How This Book Is Organized

Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus is divided into four parts, covering 15 chapters and 6 appendixes.

Part I: Windows Programming Foundations

Chapter 1	Journey into the Abyss
Chapter 2	The Windows Programming Model
Chapter 3	Advanced Windows Programming
Chapter 4	Windows GDI, Controls, and Last-Minute Gift Ideas

Part II: DirectX and 2D Fundamentals

Chapter 5	DirectX Fundamentals and the Dreaded COM
Chapter 6	First Contact: DirectDraw
Chapter 7	Advanced DirectDraw and Bitmapped Graphics
Chapter 8	Vector Rasterization and 2D Transformations
Chapter 9	Uplinking with DirectInput and Force Feedback
Chapter 10	Sounding Off with DirectSound and DirectMusic

Part III: Hardcore Game Programming

Chapter 11	Algorithms, Data Structures, Memory Management, and Multithreading
Chapter 12	Making Silicon Think with Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 13	Playing God: Basic Physics Modeling
Chapter 14	The Text Generation
Chapter 15	Putting It All Together: You Got Game!

Part IV: Appendixes

Appendix A	What's on the CD-ROMs
Appendix B	Installing DirectX and Using the C/C++ Compiler
Appendix C	Math and Trigonometry Review
Appendix D	C++ Primer
Appendix E	Game Programming Resources
Appendix F	ASCII Tables