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Beginning C++ Game Programming

You're reading from Beginning C++ Game Programming Learn C++ from scratch and get started building your very own games

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786466198

Length 520 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Visual C++

Concepts

Game Scripting

Author (1):

John Horton

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

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

2. Variables, Operators, and Decisions – Animating Sprites

3. C++ Strings, SFML Time, Player Input, and HUD

4. Loops, Arrays, Switch, Enumerations, and Functions – Implementing Game Mechanics

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

6. Object-Oriented Programming, Classes, and SFML Views

7. C++ References, Sprite Sheets, and Vertex Arrays

8. Pointers, the Standard Template Library, and Texture Management

9. Collision Detection, Pickups, and Bullets

10. Layering Views and Implementing the HUD

11. Sound Effects, File I/O, and Finishing the Game

12. Abstraction and Code Management – Making Better Use of OOP

13. Advanced OOP – Inheritance and Polymorphism

14. Building Playable Levels and Collision Detection

15. Sound Spatialization and HUD

16. Extending SFML Classes, Particle Systems, and Shaders

17. Before you go...

Thanks!

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

Welcome to Beginning C++ Game Programming. I will waste no time in getting you started on your journey to writing great games for the PC, using C++ and OpenGL-powered SFML.

This is quite a hefty first chapter, but we will learn absolutely everything we need to, in order to have the first part of our first game up-and-running. Here is what we will cover in this chapter:

Find out about the games we will build
Learn a bit about C++
Explore SFML and its relationship with C++
Look at the Visual Studio software, which we will use throughout the book
Set up a game development environment
Create a reusable project template, which will save a lot of time
Plan and prepare for the first game project, Timber!!!
Write the first C++ code of the book and make a runnable game that draws a background

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