NetWarriors in C: Programming 3D Multi-Player Games in C (Book and Cd Rom)

Create sophisticated 3D multiplayer games that work over modems, ethernet networks, and the Internet

But who wants to do it from scratch? With this book/CD set, you'll get a 3D game engine and a set of communications utilities that will help you quickly develop your own games.

On the CD ROM you'll find:

• Real-time 3D ray-casting engine (written in C) that can be used to create sophisticated 3D games
• Visual map editor and other utilities for creating animated monsters, wild texture-mapped walls, and building elaborate mazes
• Music editor for adding pulse-pounding sound effects and music to your game
• Code for adding modem, ethernet, and Internet communications for multiplayer excitement
• Minotaur: a 3D multiplayer game with real-time graphics (source code and executables)
• Source code and executables for hundreds of games, game demos, game libraries, graphics converters, memory management utilities and more!

Joe Gradecki is currently completing his PhD in computer science at the University of Wyoming. He is also the author of The Virtual Reality Construction Kit and The Virtual Reality Programmer's Kit (both from Wiley).