Creating Games in C++ - A Step-by-Step Guide

Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide

By David Conger, Ron Little

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Publisher: New Riders

Pub Date: February 21, 2006

Print ISBN-10: 0-7357-1434-7

Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7357-1434-2

Pages: 464

Table of Contents | Index

Do you love video games? Ever wondered if you could create one of your own, with all the bells and whistles?

It's not as complicated as you'd think, and you don't need to be a math whiz or a programming genius to do it.

In fact, everything you need to create your first game, "Invasion of the Slugwroths," is included in this book and

CD-ROM. Author David Conger starts at square one, introducing the tools of the trade and all the basic

concepts for getting started programming with C++, the language that powers most current commercial games.

Plus, he's put a wealth of top-notch (and free) tools on the CD-ROM, including the Dev-C++ compiler, linker,

and debugger--and his own LlamaWorks2D game engine. Step-by-step instructions and ample illustrations take

you through game program structure, integrating sound and music into games, floating-point math, C++

arrays, and much more. Using the sample programs and the source code to run them, you can follow along as

you learn. Bio: David Conger has been programming professionally for over 23 years. Along with countless

custom business applications, he has written several PC and online games. Conger also worked on graphics

firmware for military aircraft, and taught computer science at the university level for four years. Conger has

written numerous books on C, C++, and other computer-related topics. He lives in western Washington State

and has also published a collection of Indian folk tales.

Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide

By David Conger, Ron Little

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Publisher: New Riders

Pub Date: February 21, 2006

Print ISBN-10: 0-7357-1434-7

Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7357-1434-2

Pages: 464

Table of Contents | Index

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Introduction

What's Different About This Book

What's in This Book?

System Requirements

Free Stuff on the CD

Who Am I?

Part 1: The Really Basic Stuff

Chapter 1. What it Takes to be a Game Programmer

Programming Skills

Computer Graphics Skills

Game Design Skills

Art Skills

Sound and Music Skills

Summary

Chapter 2. Writing C++ Programs

Introducing the Dev-C++ Compiler

Programming in C++

Essential Math Operators

Loops

While Loops

Do-while loops

Windows Programming

Game Programming

Summary

Part 2: ObjectOriented Programming in Games

Chapter 3. Introducing Object-Oriented Programming

Software Objects

Classes

Logical Operators

The If-Else Statement

Namespaces and Scope Resolution

A Brief Word About Structures

Summary

Chapter 4. Introducing the LlamaWorks2D Game Engine

A Step-by-Step Overview

How Does Llamaworks2D Work?

A Stationary Ball

A Bouncing Ball

Getting Good Results

Summary

Chapter 5. Function and Operator Overloading

What Is Overloading?

Implementing a Vector Class with Overloading

Summary

Chapter 6. Inheritance: Getting a Lot for a Little

What Is Inheritance?

Deriving Classes

Protected Members

Overriding Base Class Functions

Customizing Your Game with Inheritance

Summary

Part 3: The Essentials of Game Development

Chapter 7. Program Structure

Program Structure

File Structure

A Game Called Ping

Summary

Chapter 8. Sound Effects and Music

Sound Effects and Music Are Emotion

Storing Sound Data

Sound Effects in LlamaWorks2D

Noise, Sweet Noise

Play That Funky Music, Geek Boy

Summary

Part 4: Graduating to Better C++

Chapter 9. Floating-Point Math in C++

Getting into the Guts of Floating-Point Numbers

Case Study: Floating-Point Numbers and Gamespaces

Summary

Chapter 10. Arrays

What Are Arrays?

Declaring and Using Arrays

Initializing Arrays

Problems with Array Boundaries

Summary

Chapter 11. Pointers

Why Are Pointers Important to Games?

Declaring and Using Pointers

Pointers and Dynamic Memory Allocation

Pointers and Inheritance

Arrays Are Pointers in Disguise

Summary

Chapter 12. File Input and Output

Games and File I/O

Types of Files

Summary

Chapter 13. Moving into Real Game Development

Sprites that Come Alive

High-Speed Input

Summary

Part 5: The Big Payoff

Chapter 14. No Slime Allowed: Invasion of the Slugwroths

What It Takes to Make a Real Game

Essential Game Design

Designing Invasion of the Slugwroths

Summary

Chapter 15. Captain Chloride Gets Going

Introducing Captain Chloride

Pulling It Together In The Game Class

Summary

Chapter 16. The World of Captain Chloride

The New Captain Chloride

Levels in LlamaWorks2D

Summary

Chapter 17. Captain Chloride Encounters Solid Objects

Bumping into a Solid Door

Picking Up a Key

Making the Door Open and Close

Summary

Chapter 18. That's a Wrap!

Time for Consolidation

Enter villains, Stage Left

Additions to the Game

Epilogue: Not the End

Glossary

Index

Copyright

Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide

David Conger with Ron Little

New Riders

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New Riders is an imprint of Peachpit, a division of Pearson Education

Copyright ? 2006 by David Conger

Project Editors: Davina Baum, Kristin Kalning

Development Editors: Davina Baum, Denise Santoro Lincoln

Production Editor: Myrna Vladic

Copyeditor: Liz Welch

Tech Editor: Ron Little

Compositor: WolfsonDesign

Indexer: Karin Arrigoni

Cover design: Aren Howell

Interior design: WolfsonDesign

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