Software Engineering and Computer Games

Rudy Rucker

644 pages, parution le 25/11/2002

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Résumé

Software Engineering and Computer Games was written with four broad goals:

To teach a lively style of object-oriented software engineering.
To show how to bring a complete program to the level of a commercial release.
To provide a "game engine" framework of linked classes for game development.
To help students create computer games that are interactive, rapidly executing, and visually beautiful.

It uses an object-oriented (OO) approach throughout, incorporating UML for OO analysis and design and discussing software patterns and how to make use of them in the design process. The book covers nine topics:

Basic software engineering principles and techniques.
How to organize and complete a substantial software project.
Practical examples of object-oriented design and programming.
The design of computer games.
Simulating physics inside our computer-generated worlds.
Artificial life, or how to simulate live creatures inside a computer program.
How to use two and three-dimensional computer graphics.
Windows programming with the Microsoft Foundation Classes, or MFC.
How to develop a project using Microsoft Visual St (Either Version 6.0 or .NET)

The book can be used for self-study, with readers encouraged to use the POP Framework as a starting point for creating their own games. Software Engineering and Computer Games was developed as the primary textbook for an undergraduate software engineering course and can also be the main book for courses on software projects or computer game design and programming.

Contents

Part I Software Engineering and Computer Games

Projects and games
Basics of software engineering
The Pop Framework
Object-oriented software engineering
Software design patterns
Animation
Simulating physics
Critters
Sprites
Games
Collisions
Listeners
Shooters and bullets
2D shooting games
3D shooting games
Sports games
Selection games
Interesting worlds
More ideas for games

Part II Software Engineering and Computer Games Reference

Using Microsoft Visual Studio
Tools for software engineering
Topics in C++
Programming Windows with MFC
2D and 3D graphics
Windows graphics
OpenGL graphics
Menus and toolbars
Mouse, cursors, and keyboard
Serialization
Sound Bitmaps

Appendix A The Windows keycodes
Appendix B The Pop help file
Appendix C Summary of the controls for Visual Studio

L'auteur - Rudy Rucker

Rudy Rucker is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at San Jose State University and the author of many books on mathematics and philosophy, including Arterial Life Lab, Mind Tools, and The Fourth Dimension.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Rudy Rucker
Parution	25/11/2002
Nb. de pages	644
Format	15,7 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	962g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201767919
ISBN13	978-0-201-76791-9