Beginning C# Game Programming

Name: Beginning C# Game Programming
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ISBN: 9781592005178

ISBN-10: 1592005179

ISBN-13: 9781592005178

Edition: 2005

Authors: Ron Penton

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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!

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Course Technology
Publication date: 10/22/2004
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 320
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.10" long x 2.90" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Ron Penton is an independent programmer with a primary interest in computer games. He began using GW-BASIC in 1989, moved on to Visual Basic 4 in 1995, QBasic in 1996, and learned C++ in 1997. Ron began working on his degree in 1998 at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and is working on completing his Bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Buffalo. Ron contributed a chapter in the book titled ï¿½Game Programming All in Oneï¿½ published by Premier Press.



Introduction



Learning C#



The History of C#


A Brief History of Computers


Machine and Assembly Languages


Portability


High-Level Languages Save the Day


Portability with Virtual Machines


.NET to the Rescue


Just In Time Compilation


Reduction Theory


The Future


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



The Basics


Why You Should Read This Chapter


Your First C# Program


Classes


The Entry Point


Hello, C#!!


Compiling and Running


The Basics


Basic Data Types


Operators


Variables


Constants


Typecasts


Branching


if Statements


Switch Statements


Short-Circuit Evaluation


Looping


while Loops


for Loops


do-while Loops


Break and Continue


Scoping


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



A Brief Introduction to Classes


Values versus References


Value Types


Reference Types


Basics of Structures and Classes


Creating Classes and Structures


Differences between Structures and Classes


Putting Functions in Your Classes and Structures


Constructors


Destructors


More Advanced Class Tricks


The Basics of Inheritance


Static Members


Properties


Enumerations


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



Advanced C#


Namespaces


Creating Namespaces


Using Namespaces


Namespace Aliasing


Polymorphism


Basic Polymorphism


Virtual Functions


Abstraction


Polymorphism and Functions


Objects


Arrays


A Basic Array Example


What Is an Array?


Inline Initialization


References versus Values


Inheritance and Arrays


Multidimensional Arrays


Another Kind of Loop


Strings


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions



One More C# Chapter


Interfaces


Interfaces versus Abstract Classes


Multiple Inheritance


Extending and Combining Interfaces


Exceptions


Exception Basics


Advanced Exception Topics


Delegates


Creating a Delegate


Chaining Delegates


Collections


The Array List


Hash Tables


Stacks and Queues


Other Collections


File Access


Streams


Readers and Writers


File Streams


Random Numbers


Seeds


Generating Numbers


Other Generation Techniques


Above and Beyond


The Preprocessor


Operator Overloading


Variable Parameter Lists


Unsafe Code


C# 2.0 Features


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



Game Programming in C#



Setting Up a Framework


Creating a Project


SharpDevelop


Visual C#


Visual C#'s D3D Framework


The Advanced Framework


Have You Got the Time?


Problems with the Timer


Changes to the Framework


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



Direct3D


DirectX Versions


One Device to Rule Them All


It's All about Presentation


Buffers and Buffer Swapping


Creating a Device


The Manager


Updating the Framework


Setting Up a Device


Handling Multi-Tasking


Actually Drawing Stuff


Vertexes


Defining Some Vertexes


Final Touches


Colors and Alpha


Playing with Colors


Playing with Alpha


Another Demo


Texturing and Other Shapes


Texturing


Other Forms of Geometry


Demo 7.4


Sprites


The Sprite Class


Making the Code Better


Demo 7.5


Fonts


Creating a System Font


Drawing Text


Demo 7.6


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



DirectInput


Keyboards


Creating a Device


Gathering Input by Polling


Mice


Creating a Mouse


Polling a Mouse


Game Devices


Finding a Game Device


Creating a Game Device


Getting Joystick Axis Data


Modifying Axis Attributes


More Joystick Data


Demo 8.3: Joysticks


Force Feedback


The Effect Editor


Loading Effects


Playing Effects


Stopping Effects


Demo 8.4


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



DirectSound


The Sound Device


Sound Buffers


Playing Buffers


Buffer Descriptions


Demo 9.1


Sound Effects


Sound in 3D


3D Buffers


Additional 3D Topics


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own



Putting Together a Game


Setting Up a Design


The Game Genre


Deciding How the Game Works


The Universe


The Actors


The Data


Spaceships


Weapons


Projectiles


Powerups


Common Attributes


A New Framework


Setting Up


Device Options


Device Blocks


Input Checkers


Joysticks


Game States


State Changes


A Sample State


The Game Class


Generic Space Shooter 3000


Game Objects


The States for GSS3K


The Help State


The Game State


Playing GSS3K


The Future


3D Worlds


Advanced Collision Detection


Artificial Intelligence


Networking


Advanced Storage


Summary


What You Learned


Review Questions


On Your Own


Conclusion



Appendixes



Answers to Review Questions


Chapter 1: The History of C#


Chapter 2: The Basics


Chapter 3: A Brief Introduction to Classes


Chapter 4: Advanced C#


Chapter 5: One More C# Chapter


Chapter 6: Setting Up a Framework


Chapter 7: Direct3D


Chapter 8: DirectInput


Chapter 9: DirectSound


Chapter 10: Putting Together a Game



Setting Up DirectX and .NET


The .NET Framework


The .NET SDK


Integrated Development Environments


Managed DirectX


Setting Up References


Index