Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition

You've played plenty of games. Now it's time to create your own! "Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition" helps you develop the skills you need to create every element of your first video game - from graphics and animation to sound and music. You'll even learn how to incorporate artificial intelligence. You don't have to have any programming experience to get started. You'll learn everything you need to know along the way using BlitzPlus, an easy-to-learn programming language that the author will teach you. By the end of the book, you will have created your first computer game. Game programming doesn't have to be difficult. With a copy of this book and your own curiosity, you're off to the perfect start!

Maneesh Sethi is a high school student in California who will be attending Stanford University in 2006. He has worked with Web design and development since he was in fifth grade and was the founder and head designer of Standard Design, a Web site design company. Sethi has taught game programming on TechTV's Call for Help and at game programming conferences such as the Xtreme Game Developer's Xpo. He is the author of Web Design for Teens and the first edition of Game Programming for Teens, both from Thomson Course Technology, as well as How to Succeed as a Lazy Student. Learn more about him at www.maneeshsethi.com.