Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps: Using Visual Basic

Palmer, Scott

ISBN 10: 0201489112 / ISBN 13: 9780201489118

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps: Using Visual Basic
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201489112
• ISBN 13: 9780201489118
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps teaches you the skills youneed to start programming good PC games for Windows(TM). Step by step, you'llsee how to pull a game together. The first step is deciding what type of game to program (adventure, arcade, orthe ubiquitous other), and move on to planning your game, prototyping it, andproviding for interactivity with the player. Then you'll learn to incorporategraphics, use animation and 3D effects, and add music and sound. The final stepis getting your game ready to market. Throughout the book, specific coding examples in Visual Basic(TM) will show youhow to implement concepts. Relatively easy to use, Visual Basic is a good wayto learn game programming basics. You'll discover tips and techniques formaking the most of this popular programming environment in building your games.

About the Author

Scott Palmer is the author of several programming books. A specialist inmaking complex topics easy to learn, he has written a number of computer games.

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