Data Structures for Game Programmers - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1931841942 ISBN 13: 9781931841948

Publisher: Prima Tech, 2002

Synopsis

Written in C++, the author will introduce SDL and will utilize the SDL API throughout the book. SDL is Simple DirectMedia Layer, a free cross-platorm multi-media development API suedcommonly for games, game SDK's, emulators, and demos. It runs of Linux, Win32,beOS, MacOS, MacOS X, Solaris, and more.

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About the Author

The author is an independent programmer with a primary interest in computer games. He started programming in 1989 when his parents purchased a book explaining how to program text adventure games in BASIC. He started using GW-BASIC in 1989, moved on to Visual Basic 4 in 1995, QBasic in 1996, and learned C++ in 1997. Other languages he has experience with are: Java, Scheme, ML, Prolog, and Erlang.

He began working on a degree in 1998 at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and is currently working on finishing my Bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Buffalo. He has also written a chapter in the book "Game Programming All In One" by Premier Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prima Tech
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1931841942
• ISBN 13: 9781931841948
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250