Visual Basic Game Programming For Teens

Provides instructions for creating a 2D role-playing computer game using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

A comprehensive guide to Visual Basic Game programming for beginners, this volume covers each essential step for creating a complete role-playing game, including a character creation screen and a combat system.

Utilizes a hands-on approach to the fundamental principles and techniques of game programming, covering such topics as graphics, BlitzMax, audio, and special effects as it takes readers step-by-step through the process of creating a simple game.

This book is designed to teach C# programming to pre-teen kids with a hands-on approach and a step by step teaching style. This book is pre-teen tested, and their feedback was used in the writing. Whether you are 8 or 88 years old, this book is an easy and fast way to learn how to program a computer using one of the most prominent programming languages of our time. The Color images in this book are key to making it simple and easy to follow (and why the book is expensive). Although this book is written using Visual Studio 2008, this book can be used, and the programs will work, in any version of Visual Studio.

PROGRAMMING GAMES WITH VISUAL BASIC is a second semester self-paced "intermediate" computer game programming tutorial consisting of 10 chapters explaining (in simple, easy-to-follow terms) how to build Visual Basic Games. The games built are non-violent and teach logical thinking skills. To grasp the concepts, you should possess a working knowledge of Windows and have had some exposure to Visual Basic programming (or some other programming language). We offer a beginning programming tutorial (VISUAL BASIC FOR KIDS and BEGINNING VISUAL BASIC) that would help you gain this needed programming exposure. ​ PROGRAMMING GAMES WITH VISUAL BASIC explains (in simple, easy-to-follow terms) how to build a Visual Basic game project. Game skills learned include handling multiple players, scoring, graphics, animation, and sounds. The game projects built include, in increasing complexity: - Safecracker - Decipher a secret combination using clues from the computer. - Tic Tac Toe - The classic game! - Match Game - Find matching pairs of hidden photos - use your own photos! - Pizza Delivery - A business simulation where you manage a small pizza shop for a night. - Moon Landing - Land a module on the surface of the moon. - Leap Frog - A fun arcade game where you get a frog through traffic and across a raging river. The book includes over 700 pages of self-study notes, all Visual Basic source code and all needed graphics and sound files. The course requires the Microsoft Windows 10 Operating System and a minimum of Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community or Professional Edition. The Visual Basic source code solutions and all needed multimedia files are included in the compressed download file available from the Publisher's website (KidwareSoftware.com) after book registration.

Explaining how to install and set up Visual Basic 6.0, this book takes the reader through the development of a complete game before jumping into more advanced topics.

This volume shows how to couple the powers of Microsoft Visual Basic and DirectX to design and program simulation games. It covers game programming code in Visual Basic while giving hints and ideas for the use of Visual Basic.NET.