

(1)

Dot Product

596

(1)

Perp-Dot Product

597

(1)

Matrices

598

(5)

Addition and Subtraction

598

(1)

Scalars with Multiplication and Division

598

(1)

Special Matrices

599

(1)

Transposed Matrices

600

(1)

Matrix Concatenation

601

(1)

Vector Transformation

602

(1)

Probability

603

(2)

Sets

603

(1)

Union

603

(1)

Intersection

604

(1)

Functions

605

(3)

Integration

606

(1)

Differentiation

607

(1)

Summary

608

(1)

Chapter Quiz

608

(3)

Publishing Your Game

611

(20)

Is Your Game Worth Publishing?

611

(1)

Whose Door to Knock On

612

(2)

Learn to Knock Correctly

613

(1)

No Publisher, So Now What?

613

(1)

Contracts

614

(1)

Non-Disclosure Agreement

614

(1)

The Actual Publishing Contract

614

(1)

Milestones

615

(1)

Bug Report

615

(1)

Release Day

615

(1)

Interviews

616

(9)

Paul Urbanus: Urbonix, Inc

616

(6)

Niels Bauer: Niels Bauer Software Design

622

(2)

Andre LaMothe: Xtreme Games LLC

624

(1)

Summary

625

(1)

References

626

(1)

Chapter Quiz

626

(3)

Epilogue

629

(2)

Part IV: Appendixes

631

(62)

Appendix A Chapter Quiz Answers

633

(18)

Chapter 1

633

(1)

Chapter 2

634

(1)

Chapter 3

635

(1)

Chapter 4

635

(1)

Chapter 5

636

(1)

Chapter 6

637

(1)

Chapter 7

638

(1)

Chapter 8

639

(1)

Chapter 9

639

(1)

Chapter 10

640

(1)

Chapter 11

641

(1)

Chapter 12

642

(1)

Chapter 13

643

(1)

Chapter 14

643

(1)

Chapter 15

644

(1)

Chapter 16

645

(1)

Chapter 17

646

(1)

Chapter 18

647

(1)

Chapter 19

648

(1)

Chapter 20

648

(3)

Appendix B Useful Tables

651

(6)

Integral Equations Table

651

(1)

Derivative Equations Table

652

(1)

Inertia Equations Table

652

(1)

ASCII Table

653

(4)

Appendix C Numbering Systems: Binary and Hexadecimal

657

(6)

Binary

657

(2)

Decimal

659

(1)

Hexadecimal

659

(4)

Appendix D Recommended Books and Web Sites

663

(8)

All in One Support on the Web

663

(1)

Game Development Web Sites

663

(1)

Publishing, Game Reviews, and Download Sites

664

(1)

Engines

664

(1)

Independent Game Developers

664

(1)

Industry

665

(1)

Computer Humor

665

(1)

Recommended Books

665

(6)

Appendix E Configuring Allegro for Microsoft Visual C++ and Other Compilers

671

(14)

Microsoft Visual C++

672

(1)

Dev-C++

673

(6)

KDevelop for Linux

679

(4)

Final Comments

683

(2)

Appendix F Compiling the Allegro Source Code

685

(6)

Microsoft Visual C++

685

(2)

Borland C++/C++ Builder

687

(1)

Dev-C++

688

(1)

KDevelop for Linux

689

(2)

Appendix G Using the CD-ROM

691

(2)

Index

693

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