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| Introduction to Computers and Programming | |
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| 1.1 | |
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| Hardware | |
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| How Computers Store Data | |
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| How a Program Works | |
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| C++ and the Dark GDK Library | |
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| Graphics Programming with C++ and the Dark GDK Library | |
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| Getting Your Feet Wet with the Dark GDK Library | |
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| The Screen Coordinate System | |
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| Basic 2D Shapes | |
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| Displaying Text | |
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| In the Spotlight: The Orion Constellation Program | |
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| The Program Development Cycle | |
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| Variables, Calculations, and Colors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Literal Data | |
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| Variables | |
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| Calculations | |
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| In the Spotlight: Drawing Simple Bar Charts | |
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| Getting Values from Functions | |
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| Colors | |
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| In the Spotlight: Drawing the Italian Flag | |
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| Named Constants | |
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| void Functions | |
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| Modularizing a Program with Functions | |
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| Defining and Calling a void Function | |
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| Designing a Program to Use Functions | |
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| Local Variables | |
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| Passing Arguments to Functions | |
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| Global Variables and Constants | |
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| Working with Images | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Bitmaps | |
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| Images and Transparency | |
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| Control Structures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Single-Alternative Decision Structures: The if Statement | |
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| Dual-Alternative Decision Structures: The if-else Statement | |
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| Nested Decision Structures and the if-else-if Statement | |
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| Repetition Structures: The while Loop and the do-while Loop | |
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| The Increment and Decrement Operators | |
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| Repetition Structures: The for Loop | |
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| Using the for Loop to Process Pixels in an Image | |
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| Logical Operators | |
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| The switch Statement | |
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| Numeric Truth, Flags, and bool Variables | |
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| The Game Loop and Animation | |
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| The Game Loop | |
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| Simple Animation | |
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| Controlling Objects with the Keyboard | |
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| Sprites | |
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| Cel Animation and Sprite Sheets | |
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| Sprite Collision Detection | |
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| The Vulture Trouble Game: Introducing Audio, Physics, and Text Effects | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Playing Sound Effects and Music | |
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| Simulating Falling Objects | |
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| Text Effects | |
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| The Vulture Trouble Game | |
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| Value-Returning Functions and Mouse Input | |
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| Writing a Value-Returning Function | |
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| Working with the Mouse | |
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| The Bug Zapper Game | |
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| Arrays and Tile Mapping | |
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| Array Basics | |
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| Sorting Arrays | |
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| Two-Dimensional Arrays | |
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| Tile Maps | |
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| Strings and Files | |
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| Working with Strings | |
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| Introduction to File Input and Output | |
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| Saving a Game's High Score | |
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| Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Classes and Objects | |
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| An Object-Oriented Game: Balloon Target | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| Downloading and Installing the Required Software | |
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| The ASCII Character Set | |
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| Online | |
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| Case Study: Scones McNabb | |
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| Case Study: Object-Oriented Vulture Trouble | |