Game Programming with Silverlight

Snow, Michael

ISBN 10: 1598639064 / ISBN 13: 9781598639063

Published by Cengage Learning, Inc

About this Item

2009. 1st Edition. Paperback. Helps you to learn to program fun and challenging games using Silverlight, a web-based application that is suitable for rapid, casual game development. This book shows anyone interested in game design and development how to build web-based games using any of the major operating systems and browsers. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: UDX; UMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bookseller Inventory # V9781598639063

Bibliographic Details

Title: Game Programming with Silverlight

Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Learn to program fun and challenging games using Silverlight, a rich, web-based application that is ideal for rapid, casual game development. "Game Programming with Silverlight" shows anyone interested in game design and development how to build web-based games using any of the major operating systems and browsers. This comprehensive guide walks readers through every feature of Silverlight used in game creation. You'll get an introduction to Silverlight 3 and all of its cool features. After you're comfortable with the application you'll learn how to create your game world, add objects and animate them, incorporate sound and music, network your game and make it multiplayer, and more! Each chapter covers a wide range of topics that you can leverage to build just about any type of game using Silverlight.

About the Author:

Michael Snow has been a game developer for the past 20 years and has extensive experience in DirectX and multiplayer game programming. He has been a Microsoft employee for over 13 years and is currently a senior development Lead on the Silverlight Tools team. Michael has a Silverlight blog that can be found at http://www.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow.