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Arjan Egges
Jeroen D. Fokker
Mark H. Overmars
Learning C#
by Programming Games
Learning C# by Programming Games
Arjan Egges
r
Jeroen D. Fokker
Mark H. Overmars
r
Learning C#
by Programming Games
Arjan Egges
Dept. of Information and Computing
Sciences
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jeroen D. Fokker
Dept. of Information and Computing
Sciences
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mark H. Overmars
Dept. of Information and Computing
Sciences
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-642-36579-9
ISBN 978-3-642-36580-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-36580-5
Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013935694
ACM Computing Classification (1998): D.1, D.3, K.8, H.5
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Preface
Introduction
If you are reading this, then we assume that you are interested in learning how
to develop your own computer games. If you do not yet know how to program,
don’t worry! Developing computer games is actually a perfect way to learn how
to program in modern programming languages. This book will teach you how to
program in C# without requiring any previous programming experience. It does so
through the creation of computer games.
In our opinion, C# is the language of choice to learn how to program. The lan-
guage is very well structured and avoids some of the problems of Java. It is also a
more modern language. Moving from C# to C++, which is still the most important
programming language in the game industry, is relatively easy. Also, for C# there
is an excellent free programming environment available, Visual Studio C# Express
Edition, which is used in this book.
Contrary to most programming books, we do not organize the book according to
programming language paradigms, but instead we use the structure and elements of
computer games as a framework. For instance, there are chapters on dealing with
player input, game objects, game worlds, game states, levels, animation, physics,
and intelligence.
While reading this book, you will create four games. We have chosen different
types of games to show the various aspects of game development. We start with a
simple shooting game, we move on to puzzle games consisting of multiple levels,
and we conclude the book by developing a full-fledged platform game with anima-
tion, game physics, and intelligent enemies.
This book is not a cookbook. The book provides a thorough introduction to C#
and object-oriented programming, organized by the structure of games. We intro-
duce important aspects of programming in general, such as an overview of differ-
ent programming paradigms, syntax diagrams, collections, exception handling, and
more. We will also discuss various aspects of software architecture within a context
of game development. By doing that, we propose a framework for managing levels,
game states, as well as a hierarchy of self-sufficient game objects that together form
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