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Unlock Advanced Game Development Skills with the Official AppGameKit Tutorial Guide Vol. 2

Take your AppGameKit Classic: Easy Game Development skills to the next level with The Official AppGameKit Tutorial Guide Volume 2! This comprehensive guide, spanning over 900 pages, empowers you with the expertise to transform your creative visions into professional-caliber games. Delve into advanced game programming concepts and master the intricacies of the AppGameKit engine. This guide will show you how to make 2D games, 3D games, or to take advantage of cross-platform development.

Go beyond the basics and explore AppGameKit's more sophisticated features. This tutorial guide provides detailed explanations of advanced statements, complemented by practical sample programs that demonstrate their specific operation and real-world application. This guide is more than just a reference book - it is designed to train you in the art of computer programming.

Volume 2 builds upon the foundation laid in Volume 1, diving into complex categories such as 3D game development, terrain generation, game physics, and memblock management. If you want to master easy game development, this is the guide for you.

Learn to:

• Tween 2D Animations: Create smooth and dynamic transitions for your game elements.
• Work with Bone Animations & Skeletons: Bring your characters to life with realistic and fluid skeletal animations.
• Create Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs): Design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for your games.
• Understand the Benefits of Memblocks: Optimize your game's performance through efficient memory management.
• Create Beautiful Fractal Images: Add stunning visual effects with procedurally generated fractal patterns.
• Master 2D Physics: Implement realistic physics simulations for engaging gameplay.
• Grasp the Basics of 3D Graphics: Begin your journey into creating immersive 3D environments.
• Control Cameras and Lights in a 3D Scene: Set the mood and focus the player's attention with cinematic camera work and dynamic lighting.
• See the Logic Behind a 3D Solitaire Game: Learn game design principles by studying a fully functional 3D project.
• Learn About Game Networking: Implement multiplayer functionality and connect players in shared virtual worlds.
• Access Servers: Integrate online features into your games by communicating with remote servers.
• Study a Multiplayer Game: Analyze the architecture and code of a sample multiplayer project.
• Investigate Game AI: Implement intelligent behaviors for your non-player characters (NPCs).

Guide Sections:

1. Tweening

• Tweening Concepts
• Sprite Tweening
• Text and Character Tweening
• Custom Tweening
• Chaining Tweens

2. Skeletons

• Skeleton Animation Structure
• Controlling an Animation
• Manipulating Bones

3. Date & Time

• Current Date and Time Commands
• Unix Date and Time Commands
• Creating New Date Functions

4. GUI Controls

• Creating a Button Control
• Creating a Modal Dialog Box
• Creating a Checkbox Control
• Creating a Radio Button Control
• Creating a Frame Control
• Creating a Pop-Up Menu
• Creating a Numeric Keypad

5. Memblocks

• What is a Memblock?
• Accessing a Memblock
• Using Memblocks to Create Data Structures
• Memblocks and Files
• Image Memblocks
• Manipulating an Image in a Memblock
• Creating a New Image within a Memblock
• The Mandelbrot Set Project

6. Mandelbrot Images

• What is a Mandelbrot Image
• Imaginary Numbers
• Zooming in on the Mandelbrot Image
• Real Number Limitations

7. 2D Physics

• Using AGK’s 2D Physics Engine
• Giving a Sprite Velocity
• Setting a Sprite’s Bounce Factor
• Adding Spin
• Adjusting Friction
• Setting Mass
• Detecting Collisions
• Bounding Boxes for Physics
• Physics and Ray Casting
• Physics Debugging

8. 2D Physics - Joints

• Joint Concepts
• Weld Joint
• Distance Joint
• Mouse Joint
• Revolute Joint
• Joint Motors
• Prismatic Joint
• Gear Joint
• Pulley Joint

9. 3D Graphics: The Basics

• Defining 3D Space
• Axes, Planes and Coordinates
• Elements of a 3D Model
• Model Resolution
• 3D Primitives
• Texturing Models
• Local Axes
• Introduction to Lighting
• Basic Camera Control

10. 3D Graphics: Objects

• Creating 3D Primitives
• Colouring and Texturing
• Object Transparency
• Backface Culling
• Moving, Rotating and Scaling Objects
• Resetting Local Axes and Angles
• Tweening Objects

11. 3D - Cameras and Lights

• Camera-Related Statements
• 3D to Screen Mapping
• Light-Related Statements
• First Person Perspective
• Billboarding
• Camera Tweening

12. Solitaire - The Board Game

• Structuring Data
• Logic for Replayable Games
• Device Dependent Interfaces

13. 3D Advanced Models

• Multiple Mesh Models
• Meshes and Memblocks
• Parent Child Models
• Animated Bone Models

14. 3D - Extras

• Fog
• Sky Boxes
• Terrain
• 3D Vector Mathematics
• Ray Tracing
• Shadows
• Particles
• Shaders

15. Basic 3D Physics

• Setting up 3D Physics in an App
• 3D Bounding Volume Options
• Applying Forces
• Friction and Damping
• Collision Handling
• 3D Ray and Sphere Casts

16. 3D Physics: Joints, Rag Doll, and Character Controllers

• Creating 3D Joints
• Using Rag Doll Commands
• Character Controllers

17. Using a Lan

• Networking Basics
• Setting Up and Managing a Network
• Creating a Network Function Library
• Sending Messages
• Local Variables
• Broadcasting
• Network Timing
• Sockets

18. Accessing a Server

• Accessing the Internet
• Transmitting and Receiving Files

19. A Multi-Player Game

• Creating a 2-Player Networked Game

20. Game Artificial Intelligence

• An Overview of AI
• The Game of Gomoku
• Making a Game Intelligent

The Official AppGameKit Tutorial Guide Vol. 2 is written and designed by Alistair Stewart, owner of 'Digital Skills' and author of the 'Hands On' series of books. He has many years of experience creating educational material to help anyone learn how to program computers. Alistair also authored The Official AppGameKit Tutorial Guide Vol. 1.