C- Game Programming For The Absolute Beginner

Header......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 3
Microsoft C# Programming for the Absolute Beginner......Page 12
Overview......Page 15
Project: The Mini Adventure......Page 16
Reviewing Basic C# Concepts......Page 17
Statements......Page 18
.NET Documentation......Page 19
Saying fiHello, World!fl......Page 23
Getting into the Visual Studio .Net Environment......Page 24
Creating a Custom Namespace......Page 27
Creating the Class......Page 28
Moving from Code to a Program......Page 30
Compiling Your Program......Page 31
Looking for Bugs......Page 32
Getting Input from the User......Page 33
Getting a Value with the Console.ReadLine() Method......Page 35
Incorporating a Variable in Output......Page 36
Combining String Values......Page 37
Displaying Quotation Marks......Page 38
Creating the Variables......Page 39
Writing the Output......Page 40
Finishing the Program......Page 41
Summary......Page 42
The Math Game......Page 43
The Simple Math Game......Page 44
Numeric Variable Types......Page 45
Integer Variables......Page 46
Floating-Point Variables......Page 47
Converting Variables......Page 48
The Convert Object......Page 50
The Hi Bill Game......Page 52
Condition Testing......Page 54
Multiple Conditions......Page 55
The Switch Demo Program......Page 56
Examining How Switch Statements Work......Page 57
Introducing the Die Roller......Page 58
Creating a Random Double with the .NextDouble() Method......Page 59
Getting the Values of Dice......Page 60
Creating the Variables......Page 61
Managing Addition......Page 62
Managing Multiplication and Division......Page 63
Waiting for the Carriage Return......Page 64
Summary......Page 65
Project: The Pig Latin Program......Page 66
A Closer Look at Strings......Page 67
Using the Object Browser......Page 68
Experimenting with String Methods......Page 69
Performing Common String Manipulations......Page 70
Examining The Bean Counter Program......Page 71
Examining the Behavior of the For Loop......Page 72
Varying the For Loop™s Behavior......Page 73
The Fancy Beans Program......Page 74
Counting Backwards......Page 75
Using a While Loop......Page 76
The Magic Word Program......Page 77
Writing an Effective While Loop......Page 79
T: Tool Identification......Page 81
I: Implementation......Page 82
Applying STAIR to the Pig Latin Program......Page 83
Creating the Algorithm......Page 84
Setting Up the Variables......Page 85
Dividing the Phrase into Words......Page 86
Adding Debugging Code......Page 87
Summary......Page 88
Introducing the Critter Program......Page 89
The Song Program......Page 91
Building the Main() Method......Page 92
Creating a Simple Method......Page 93
Adding a Parameter......Page 94
Returning a Value......Page 95
Creating a Main Loop......Page 96
Calling a Method......Page 97
Getting Input from the User......Page 98
Handling Exceptions......Page 99
Creating the Basic Critter......Page 100
Using a Public Instance Variable......Page 101
Adding a Method......Page 102
Creating a Property in the CritterProp Program......Page 103
Creating the Critter with a Name Property......Page 104
Using Properties as Filters......Page 106
Adding More Private Variables......Page 107
Adding the Eat() Method......Page 108
Making Changes in the Main Class......Page 109
Summary......Page 110
Introducing the Snowball Fight......Page 112
Creating a Constructor......Page 113
Adding a Constructor to the Critter Class......Page 114
Creating the CritViewer Class......Page 115
Reviewing the Static Keyword......Page 116
Examining CritViewer™s Constructor......Page 117
Working with Multiple Files......Page 118
Viewing the Improved Critter Class......Page 119
Adding Polymorphism to Your Objects......Page 120
Modifying the Critter Viewer in CritOver to Demonstrate Overloaded Constructors......Page 121
Using Inheritance to Make New Classes......Page 122
Creating a Class to View the Clone......Page 123
Improving an Existing Class......Page 124
Introducing the Glitter Critter......Page 125
Calling the Base Class™s Constructors......Page 126
Using Polymorphism to Alter a Class™s Behavior......Page 127
Creating the Snowball Fight......Page 128
Building the Fighter......Page 129
Building the Robot Fighter......Page 131
Creating the Main Menu Class......Page 133
Summary......Page 136
Introducing the Visual Critter......Page 138
Creating a Windows-Style Program with a GUI......Page 145
Thinking Like a GUI Programmer......Page 146
Creating a Graphical User Interface (GUI)......Page 147
Examining the Code of a Windows Program......Page 150
Adding New Namespaces......Page 151
Creating the Form Object......Page 153
Creating a Destructor......Page 154
Creating the Components......Page 155
Setting Up the Form......Page 156
Writing the Main() Method......Page 157
Responding to a Simple Event......Page 158
Adding an Event to the Program......Page 159
Creating an Event Handler......Page 160
Choosing a Font with Selection Controls......Page 161
Creating the User Interface......Page 162
Examining Selection Tools......Page 164
Creating Instance Variables in the Font Chooser......Page 165
Writing the AssignFont() Method......Page 166
Working with Images and Scroll Bars......Page 168
Changing an Image™s Size......Page 169
Setting Up the Picture Box......Page 170
Revisiting the Visual Critter......Page 172
Designing the Program......Page 173
Designing the Form......Page 174
Writing the Code......Page 175
Summary......Page 178
Introducing the Lunar Lander......Page 179
Introducing the Key Reader Program......Page 180
Coding the KeyPress Event......Page 182
Coding the KeyDown Event......Page 184
Animating Images......Page 186
Introducing the ImageList Control......Page 187
Setting Up an Image List......Page 188
Looking at the Image Collection......Page 189
Displaying an Image from the Image List......Page 190
Introducing the Timer Control......Page 191
Configuring the Timer......Page 192
Adding Motion......Page 193
Working with the Location Property......Page 195
Detecting Collisions between Objects......Page 197
Coding the Crasher Program......Page 199
Extracting a Rectangle from a Component......Page 200
Introducing the MsgDemo Program......Page 201
The Visual Design......Page 203
The Designer-Generated Code......Page 204
Class-Level Variables......Page 205
The timer1_Tick() Method......Page 206
The moveShip() Method......Page 207
The checkLanding() Method......Page 208
The theForm_KeyDown() Method......Page 210
The killShip() Method......Page 211
The initGame() Method......Page 212
Summary......Page 213
The Soccer Game......Page 214
Introducing Arrays......Page 215
Exploring the Counter Program......Page 216
Creating an Array of Strings......Page 218
Using the Array Demo Program to Explore Arrays......Page 219
Sorting the Array......Page 220
Designing the Soccer Game......Page 225
Solving a Subset of the Problem......Page 226
Setting Up the Shot Demo Program......Page 227
Setting Up the List Boxes......Page 228
Using a Custom Event Handler......Page 229
Kicking the Ball......Page 230
Examining the Form by Hand Program......Page 231
Adding Components in the Constructor......Page 232
Setting Up the Variables......Page 233
Setting Up the Players......Page 236
Setting Up the Opponents......Page 238
Responding to Player Clicks......Page 239
Handling Good Shots......Page 240
Setting a New Current Player......Page 241
Handling the Passage of Time......Page 242
Updating the Score......Page 245
Summary......Page 246
Viewing the Main Screen......Page 247
Loading an Adventure......Page 248
Playing an Adventure......Page 249
Creating an Adventure......Page 251
Reading and Writing Text Files......Page 252
Importing the IO Namespace......Page 253
Writing to a Stream......Page 254
Reading from a Stream......Page 255
Exploring the Menu Demo Program......Page 256
Adding a MainMenu Object......Page 257
Adding a Submenu......Page 258
Setting Up the Properties of Menu Items......Page 259
Writing Event Code for Menus......Page 260
Exploring the Dialog Demo Program......Page 261
Using the File Dialog Controls......Page 264
Responding to File Dialog Events......Page 265
Using the Font Dialog Control......Page 266
Exploring the Serialization Demo Program......Page 267
Creating the Contact Class......Page 268
Storing a Class......Page 269
Returning to the Adventure Kit Program......Page 270
Examining the Room Class......Page 271
Creating the Dungeon Class......Page 274
Writing the Game Class......Page 275
Writing the Editor Class......Page 280
Writing the MainForm Class......Page 285
Summary......Page 287
Taking a Quiz......Page 288
Investigating XML......Page 289
Defining XML......Page 290
Creating an XML Document in .NET......Page 294
Creating an XML Schema for Your Language......Page 295
Exploring the XmlNode Class......Page 296
Exploring the XmlDocument Class......Page 297
Reading an Existing XML Document......Page 298
Creating the XML Viewer Program......Page 304
Designating the Class-Level Variables......Page 309
Building the Document Structure......Page 310
Adding an Element to the Document......Page 311
Displaying the XML Code......Page 312
Examining the Quizzer Program......Page 313
Building the Main Form......Page 314
Writing the Quiz Form......Page 315
Writing the Editor Form......Page 321
Summary......Page 328
Introducing the SpyMaster Program......Page 329
Accessing the Data Server......Page 332
Accessing the Data in a Program......Page 337
Limiting Data with the SELECT Statement......Page 344
Using an Existing Database......Page 349
Adding the Capability to Display Queries......Page 350
Creating a Visual Query Builder......Page 351
Working with Relational Databases......Page 356
Improving Your Data with Normalization......Page 357
Using a Join to Connect Two Tables......Page 358
Creating a View......Page 361
Incorporating the Agent Specialty Attribute......Page 364
Creating a New Connection......Page 366
Converting a Data Set to XML......Page 370
Reading from XML to a Data Source......Page 371
Building the Main Form......Page 372
Editing the Assignments......Page 373
Editing the Specialties......Page 374
Viewing the Agents......Page 375
Editing the Agent Data......Page 376
Summary......Page 385
List of Figures......Page 386
List of Tables......Page 393
List of Sidebars......Page 394