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Adapted to VB .NET by key Microsoft insiders – Lead author is the .NET Game evangelist at Microsoft!
An easy-to-read, soup-to-nuts guide that helps you start programming games fast
Packed with code examples that are complete games: includes an introduction to Managed DirectX 9 and is also an introduction to exciting advanced features of .NET, including the Speech API to generate voices, synchronizing mouth animations with generated sounds, the .NET Compact Framework, data access with ADO.NET, collision detection, and artificial intelligence
Includes complete code listings and applications for all games included in the book: .Nettrix (a Tetris clone), .Netterpillars (a Snakes clone), River Pla.Net (River Raid clone), Magic KindergarteN., D-iNfEcT, and Nettrix II (for the Pocket PC) as well as a version of the classic game Spacewars and a "Twisty Cube" game
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This highly-anticipated title provides a clear introduction to game programming for VB .NET programmers! Microsoft insiders have written an easy-to-read guide, so you can start programming games quickly. This book even includes an introduction to Managed DirectX9, and other advanced .NET features, like animation and sounds.
Code examples are actually complete games, and include .Nettrix , .Netterpillars, River Pla.NET, Magic KindergarteN., D-iNfEcT, Nettrix II (for the Pocket PC), and a version of the classic game, Spacewars.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beginning .NET Game Programming in VB .NET
Authors: David Weller, Alexandre Santos Lobão, Ellen Hatton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0724-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: David Weller, Alexandre Santos Lobão, and Ellen Hatton 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-401-8Published: 21 September 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0724-5Published: 20 September 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 440
Number of Illustrations: 144 b/w illustrations
Topics: Game Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems