Cross Platform Game Development: Make PC Games for Windows, Linux and Mac (Wordware Game Developer's Library) - Softcover

Alan Thorn

9781598220568: Cross Platform Game Development: Make PC Games for Windows, Linux and Mac (Wordware Game Developer's Library)

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ISBN 10: 159822056X ISBN 13: 9781598220568

Publisher: Wordware Publishing Inc.,U.S., 2008

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Cross Platform Game Development With the increasing popularity of games that run on all PC platformswhether Windows, Mac, or Linuxthe search is on for game developers who can create cross-platform games. Cross-Platform Game Development explains to both beginners and experts how to use cross-platform tools, provides tutorials on setting up and compiling key gaming libraries, and examines the necessary code and conceptual frameworks to get started on the path to making cross-platform games.

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Now more than ever before, gamers can be found on all PC platforms, whether Windows, Mac, or Linux. In response, game developers are increasingly making their games cross platform. How? This unique and comprehensive book answers this question by exploring the world of contemporary cross-platform game development from a developer's perspective. In a thorough and easy-to-read style, it explains to both beginners and experts how to develop cross-platform games using cross-platform tools.Offering step-by-step tutorials on how to set up and compile key gaming libraries, this book examines all the necessary code, background info, and conceptual frameworks to get started on the path to making cross-platform games that sell. From the world of open-source gaming libraries to the world of virtual machines and web games, this book disentangles the bewildering jargon and technicalities. Among the many topics covered in this book are configuring a cross-platform development environment; installing, setting up, and using a Linux box; coding with a cross-platform C++ editor; making web games; and cross-compiling both 2D and 3D games.

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