Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps: Using Visual Basic

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Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps teaches you the skills youneed to start programming good PC games for Windows(TM). Step by step, you'llsee how to pull a game together. The first step is deciding what type of game to program (adventure, arcade, orthe ubiquitous other), and move on to planning your game, prototyping it, andproviding for interactivity with the player. Then you'll learn to incorporategraphics, use animation and 3D effects, and add music and sound. The final stepis getting your game ready to market. Throughout the book, specific coding examples in Visual Basic(TM) will show youhow to implement concepts. Relatively easy to use, Visual Basic is a good wayto learn game programming basics. You'll discover tips and techniques formaking the most of this popular programming environment in building your games.

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Learn PC Games Programming the Quick and Easy Way

Think games programming is tough? Guess again! The basic concepts andtechniques behind creating your own PC games can be easily learned by anyonewith a little programming know-how.

Build Your Own PC Game in Seven Easy Steps teaches you the skills youneed to start programming good PC games for Windows(TM). Step by step, you'llsee how to pull a game together.

The first step is deciding what type of game to program (adventure, arcade, orthe ubiquitous other), and move on to planning your game, prototyping it, andproviding for interactivity with the player. Then you'll learn to incorporategraphics, use animation and 3D effects, and add music and sound. The final stepis getting your game ready to market.

Throughout the book, specific coding examples in Visual Basic(TM) will show youhow to implement concepts. Relatively easy to use, Visual Basic is a good wayto learn game programming basics. You'll discover tips and techniques formaking the most of this popular programming environment in building yourgames.

Written in a humorous style, Build Your Own PC Game in Seven EasySteps will show you how to :

design fun and challenging games
use game algorithms
create striking graphics and animation
integrate sound effects
test and debug your game efficiently
port your Visual Basic games to other platforms.

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About the Author

Scott Palmer is the author of several programming books. A specialist inmaking complex topics easy to learn, he has written a number of computer games.

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Paperback: 528 pages

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (December 28, 1995)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0201489112

ISBN-13: 978-0201489118

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Old book
Byliangon July 25, 2013
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NOT new. very old code. doesn't w o r k for my c o d e compiler. not so good
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Not a good book at all
ByGail Hanneron June 18, 2000
Format: Paperback
I bought this book hoping to find some information on how to build a game engine that would allow me to move sprites on a tile based backround, which is done by a function called BitBlt, although this book did have some info on Bitblt it was not alot, and most of the book only showed you how to write text based games with minor graphics. If you want to program games dont use Visual Basic, use a better laungage like VC++, and surely dont use this book! Try to find a copy of the Black Art of VB Game Programming, I did buy that book and with it I could make some ok games with VB, But DONT USE THIS BOOK
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Good for Beginners
ByThomas J. Fordhamon July 15, 2000
Format: Paperback
I'm part way thru the book, and so far its good for beginners. Even tho it is dated (1996), most of the concepts are valid. As a programming teacher, one thing does irritate me: the persistent misuse of the word "programming" when the author means coding. Programming is creating the logic, coding is translating that logic into code. Many students come into class able to code, but almost none come in able to program -- that is, create the logic. They think sitting down and making spaghetti code is programming. The author, as many authors and teachers do, promotes this confusion with his misuse of terms. This lapse makes it so much harder for novices to learn to program. But I was glad to see him emphasize "plan", even with the terms confused. Otherwise, good book for basic game concepts.
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Not what you will expect
ByAmazon Customeron July 7, 2001
Format: Paperback
If you can see the cover of the book at the top of this page, It includes a picture of a 3-Dimentional castle. Immediately, you'd think you can jump into the fine arts of "NEXT GEN" gaming. Not so. With this book, you will jump into the fine arts of "TEXT ADVENTUREs", which is mostly the main topic of this book. Although Text Adventures have their element of fun, these days you'd probably want graphics, right? Oh, sure this book gives some info on graphics, you can find the same info on the web. I'd recommend this book for people who are familiar with VB, and want to "Get Started" with game programming. Otherwise, keep looking.
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I enjoyed reading and using this book.
ByA customeron June 13, 1998
Format: Paperback
I purchased this book a couple of years ago.
I found it really helpful as an introduction to using multimedia content to create games in Visual Basic.
The code was helpful as a template, not only using the example games, but by using my own multimedia files, to plug into the code examples I was able to produce some fairly nice looking (and sounding) games.
The step to the windows API was easy.
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A good start
ByA customeron June 28, 1998
Format: Paperback
I thought the book was quite a good start on VB games programming. It does suffer from some flaws and there are too many mistakes to make it a professional book, but VB isn't exactly cutting edge stuff. The art is poor, however, and I would rather not have included it. But the code is good, and the chapter on animation is as good as anyone could make it. There's bound, however, to be a better book, but it's a decent start.
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if everyone here likes to waste their time, it's a 10!!!
ByA customeron January 3, 1998
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This book is definitely not for people who want to build a real game--it would take more than seven steps, and they wouldn't be easy. If you want to make some crappy text game then go right ahead and get the book. The stuff here won't pass for anything except freeware. Luckily, that's noted at the beginning of the book, but once you buy it, it's too late.
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Better tutorials can be found for free on the 'net.
ByA customeron July 29, 2001
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I picked up this book thinking I'd be able to make the simplist of games. I was wrong. This book dumps alot of code at you in big klumps and mainly teaches stuff how to organize the game, instead of game-specific stuff. The BitBlt and MCI stuff is nice, but most of it can be found on the web.
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A helpful, easy-to-use resource.
"Build Your Own PC GAme in Seven Easy Steps Using Visual BASIC" is an impressive title and worthy of many a purchase.Read more
Published on September 24, 1999
great game programming book
Try this book. It's a great way to learn to make your own games Read more
Published on July 5, 1999
If you are new to VB and or have VB5, don't get this book.
I was fairly new to Visual Basic when I ordered this book. It is a good book for beginners. Unfortunately the book was written when VB3 was in its heyday.Read more
Published on July 18, 1998
The worst book on game programming
The game developed in these seven steps really s****. The graphics were created using Paintbrush. There's no sound. No animation.Read more
Published on May 21, 1998
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