posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 10:48 AM
by
jdixon
.NET Game Programming
Have you ever wanted to program a game in .NET, but didn't know where to start? I picked up a cool book recently that helped me do just that. “.NET Game Programming with DirectX 9.0”, by Alexandre Santos Lobao and Ellen Hatton, teaches you how to get started programming games.
This book takes you through the entire development process, from the initial game proposal to the final product. Along the way, many concepts are explained; graphics in general, GDI+, and Managed DirectX 9.0. Yep, Managed DirectX 9.0. I really enjoyed programming my first DirectX project using .NET. No APIs required.
Games presented include a Tretris clone, a Snake clone, and a vertical scolling game similar to Atari's River Raid. Very cool programming.