Wireless Game Development in C/C++ with BREW (Wordware Game Developer's Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ralph Barbagallo
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 686147
Media: Paperback
Edition: 550
Pages: 321
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1556229054
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.815265
EAN: 9781556229053
ASIN: 1556229054
Publication Date: April 25, 2003
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Product Description
Designed for game programmers interested in developing mobile phone applications, Wireless Game Development in C/C++ with BREW uses QUALCOMM s BREW development environment to illustrate a variety of techniques in the field of wireless phone games. From the basics of the BREW SDK and bitmap graphics to wireless networking and applet distribution, this book takes you through the fundamentals of the API, including graphics, sound, and input, and brings it all together with a complete example of a working game. P* Capitalize on the popularity of programmable mobile phones by developing your own game. P* Explore how to use the BREW SDK to apply existing game development techniques to mobile gaming. P* Discover how to incorporate text, menus, and dialogs into a graphical user interface. P* Understand the process for having your application receive the TRUE BREW designation. P* Learn various techniques for optimizing your code. PThe companion files can be downloaded. These include all the source code, the Mappy tile map editor, and a demo of Cosmigo Pro Motion.
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Excellent Amazing Wonderful September 21, 2005
Amarjeet Bangalore India
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a great gift for BREW developers, Out of two books available for the Qualcomm's BREW this one has definitely more advantages, Even it doesn't matter that you are a Game Developer or not this will help you if you want to a become a BREW developer. br /Amarjeet Singh br /Bangalore India br /
Wireless game dev in c/c++ with brew - not only for games August 2, 2005
Cameron Shellum (SLC, UT)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book (Wireless game development in c/c++ with brew) was pretty good. It is the best info I can find on the subject. There were only two books that I found about brew the other being Qualcomm Brew platform by Ray Rischpater, but If you are going to become a brew developer it might be in your best interest to drop the 80$ and get both books. br / br /This one was the best out of the two I did get. br / br /Also, even though the book has the words 'game development' in the title, it is a great book for non game dev people. My applications have nothing to do with games.
Trailblazer Author Initiates New World of Gaming May 25, 2003
Daniel Macione (Boston, M.A., U.S.A.)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's amazing that so little has been written on BREW, but with this book the above author is at the forefront of the upcoming tidal wave announcing and providing us an insightful and indepth how to manual on how to develop and publish BREW applications.
Good Code, Good Book, Good Times March 16, 2003
meta4m (Lynn, MA United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I just got this book, having pre-ordered it awhile ago. As a BREW games developer, I am finding Mr. Barbagello's explanation of some of the finer points of BREW very useful. I've already had a few Doh! So *that's* how that works! moments, and I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in coding applications for BREW. BREW has a definite learning curve to it, but this book could make that much easier. You should have a good grounding in C/C++ before diving in, though, so be warned. The book has an extra section on how to construct BMPs in memory for use in BREW, which sounds easy enough, but if you know anything about BREW, isn't. Overall, a wonderful book I wish I'd had when I was learning BREW.
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