Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy--and her human companion, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Small towns
are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical...
It's 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's famous sea action aboard Tyger has snatched his reputation from ignominy. He is the hero of the hour. But though Britain's navy remains imperious, a succession of battles has seen Napoleon victorious on mainland...
Learn how to program games for the NES! You'll learn how to draw text, scroll the screen, animate sprites, create a status bar, decompress title screens, play background music and sound effects and more. While using the book, take advantage of the...
The Atari 2600 was released in 1977, and now there's finally a book about how to write games for it! You'll learn about the 6502 CPU, NTSC frames, scanlines, cycle counting, players, missiles, collisions, procedural generation, pseudo-3D, and more....
This book attempts to capture the spirit of the ''Bronze Age'' of video games, when video games were designed as circuits, not as software. We'll delve into these circuits as they morph from Pong into programmable personal computers and game...
Learn how to reprogram Golden Age 8-bit arcade games with your own game! We’ll learn about the C programming language and compile code for the Z80 CPU, targeting these platforms: Midway 8080 (Space Invaders) VIC Dual (Carnival) Galaxian...
A Guide To Build Desktop Applications With Hands-On Exercises, Modern C++ Techniques, And Real-World Projects
STOP Dreaming About Building Desktop Apps, START Building Them! Finally Master C++ GUI Development with Qt 6 – The Hands-On Workbook...
When carefully selected and used, Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) may simplify complex code, promote effective communication with customers, improve productivity, and unclog development bottlenecks. In Domain-Specific Languages, noted software...
C++ Programming: Efficient Systems Language with Abstractions is your definitive guide to mastering C++, a language renowned for its efficiency, performance, and flexibility. Whether you're new to programming or an experienced developer looking to...