Wireless Game Development in C/C++ with BREW (Wordware Game Developer's Library)

Ralph Barbagallo, Wordware Publishing, Inc.

ISBN:1556229054, Edition: 550, 2003-04-25

Price: $49.95

• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Wireless Game Development in C/C++ with BREW
• Foreword
• Introduction
  • What Is BREW and How Does It Fit into All of This?
  • Who Does This Guy Think He Is Anyway?
  • Who Is This Book For?
  • How Do I Use This Book?
  • Why C?
  • Coding Conventions
  • Companion Files
  • How Do I Use the Companion Files?
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 1: A Crash Course in Wireless Gaming
  • Mobile Phone Gaming: Past, Present, and Future
  • The Business Model
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 2: Introducing BREW
  • The Big Picture
  • A Note About Versions
  • The Hardware
  • The SDK
  • The Distribution Model
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 3: BREW Gaming Examples
  • Action Games
  • Puzzle/Board Games
  • Strategy Games
  • Sports Games
  • Adventure/RPG Games
  • Casino Games
  • Software Toys
  • Card Games
  • Multiplayer Games
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 4: Getting Started
  • The Tools of the Trade
  • Becoming a Registered Developer
  • What Is in the SDK?
  • Using the Emulator
  • The Device Configurator
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 5: Your First BREW Application
  • The Ingredients of a BREW Applet
  • Creating the Ingredients
  • Creating the Project
  • Programming the Applet
  • Running Your Applet
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 6: The Anatomy of BREW
  • The BREW Interfaces
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 7: Using Resources
  • Resource Types
  • Creating a Resource File
  • Generating the Resource File
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 8: Bitmap Graphics
  • Bitmaps
  • Displaying Bitmaps the Easy Way
  • A Simple Animation Example
  • Displaying Bitmaps the Hard Way
  • Two Image Examples
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 9: Text and Geometric Graphics
  • Drawing Text
  • What Are Geometric Primitives?
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 10: GUI
  • Creating an Object Instance
  • Using Static Text
  • Using Menus
  • Using Text Controls
  • Using Time Controls
  • Using Date Controls
  • Using Dialogs
  • A Simple Example
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 11: Persistent Storage
  • Basic File I/O
  • Databases
  • Applet Preferences
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 12: Sound and Music
  • The Beep
  • Tones and Tone Lists
  • Advanced Sound Capabilities
  • Making Sounds Interactive
  • Simple Examples
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 13: Miscellaneous Topics
  • Strings and String Manipulation
  • Memory Management
  • Timers
  • Telling Time
  • Random Numbers
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 14: Putting It All Together
  • The Mobile Game Development Process
  • Attack of the Flarb
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 15: BREW Extensions
  • What Is an Extension?
  • Creating the Extension
  • Using the Extension
  • The Final Product
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 16: Tile Graphics
  • What Are Tile Graphics?
  • Larger Worlds
  • Modifying Worlds
  • Creating Tile Maps
  • A Simple Example
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 17: Wireless Networking
  • The Wireless Network
  • So Who Cares?
  • Internet Game Programming
  • Sockets
  • BREW's Networking and Socket Interface
  • A Simple Example
  • Making a Real Multiplayer Game
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 18: Running on Hardware
  • Inside BREW Hardware
  • Getting a Handset
  • Getting the Newest Installation of BREW
  • Compiling Native Code
  • Digital Signatures
  • Creating Real BID Files
  • Uploading to the Device
  • Hardware Debugging
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 19: Optimization
  • Timing Your Code
  • Basic Optimization Techniques
  • Graphics Optimizations
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 20: Certification and Publishing
  • True BREW Certification
  • Carrier Distribution
  • Paid in Full
  • The Developer-Publisher Model
  • Conclusion
• Appendix A: BREW and Java
  • Introducing Java
  • Java for BREW?
  • Conclusion
• Appendix B: SMS
  • What Is an SMS Message?
  • SMS Gaming
  • How to Receive an SMS Message
  • Beyond SMS: EMS and MMS
  • Conclusion
• Appendix C: BREW 1.1
  • The New 1.1 Interfaces
  • API Additions
  • Tool Enhancements
  • New Tools
  • To Use or Not to Use?
  • Conclusion
• Appendix D: BREW 2.0
  • The New 2.0 Interfaces
  • Graphics Enhancements
  • Tool Enhancements
  • When Can I Use It?
  • The Future of BREW
  • Conclusion
• Appendix E: Using C++
  • Is It C, or Is It C++?
  • Hello, Again
  • C++ Makefiles
  • Conclusion
• Appendix F: Fixed-point Math
  • Fixed-point Math
  • Conclusion
• Appendix G: The BMP File Format
  • Why Bother?
  • The Anatomy of a BMP
  • Changing Pixels
  • Conclusion
• Index
  • Index_A
  • Index_B
  • Index_C
  • Index_D
  • Index_E
  • Index_F
  • Index_G
  • Index_H
  • Index_I
  • Index_J
  • Index_K
  • Index_L
  • Index_M
  • Index_N
  • Index_P
  • Index_Q
  • Index_R
  • Index_S
  • Index_T
  • Index_U
  • Index_V
  • Index_W
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Code Listings