Programming Linux Games

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No Starch Press, 2001 - Computers - 415 pages
Complete guide to developing Linux games, written by the Linux gaming experts. Discusses important multimedia toolkits (including a very thorough discussion of the Simple DirectMedia Layer) and teaches the basics of Linux game programming. Readers learn about the state of the Linux gaming world, and how to write and distribute Linux games to the Linux gaming community.

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Contents

The Anatomy of a Game
1
TurnBased Strategy Games
7
Linux Development Tools
19
Working with Libraries
29
2
46
Linux Gaming APIs
53
Graphical User Interface Toolkits
59
Mastering
69
9
292
Gaming with the Linux Console
315
28
339
29
347
Finishing Penguin Warrior
355
10
379
11
393
Glossary of Terms
399

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Linux Audio Programming
161
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237
7
271
Bibliography
405
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Copyright

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About the author (2001)

Loki Software, Inc. ports best-selling PC games to Linux. Loki supports several Open Source development projects, including OpenAL(tm), a cross-platform 3D-Audio Library, and SDL MPEG Player Library (SMPEG), a general-purpose MPEG video/audio player for Linux.

Bibliographic information

TitleProgramming Linux Games
No Starch Press Series
AuthorsLoki Software, Inc, John R. Hall
Editionillustrated
PublisherNo Starch Press, 2001
ISBN1886411492, 9781886411494
Length415 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Operating Systems / Linux
Computers / Operating Systems / UNIX
Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General
Games & Activities / Video & Electronic
  
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