You're reading from Beginning C++ Game Programming Learn to program with C++ by building fun games

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838648572

Length 746 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

SFML

Concepts

Game Scripting

Author (1):

John Horton

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: C++, SFML, Visual Studio, and Starting the First Game FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 2: Variables, Operators, and Decisions – Animating Sprites

3. Chapter 3: C++ Strings and SFML Time – Player Input and HUD

4. Chapter 4: Loops, Arrays, Switches, Enumerations, and Functions – Implementing Game Mechanics

5. Chapter 5: Collisions, Sound, and End Conditions – Making the Game Playable

6. Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming – Starting the Pong Game

7. Chapter 7: Dynamic Collision Detection and Physics – Finishing the Pong Game

8. Chapter 8: SFML Views – Starting the Zombie Shooter Game

9. Chapter 9: C++ References, Sprite Sheets, and Vertex Arrays

10. Chapter 10: Pointers, the Standard Template Library, and Texture Management

11. Chapter 11: Collision Detection, Pickups, and Bullets

12. Chapter 12: Layering Views and Implementing the HUD

13. Chapter 13: Sound Effects, File I/O, and Finishing the Game

14. Chapter 14: Abstraction and Code Management – Making Better Use of OOP

15. Chapter 15: Advanced OOP – Inheritance and Polymorphism

16. Chapter 16: Building Playable Levels and Collision Detection

17. Chapter 17: Sound Spatialization and the HUD

18. Chapter 18: Particle Systems and Shaders

19. Chapter 19: Game Programming Design Patterns – Starting the Space Invaders ++ Game

20. Chapter 20: Game Objects and Components

21. Chapter 21: File I/O and the Game Object Factory

22. Chapter 22: Using Game Objects and Building a Game

23. Chapter 23: Before You Go...

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Who this book is for

This book is perfect for you if any of the following describes you: You have no C++ programming knowledge whatsoever, or need a beginner level refresher course, if you want to learn to build games or just use games as an engaging way to learn C++, if you have aspirations to publish a game one day, perhaps on Steam, or if you just want to have loads of fun and impress friends with your creations.