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Killer Game Programming in Java
Andrew Davison
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Description for Killer Game Programming in Java
Paperback. This comprehensive guide has everything you need to program Java games. It offers the most thorough coverage of Java 3D available, and clearly details the older, better-known 2D APIs, 3D sprites, animated 3D sprites, first-person shooter programming, sound, fractals, and networked games. Num Pages: 998 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UDX; UMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 179 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1716.
Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an explosive growth in Java games. Java games like Puzzle Pirates, Chrome, Star Wars Galaxies, Runescape, Alien Flux, Kingdom of Wars, Law and Order II, Roboforge, Tom Clancy's Politika, and scores of others have earned awards and become bestsellers. Java developers new to graphics and game programming, as well as game developers new to Java 3D, will find Killer Game ... Read more
Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an explosive growth in Java games. Java games like Puzzle Pirates, Chrome, Star Wars Galaxies, Runescape, Alien Flux, Kingdom of Wars, Law and Order II, Roboforge, Tom Clancy's Politika, and scores of others have earned awards and become bestsellers. Java developers new to graphics and game programming, as well as game developers new to Java 3D, will find Killer Game ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
998
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
1645g
Number of Pages
998
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596007300
SKU
V9780596007300
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Andrew Davison
Andrew has had a varied and interesting career as an educator, a researcher and an author. He enjoys some celebrity as the editor of Humour the Computer, a well-known anthology of funny stores, parodies and real-life incidents about life in the computer age, and as an amateur juggler! Formerly with the Computer Science Department at Melbourne University, he now lives ... Read more
Reviews for Killer Game Programming in Java
"Packed with Java content, with hundreds of links to even more information. The last word in Java game programming." - Paul Hudson, Linux Format, October (Top Stuff Award)