Wireless Game Development in Java with MIDP 2.0

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by: Ralph Barbagallo

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On-line Price: $51.95 (includes GST) Paperback package 500 20%Off Retail Price You save: $13.00 Please call us to check availability	Retail Price: $64.95 Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL,30.10.2004 Category: NETWORKING Level: ISBN: 1556229984 ISBN13: 9781556229985
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Designed for programmers who want to capitalize on the growing mobile game market, Wireless Game Development in Java with MIDP 2.0 illustrates the programming and development of games for wireless phones using J2ME and MIDP 2.0. The foundations of J2ME and MIDP, as well as discussions of the Game API and support for tiles, sprites, animation, and MIDI music, are presented, along with a complete example of a working game.
Explore the features of the MIDP Game API that ease the game development process.
Discover how to display bitmap graphics, draw text, and create geometric primitives.
Uncover the basics of wireless networking with both HTTP and TCP/IP.
Learn about various tools to help you optimize your code.
Find out what channels are available for distributing your game.
The companion files can be downloaded from www.wordware.com/files/wireless2. These include all the source code and the examples.

Ralph Barbagallo is a professional game developer who has worked on such games as Ion Storm?s Anachronox as well as various other PC and console projects. He currently runs FLARB LLC (www.flarb.com), a game development company specializing in wireless entertainment, and is the author of Wireless Game Development in C/C++ with BREW.