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Learning Windows 8 Game Development

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book

NuGet and DirectXTK MSDN Languages and other resources WinRT

Components Threading

C++ Component Extensions

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback Customer support

Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions

1. Getting Started with Direct3D

Setting up the stage

Applications and windows

Structuring each frame Initializing the Direct3D API

Graphics device Device context Swap chain Render target, depth stencil, and viewport

Down the graphics pipeline Understanding the game loop

Updating the simulation Drawing the world

Clearing the screen Presenting the back buffer

Summary

2. Drawing 2D Sprites

Installing DirectXTK What a sprite is Textures

File formats Loading

Co-ordinate systems Drawing the sprites

Sorting modes Finishing the batch

Vectors

Text rendering

TTF versus BMP Building the font Drawing the font

Summary

3. Adding the Input

Input devices Pointers Keyboard input GamePad input

Multiple controllers Buttons Deadzones and thumbsticks

Summary

4. Adding the Play in the Gameplay

Structuring a game

Traditional object-oriented design Components and entities Putting it all together Subsystems Refining the input system

Trigger Action InputManager Triggers

Renderer

Resource management Culling Implementation

Collision detection

Rectangle collision

Fighting for score Summary

5. Tilting the World

Orientation

Accelerometer

Shaking things up a bit

Spinning with gyros Compass Inclinometer Orientation for games Practice makes perfect

Other sensors

Light

Locking on with a GPS

Status Position Polling

Summary

6. Bragging Rights

Game state and progression Sharing in Windows 8 WinRT components Live tiles Summary

7. Playing Games with Friends

A better menu system Networking

Choosing between client/server and peer-to-peer models

The client/server model The peer-to-peer model Maybe a hybrid?

The first stage

Using the PeerFinder

Communicating the gameplay

TCP – StreamSocket UDP – DatagramSocket Reading and writing data

Side note – Async The DataReader The DataWriter

Summary

8. Getting into the Store

Getting into the store

Free accounts

Submitting your game

GDF Certificates

App packages

Capabilities

Adding a privacy policy

Declarations

Certification kit Creating your app packages Uploading and submitting Certification tips

Privacy Features Legacy APIs Debug WACK

Summary

9. Monetization

Selling your games Monetization models

The freemium model The traditional model The hybrid model

The trial mode In-app purchases

The consumables

Testing with the simulator Summary

A. Adding the Third Dimension

Vertices and triangles Indices Cameras DirectXMath Buffers

Building the vertex and index buffers Setting the buffers Using the buffers Constant buffers Updating the buffers

Mapping the buffer The UpdateSubresource() method

Shaders

Vertex shaders Pixel shaders Compiling and loading

Input layouts Drawing the model

Setting the buffers and drawing

Summary

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