FlashGame Prgrmng For Dummies - Softcover

Harris, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764589628 ISBN 13: 9780764589621

Publisher: For Dummies, 2005

Synopsis

You can start game programming in a flash

Here's how to create five different cool games - no experience necessary!

Ever think you could come up with a better computer game? Then this book is for you! No boring programming theory here, just the stuff you need to know to actually make something happen, and all in plain English. Build a brain-teasing math game, go classic with Pong, create monsters and mayhem, and much more.

Discover how to
* Build and control basic movie clips
* Make text appear and change
* Generate random numbers
* Add sound effects
* Create cars and space vehicles that move realistically
* Blow up stuff onscreen

About this title

About the Author

Andy Harris earned a degree in Special Education from Indiana University/Purdue UniversityIndianapolis (IUPUI). He taught young adults with severe disabilities for several years. He also taught himself enough computer programming to support his teaching habit with freelance programming.
Those were the exciting days when computers started to have hard drives, and some computers connected to each other with arcane protocols. He taught programming in those days because it was fun.
Eventually, Andy decided to teach computer science full time, and he still teaches at IUPUI. He lectures in the applied computing program and runs the streaming media lab. He also teaches classes in whatever programming language is in demand at the time. He has developed a large number of online video-based courses and international distance education projects.
Andy has written several books on various computing topics and languages including Java, C#, mobile computing, JavaScript, and PHP/MySQL.
Andy welcomes comments and suggestions about his books. He can be reached at aharris@cs.iupui.edu.

From the Back Cover

You can start game programming in a flash

Here's how to create five different cool games ? no experience necessary!

Ever think you could come up with a better computer game? Then this book is for you! No boring programming theory here, just the stuff you need to know to actually make something happen, and all in plain English. Build a brain-teasing math game, go classic with Pong, create monsters and mayhem, and much more.

Discover how to

• Build and control basic movie clips
• Make text appear and change
• Generate random numbers
• Add sound effects
• Create cars and space vehicles that move realistically
• Blow up stuff onscreen

Here's how to create five different cool games — no experience necessary!

Ever think you could come up with a better computer game? Then this book is for you! No boring programming theory here, just the stuff you need to know to actually make something happen, and all in plain English. Build a brain-teasing math game, go classic with Pong, create monsters and mayhem, and much more.

Discover how to

• Build and control basic movie clips
• Make text appear and change
• Generate random numbers
• Add sound effects
• Create cars and space vehicles that move realistically
• Blow up stuff onscreen

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764589628
• ISBN 13: 9780764589621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410