The authors use a very friendly voice, and cite several well-known games as exhibits of the fundamentals they describe throughout the text. — Jason Salas, Microsoft MVP, ASP.NET This long-awaited title provides a clear introduction to game programming for you, C# programmers! Microsoft insider
Beginning .NET Game Programming in VB.NET
โ Scribed by Alexandre Santos Lobao, Ellen Hatton, David Weller
- Book ID
- 127450886
- Publisher
- Apress
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 8 MB
- Category
- Library
- ISBN
- 1590594010
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โฆ Synopsis
This highly-anticipated title provides a clear introduction to game programming for you, VB.NET programmers! Microsoft insiders have written an easy-to-read guide, so you can start programming games quickly. This book even includes an introduction to Managed DirectX9, and other advanced .NET features, like animation and sounds.Code examples are actually complete games, and include .Nettrix , .Netterpillars, River Pla.NET, Magic KindergarteN., D-iNfEcT, Nettrix II (for the Pocket PC), and a version of the classic game, Spacewars.
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