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Game Programming for Teens, 2nd Edition View Larger Image | Maneesh Sethi
Premier Press, Paperback, Bk&CD edition, Published May 2005, 395 pages, ISBN 1592008348 | List Price: $29.99
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You’ve played plenty of games. Now it’s time to create your own! "Game
Programming for Teens, Second Edition" helps you develop the skills you need
to create every element of your first video game—from graphics and animation
to sound and music. You’ll even learn how to incorporate artificial intelligence.
You don’t have to have any programming experience to get started. You’ll
learn everything you need to know along the way using BlitzPlus, an easy-to-learn
programming language that the author will teach you. By the end of the book, you
will have created your first computer game. Game programming doesn’t have
to be difficult. With a copy of this book and your own curiosity, you’re
off to the perfect start!
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The second edition of the bestselling "Game Programming for Teens"
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Written using the most up-to-date version of the Basic language--an easy language
for readers who are just starting out
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Readers are able to learn at their own pace as they work through the step-by-step
process of creating a game<
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Truly aimed at teens, this book is written by a best selling teen author with
impressive industry experience
Table of Contents
Part I: The Basics of BASIC 1
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Getting to Know BASIC
Chapter 3 Loops, Functions, Arrays, and Types
Chapter 4 The Style Factor
Part II: Getting Graphical
Chapter 5 Beginning Graphics
Chapter 6 Page Flipping and Pixel Plotting
Chapter 7 Basic Image Programming
Chapter 8 Animation
Chapter 9 Collision Detection
Part III: Completing the Puzzle
Chapter 10 Handling Input
Chapter 11 Sounds and Music
Chapter 12 Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 13 The Final Frontier: Invaderz!!!
Part IV: Appendices
Appendix A Scan Code Reference
Appendix B Useful Links
About the Author
Maneesh Sethi is a high school student in California. Maneesh
has worked with Web design and development since he was in fifth grade and was
the founder and head designer of Standard Design, a Web site design company.
He is also the team leader of Cold Vector Games, a game programming team. Maneesh
has taught game programming on TechTV’s “Call for Help” and at
game programming conferences such as the XGDX. He is the author of Game Programming
for Teens, and Web Design for Teens, both published by Course PTR. You can learn
more about him at www.maneeshsethi.com
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