Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX

Windows Game Programming with Visual Basic and DirectX is the only game programming book on the market that pairs the ease of Visual Basic with the power and flash of DirectX applications. The book is written to teach the skills and thoughts behind game programming, with hands-on examples and a simulation game project that results in a complete application at the end of the book. Topics such as artificial intelligence, animation, sound effects, background music, and multiplayer setups will be covered in detail and put to work in the hands-on game project.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

I. DIVING INTO THE GAME.

Introduction.
1. Developing an Idea into a Game.
2. Introducing DirectX.
3. Creating 3D Graphics.
4. Turning 2D Graphics into 3D Graphics.
5. Loading Mall Information.
6. Displaying 3D Graphics.

II. SIMULATING REALITY.

7. Random Numbers Ain't Random.
8. Simulating Reality.
9. Simulating the Mall.
10. Simulating Customers.
11. Simulating Stores and Money.

III. MAKING THE GAME FUN.

12. Controlling the Mall with DirectInput.
13. Commanding the Game.
14. Attention, Shoppers.
15. A Map and Customers.
16. Walking Through the Mall.

IV. FINISHING THE GAME.

17. The Mall Strait Journal.
18. Running the Mall.
19. The End of the Beginning.
Index.