num_pages: 281
description: Introduction to Computer Game Programming with DirectX 8.0 provides beginning programmers with the foundations of computer game programming using Microsoft’s DirectX 8.0 software. Computer science professor Ian Parberry details the construction of a game demo in sequential stages using DirectDraw, DirectSound, and the Windows API, including a detailed explanation of the program’s C++ code. The appendixes discuss changing resolution and color depth and adding multimedia in the form of AVI movies and MIDI music. On the Complete source code in PDF format Image and sound files and executables for Ned’s Turkey Farm, a game demo developed in the UNT Laboratory for Recreational Computing DirectX 8.0 SDK
language: English
title: Introduction to Computer Game Programming With Directx 8.0
titlecomplete: Introduction to Computer Game Programming With Directx 8.0 (Wordware Game Developer's Library)
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Wordware