Windows Mobile Game Development: Building games for the Windows Phone and other mobile devices

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
About the Author......Page 17
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 19
Goal of This Book......Page 20
Part 1: Windows Mobile Development......Page 23
Windows Mobile and .NET......Page 25
Language Choices......Page 26
Emulators......Page 27
Numerous Windows Mobile Versions and Editions......Page 28
Windows Mobile......Page 29
Hardware Buttons......Page 30
Cooperation with Devices......Page 31
Installing Visual Studio......Page 32
Creating a Windows Mobile Project......Page 33
Visual Studio 2008......Page 34
Designing a Form......Page 36
Running the Application......Page 38
Sharing Files with an Emulated Device......Page 40
Targeting Different Platforms......Page 41
Running on a Real Device......Page 42
Removing the Security Warnings......Page 43
Debugging......Page 44
Debug Output......Page 45
Newsgroups......Page 46
GDI......Page 47
OpenGL ES......Page 48
Welcome to the World of Windows Mobile Development......Page 49
Developing for Touch Screen and Smart Phone Devices......Page 51
ControlBox Property......Page 53
Text Property......Page 54
Creating Non-Full-Screen Forms......Page 55
Losing and Gaining Focus......Page 56
Buttons......Page 57
Menu Design Considerations......Page 58
Submenus......Page 59
MainMenu Events......Page 60
Context Menus......Page 61
Concurrent Tick Events......Page 62
Other Timers......Page 63
File Dialog Controls......Page 64
Input Panels......Page 65
Capturing Camera Images......Page 67
The “Busy” Cursor......Page 68
On with the Game......Page 69
Part 2: Creating Games......Page 71
Let’s Paint......Page 73
Colors......Page 75
Pens......Page 77
Drawing Lines......Page 78
Drawing Polygons......Page 79
Drawing Ellipses......Page 81
Displaying Text......Page 82
Using Different Fonts......Page 83
Centering Text......Page 84
Painting in Action......Page 85
Creating Bitmaps Using Graphics Primitives......Page 86
Creating Bitmaps from Predrawn Graphics......Page 87
Embedding Graphic Resources......Page 88
A Note About Graphic File Formats......Page 90
Partial Bitmap Copying......Page 91
Color Keys......Page 93
Smooth Animation......Page 94
Getting the Most From GDI......Page 98
Designing the Game Engine......Page 99
CGameEngineBase......Page 101
Game Mechanics......Page 104
Rendering......Page 105
Advancing the Game......Page 106
CGameObjectBase......Page 107
Positioning Objects......Page 108
CGameObjectGDIBase......Page 109
CGameEngineGDIBase......Page 110
Rendering......Page 111
CGameFunctions......Page 112
Creating the Bounce Example Game......Page 113
CBounceGame......Page 114
CObjBall......Page 115
Getting the Game Running......Page 117
Optimizing Rendering......Page 120
Forcing a Repaint......Page 124
Minimizing and Restoring......Page 125
Handling the SIP......Page 127
Checking Device Capabilities......Page 128
Next Steps......Page 131
Processor Speed......Page 133
Overcoming Performance Inconsistencies......Page 134
Dynamic Update Intervals......Page 135
The Problem with Dynamic Intervals......Page 136
Interpolated Updates......Page 137
Applying Interpolated Updates to a Game......Page 138
Update Frequency......Page 140
Distinguishing Between Updates and Frames......Page 141
The High-Performance Timer......Page 142
Initializing and Interrogating the Timer......Page 143
CGameEngineBase......Page 146
CGameObjectBase......Page 148
CGameObjectGDIBase......Page 149
Let’s Bounce Again......Page 150
Touch Screen Events......Page 151
DoubleClick......Page 152
MoveMove......Page 153
Selecting an Object......Page 154
Dragging Objects......Page 160
Swiping Objects......Page 162
Adding Context Menus......Page 166
Using Finger-Friendly Input......Page 168
KeyPress......Page 169
KeyDown......Page 170
Reading the Keyboard State......Page 171
Choosing the Keyboard Input Method......Page 172
Initializing the Accelerometer......Page 173
Reading Data from the Accelerometer......Page 174
Detecting the Presence of a Supported Accelerometer......Page 176
Considering Input Design......Page 178
Understanding Sound File Types......Page 179
Exploring the Available Sound APIs......Page 180
PlaySound......Page 182
System.Media.SoundPlayer......Page 186
AygShell Sound Functions......Page 189
BASS.dll......Page 191
Wrapping BASS.NET......Page 192
Adding Support for Sounds to the Game Engine......Page 198
Make Some Noise......Page 199
Creating the GemDrops Design Brief......Page 201
Conceptualizing the Game Controls......Page 204
Outlining the Minimum Requirements......Page 205
Creating the Project......Page 206
Creating the Game Form......Page 207
Preparing the Game......Page 208
Creating the Gem Game Object......Page 210
Resetting the Game......Page 213
Enhancing CObjGem......Page 216
Enhancing the Game Class......Page 219
Updating the Player’s Gems......Page 222
Moving the Gems to the Side......Page 230
Rotating the Gems......Page 232
Quickly Dropping the Gems......Page 234
Implementing Control in the User Interface......Page 235
Removing Gems from the Board......Page 237
Removing Gem Groups......Page 238
Removing Rainbow Gems......Page 242
Creating Score Objects......Page 243
Finishing Up......Page 246
Managing Game Settings......Page 247
Using the Settings Class......Page 248
Setting and Retrieving Values......Page 250
Loading and Saving Settings......Page 251
Using the MessageBox Class......Page 252
Displaying the Message......Page 253
Setting the Dialog Presentation Properties......Page 254
Initializing the High Score Table......Page 255
Displaying the High Scores Dialog......Page 256
Understanding the Data Structure......Page 257
Storing Data......Page 258
Creating an About Box......Page 260
Using the About Box Class......Page 261
Using Common Game Components......Page 263
Part 3: OpenGL ES Graphics......Page 265
Hardware Support......Page 267
Transparency and Alpha Blending......Page 268
Color Specification......Page 269
Calling OpenGL from Managed Languages......Page 270
Considering the Hardware Capabilities and Limitations......Page 271
Configuring the Project......Page 272
Creating the OpenGL Environment......Page 274
Initializing OpenGL......Page 276
Rendering Graphics in OpenGL......Page 278
Adding Form Functions......Page 282
Terminating OpenGL......Page 283
Running the Program......Page 284
Adding Some Sparkle......Page 285
Setting the Identity Matrix......Page 286
Applying Rotation Transformations......Page 287
Applying Scaling Transformations......Page 288
Rotating Objects......Page 289
The Orbits Project......Page 291
The FractalTrees project......Page 293
Drawing Lines......Page 296
Drawing Triangles......Page 297
Loading Graphics......Page 299
Rendering with Textures......Page 300
Specifying Texture Coordinates......Page 302
Applying Transparency......Page 304
Alpha Blending......Page 305
Textures with Alpha Channels......Page 306
Knowing the Available Blending Factors......Page 307
Understanding Orthographic Coordinate Systems......Page 308
Taking Control of OpenGL......Page 310
Adding OpenGL to the Game Engine......Page 311
Initializing OpenGL......Page 312
Calling Utility Functions......Page 313
Setting the Object State for OpenGL......Page 314
Rendering Quadrilaterals......Page 315
Performing the Capabilities Check......Page 316
Creating the Game Form......Page 318
Preparing the Balloons Game......Page 320
Setting up the Projection Matrix......Page 321
Rendering the Balloons......Page 323
Sorting the Balloons......Page 325
Playing the Game......Page 328
2D Possibilities with OpenGL......Page 331
Understanding the Viewing Frustum......Page 333
Defining the Viewing Frustum in OpenGL......Page 337
Enabling the Depth Buffer......Page 338
Defining a 3D Object......Page 340
Removing Hidden Surfaces......Page 346
Using Indexed Triangles......Page 348
Exploring the Types of Illumination......Page 351
Diffuse Light......Page 352
Specular Light......Page 353
Emissive Material......Page 354
Using Multiple Lights......Page 355
Directional Lights......Page 356
Spotlights......Page 357
Describing a Triangle’s Face Direction......Page 358
Calculating Normals......Page 360
Using Surface Normals and Vertex Normals......Page 361
Enabling Lighting......Page 362
Adding the Game Engine Light Functions......Page 363
Creating Point Lights......Page 365
Setting the Scene’s Ambient Light......Page 366
Setting Material Properties......Page 367
OpenGL Lighting in Action......Page 368
Calculating Normals Programmatically......Page 369
Mastering the 3D World......Page 373
Introducing SketchUp......Page 375
Creating 3D Objects in SketchUp......Page 376
Exporting 3D Geometry......Page 378
Using the .0bj File Format......Page 379
Retrieving Geometry Data......Page 381
Manipulating Geometry Data......Page 382
Using the Geometry Loader Class......Page 384
Positioning the Camera......Page 386
Adding Camera Objects to the Game Engine......Page 387
Lights, Camera, Action!......Page 392
Optimizing the Camera Calculation......Page 393
Rendering Fog......Page 396
Using Fog......Page 397
Rendering Billboards......Page 399
Adding Billboard Support to the Game Engine......Page 401
Learning More about OpenGL ES......Page 403
Settings the Assembly Properties......Page 407
Project Versioning......Page 409
Creating an Icon......Page 410
Switching into Release Mode......Page 413
Creating the Setup Project......Page 414
Adding the Setup Project’s Files......Page 415
Creating a Programs Menu Shortcut......Page 417
Creating Evaluation Applications......Page 419
Upgrading to Full Versions......Page 420
Using Windows Marketplace for Mobile......Page 422
Minimizing Piracy......Page 423
Implementing Reverse Engineering......Page 424
Obfuscating with Dotfuscator Community Edition......Page 425
Using Advanced Obfuscation......Page 427
Reflector.NET Protection......Page 428
Releasing New Versions of Your Game......Page 429
Promoting Your Game......Page 431
Go Create!......Page 432
Index......Page 433