New Riders - Creating Games in CPP - A Step-by-Step Guide

• Creating Games in C++: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Table of Contents
• 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
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