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Advanced 2D Game Development Paperback – June 9 2008

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Get ready to build a complete, professional-quality 2D game engine from start to finish! "Advanced 2D Game Development" is your comprehensive guide to 2D game development using DirectX in the C++ programming language. Each chapter of the book covers one major component of the game engine, including 2D and 3D rendering, DirectInput, FMOD audio, game math, multi-threading, Lua scripting, and more, and the game engine is built upon chapter by chapter. Through the creation of the game engine, you’ll learn step by step how to write solid code for multiple compilers, adding to the code as you work through each chapter. And every chapter includes an example game that illustrates the new techniques being taught. Perfect for game programming students and professionals alike, this book is your ultimate guide to awesome 2D game development.

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336 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Course Technology PTR
Publication date

June 9 2008
Dimensions

19.05 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-10

1598633422
ISBN-13

978-1598633429
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Jonathan S. Harbour is an associate professor at the University of Advancing Technology (Tempe, AZ). His web site at www.jharbour.com includes an online forum and blog for book support. His most recent game projects are Starflight - The Lost Colony (www.starflightgame.com) and Aquaphobia: Mutant Brain Sponge Madness (www.aquaphobiagame.com).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Course Technology PTR; 1st edition (June 9 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1598633422
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598633429
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 702 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm

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Denis

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was what I expected, no issues, thanks!!!

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Yannick

Great book, horrible writer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2012

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The content of this book is spot on and exactly what I was looking for ( a dx9 engine project with explanations ). However I myself am studying computer science with an emphasize on video game development and thus am quite familiar with C++ in general. This book is absolutely horrendous for starters, not only does he dump complete lumps of 200 lines right in front of your face "here add this to your solution", he also forces you to use a lot of conventions that HE finds useful, completely denying the fact that you yourself should discover which conventions YOU find useful. Not to mention that he comes across as a cocky bastard.
So if you're looking for that little guidance that you need to get started with dx9, take it.
If you're looking to get started with C++ I'd recommend reading Beginning C++ through game programming 3rd edition (same series) first, I also have that book and its so good at helping you with the basics (and is not written by a loony).

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W. Adlani

Excellent start.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2012

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The reviews already published about this book are pretty spot on.

Learn C++ and this book will help you understand how to start programming a game in a good and structured manner while explaining many of the functions and procedures on the way. You will learn 3D as well but not to such a large degree.

I enjoyed reading this book, it filled in a few blanks that I had about Windows and the functions etc in the DirectX library that greatly help in programming a game.

Good reading all.

D. Grigoriadis

Sicherlich kein "Advanced" Buch

Reviewed in Germany on August 26, 2009

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Das Buch bietet im Prinzip Grundlagen zur Entwicklung einer 2D Game Engine. Es enthällt sicherlich einige interessante Informationen allerdings suchte ich vergeblich nach wirklich fortgeschrittene Techniken. Die meisten Klassen findet man im Internet als Tutorial.
Zwei Sterne weil das Kapitel Multithreading gelungen war (aber auch das eigentlich nur eine Kopie von bereits bestehenden Tutorials aus dem Internet).
Wenn jemand ein Buch über 2D Entwicklung für Fortgeschrittene sucht sollte sicherlich einen Bogen um dieses Exemplar machen.

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Mr. S. T. Foster

DirectX only

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2009

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Yes as not stated in the title or the description here, this book is for programming under the DirectX platform and Opengl users should look elsewhere.

Unfortunately I fall into the latter and thus find this book redundant, as the code is not written in any way that could easily be converted.

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Dan Sopel

Great resource for the underserved "Intermediate" game coders

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2011

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I bought this book after using Beginning Game Programming as a textbook for an API class. When you know how to get pretty pictures on the screen and get a basic game loop going from the more basic texts, you're left wondering how it all fits together to make a cohesive product. This book has great explanations of core engine components, including:

* automating your game loop, and exposing just what you need for game logic
* an entity management system
* automating your Sprites
* an easily accessible Audio system
* handy Math utilities, including easy-to-read explanations of how/why/when to use them
* the Timer class, a concept that I have carried over into many projects since
* a particle emission system that, while fairly simple, gives a firm base for the reader to create a more dynamic one if so inclined

The only reason I did not give it full 5 stars is that I felt the sample game projects did not did not exercise the same modularity taught throughout the engine (most were just a bunch of functions in game.cpp). Some examples of how and when to inherit from Sprite or Entity, or how to incorporate them into your game's classes would have gone a long way.

Anyway, a minor quibble to a book that vastly accelerated my game programming proficiency. Using this book and virtually nothing else, I wrote an engine that I used for nearly 10 full applications, from a Tetris clone to a very complex turn-based RPG battler. Along with this book, I would suggest some Googling of state management, and you can create any 2D game you could think of.

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