No game draws a player into its world in quite the same
way as a role-playing game does. In role-playing games,
players break through the barrier that exists between
their actions and the fantastic world that they're navigating through and instead become an inhabitant of that world.
Get ready to put your creative ideas in motion and try your hand at creating your own role-playing game! Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX, 2nd Edition will show you how to do it as you create cool graphics and combat engines, handle players in your game, use scripts and items, and make your game multiplayer-capable.
This book breaks a role-playing game down into its essential components, examining the details of each and showing you how to use them in your game project. Learn how to draw with DirectX Graphics, play audio with DirectX Audio, network with DirectPlay, and process input with DirectInput.
By the time you finish, you'll possess the skills you need to create a complete role-playing game.
Chapter 1 Preparing for the book
Chapter 2 Drawing with DirectX graphics
Chapter 3 Interacting with DirectInput
Chapter 4 Playing sound and music with DirectX audio and
direct show
Chapter 5 Networking with DirectPlay
Chapter 6 Creating the game core
Chapter 7 Using 2-D graphics
Chapter 8 Creating 3-D graphics engines
Chapter 9 Mixing 2-D and 3-D graphics engines
Chapter 10 Implementing scripts
etc.