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beginner's book.
The "game programming" angle is really very thin out of necessity for beginner's programming its just learning the basic principles of programming and OOP with a layer of game context.
The book is really clear but it's also much more basic than I imagined, With the exception of the last two chapters about pointers and more complex programming tools, the book doesn't really delve into game development basics having a sprite on screen, having different classes on separate files since the author considers these things out of scope.
If you want to have an introduction to programming in c in general, the book is great, If you hope to make a digital game perhaps you should consider something different, The author tried to make C learning fun, and in some extend he succeeded, But sometimes as a beginner you need to review a line containing an important point , its content table make it impossible to find that line, it makes it hard to Suggest this book as beginner guide, but as a fun c tutorial book, Yes sure! This book is written in an interesting, thought provoking, very project oriented style perfect for an introductory coding book.
The only reason that I give itinstead ofis that it is a few years old now and the directions for how to set up the IDE were written for a very specific IDE which has since changed to a new version.
Once I got that set up, everything worked like a charm, This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn the basics of C by learning to

code basic fun games, If you have experience in C then this book won't teach you anything new, it's only good for beginners, However, if you're a beginner, I think this is one of the best ways to start to learn, I suppose I am now a C king, I liked this book.
Goes heavily into examples of C program, directly through the DirectX framework,
Gives practical examples and pagesize code blocks to type and practice, but I do not see an aspiring programmer, especially in game design, to get their best footing with this book.

I kept asking myself "what is going on"

I recommend a rudimentary, foundational, education in C, then C, and then using sources online and on YouTube, maybe even Lynda.
com, to go along with this book if anything, This,

This is a primer, not a lesson, Взял книжку повторить синтаксис, а она даже с этим не может справиться. Functional Very good introduction into the concepts of game programming using C, Includes all necessary and essential concepts, Topics include pointers dreaded by all!, references very useful aliases for variables, inheritance and polymorphism, All useful concepts that are used in the development of games,

However, I wish there was more of a focus on the use of animated sprites andD game development since this book does not delve into that realm.
The book focuses on command line outputs and games and provides a solid foundation into C programmig constructs, I went throw the book to refresh my C knowledge, It is very simple and clear, It doesn't really went into game programming in the real sense, It's perfect selction for a beginner, as it assumes little or know experience about programming, still discusses topics into a reasonable detailed level, Over simplified reference. This is not a game programming tutorial, it's actually a C reference and it's not as good as a real C reference, There are just a few lines of basic C programs that the author named them as games, don't get too excited by the title of the book, As a C reference you might want to study "Sams teaching yourself C" which is the best C reference I have ever read, I enjoy this book immensely, I originally purchased it as a companion to the C book I had gotten by the SAMSTEACHYOURSELF company, but it failed to come with an IDE.
However, this comes with bloodshed dev an amazing environment to practice in, A great book for beginners,
When introducing new subjects, Michael does not waste time before showing an implementation, like you can get with other beginner programming books,
A short book that offers a good introduction but readers should seek knowledge elsewhere to strengthen what they know,

The reason I knocked a star off is because for some reason the book doesn't discuss header files, which Michael mentions is 'out of scope', It is not a tough subject by any means, but is important for beginners, He already forward declares methods within the main class itself, so creating a header file shouldn't make the book THAT much bigger,

Regardless of that point above, I think this book is an entertaining way to introduce yourself to C, allowing you to make a few little 'games', such as Blackjack.
Though it should be mentioned that all the games are textbased, and you shouldn't expect to be programming Minecraft by the end of such a short book, I read the second edition inthis time just went through the third, Very solid beginner book, and got much more out of the nuances than I did the first time I read it, when I was totally new to C, Only thing pedagogically speaking I like an approach that allows and encourages for more experimentation with making mistakes instead of "don't dereference a null pointer!", why not "let's dereference this null pointer and see what happens" Was a required text for C Programming.
This book, coupled with the class projects helped me to understand C for games very easily, Every chapter adds onto what was previously learned, building bigger examples as you get farther through the book, Chapteron Dynamic Memory was the hardest to grasp at first, because the examples weren't strong, but once I started working on an RPG project using classes it made much more sense.
I would recommend this book for anyone starting C in games or not, A great way to learn the basics of C through application, Technical and conceptual knowledge is very important for anyone wanting to learn programming or computer science in general, However, I feel that tangible applications are critical to cement and apply one's understanding, Each chapter in this book has a small applications and projects to apply the concepts discussed and to combine new concepts with old, However, this book is not a magic bullet reading just this book will not be sufficient to get the reader from beginner to expert, There are many advanced and even some foundational topics which are outside the scope of this book that will require additional practice and research, Nonetheless, Dawson's book is a great place to start, Неплохо, чтобы освежить базовые знания.
Но, например, Tier One: C Beginner's Guide мне кажется более фундаментальной и полезной, When it comes to game programming, C is the name of the game, If you aspire to move from game player to game creator, it all starts with learning the fundamentals of C and gameprogramming basics, With BEGINNING C THROUGH GAME PROGRAMMING, FOURTH EDITION, you will find an uptodate and thorough introduction to everything you need to get startedwith no previous programming experience required, In the new fourth edition of this popular guide to learning C, you will work with a complete program while learning each new concept and a game program at the end of each chapter.
A final game project at the end of the book draws together everything youve learned, Written with the beginning programmer in mind, BEGINNING C THROUGH GAME PROGRAMMING, FOURTH EDITION is a great way to get started in game programming An interesting approach to learning C as a programming language by means of teaching it pertinent to game programming.
This approach teaches both the language itself, along with the means to understand its use in game programming, Librarian Note: There is than one author by this name in the Goodreads database, .