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Programming Linux Games
Programming Linux Games
Loki Software, Inc.
with John R. Hall
An imprint of No Starch Press, Inc.
San Francisco
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Programming Linux Games. Copyright c 2001 by Loki Software, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Programming linux games / Loki Software, Inc.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-886411-48-4 (pbk.)
1. Computer games--programming. 2. Linux. I. Loki Software, Inc.
QA76.76.C672 .L56 2001
00-052689
794.8'15268--dc21
Contents
Foreword
i
Preface
iii
Who This Book Is For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv
Online Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
v
1 The Anatomy of a Game
1
A Quick Survey of Game Genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Simulation Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
First-Person Shooters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Real-time Strategy Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Turn-Based Strategy Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
Role-Playing Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
Puzzle Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Multiuser Dungeons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A Quick Look Under the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Input Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Display Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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