Programming Multiplayer Games

Build engaging, fully functional, multiplayer games with Unity engine Overview Create a variety of multiplayer games and apps in the Unity 4 game engine, still maintaining compatibility with Unity 3. Employ the most popular networking middleware options for Unity games Packed with ideas, inspiration, and advice for your own game design and development In Detail Unity is a game development engine that is fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows used to create interactive 3D content. Multiplayer games have long been a staple of video games, and online multiplayer games have seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. Unity provides a unique platform for independent developers to create the most in-demand multip...

Deliver console-rocking sound, music, and video effects to your games with this all-in-one toolkit for C++ game programmers. Load the CDand experience Microsoft's Digital Media developers at play, learning how to use Microsoft DirectX 9 technologies to produce amazing, professional-quality effects. From mixing and moving sounds around a 3-D space to taking video to the third dimension, you get expert insights and performance tips direct from the developers, along with a game-ready arsenal of code, copyright-free audio and video, and ready-to-use effects on CD. It's everything you need to fuel your creativityand take your game players to spectacular new 3-D worlds!Discover how to: Mix mono, stereo, and 3D soundand add special effects Create reverb and...

Programming Linux Games 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....