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<p>If you are from those who like to have something physically by your
side when you are in the middle of programming you might want to take a
look at some of the following books about Allegro. You should be able to
order them from any big book store using their ISBN code. Or you can use
book search engines like <a
href="http://us.bookbutler.com/">BookButler</a> to compare prices in
different internet online shops and buy immediately.</p>
<h1 id="books-teaching-allegro-5">Books teaching Allegro 5</h1>
<h2 id="allegro-5---programmation-de-jeux-en-c-ou-c">Allegro 5 -
Programmation de jeux en C ou C++</h2>
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Title: <a
href="http://www.editions-eni.fr/livres/allegro-5-programmation-de-jeux-en-c-ou-c/.9c142c2fe99964a514b61603f5060361.html">Allegro
5 - Programmation de jeux en C ou C++</a> <br/> ISBN code:
978-2-7460-9386-7 <br/> Author: <a href="http://fdr.free.fr/">Frédéric
Drouillon</a> <br/> Available in: French
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<p><strong>Some words from the author:</strong> <em>I swear that I am
very happy to have achieved this piece of work. For me the Allegro
cross-platform game programming library is like a friend. I have been
with her since 1998 when version 3.13 began. I have never had the time
to get to know all of her secrets but, in fact, this is probably for the
best and even after all this time there still remains something to
discover. I have always dreamed of being able to help in her technical
development but in this I have not succeeded. And so I remain
contemplative and I have done what I can: a book in French which I hope
will make her better known.</em></p>
<h1 id="books-teaching-allegro-4">Books teaching Allegro 4</h1>
<h2 id="game-programming-all-in-one">Game Programming All in One</h2>
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Title: <a
href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-All-One-Third/dp/1598632892/jharbourcom-20">Game
Programming All in One, Second Edition</a> <br/> ISBN code: 1598632892
<br/> Author: <a href="http://www.jharbour.com/">Jonathan Harbour</a>
<br/> Available in: English
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<p><strong>Some words from the author:</strong> <em>I’m really thrilled
about this book, eager to see it in print, because the language,
compiler, game library, everything about it is so cool. Did I mention
that this book will come with a free compiler/editor/IDE? We’re
packaging Dev-C++ with it, along with Allegro. Free they may be, but
I’ve done more in the first 50 pages with these tools than most
“DirectX” books cover in 500 pages. For those of you who are big GBA
fans, you’ll definitely want to buy this book! I’m using the same
compiler and editor (for the most part, lacking the ARM tools, of
course). Dev-C++ is simply amazing!</em></p>
<p><em>Oh, one more thing, you’ll be able to run the sample programs on
any operating system! How many books can claim that? I’m talking about
Windows 9x/2k/Xp, Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, Darwin, Irix,
and on and on. I’m including on the CD-ROM, source code project support
for Visual C++, Dev-C++, and KDevelop (Linux). It is so great being able
to compile and run your own games on Windows or Linux without changing a
line of code, and it’s all plain vanilla C, easy to follow, easy to
understand. I know you will love it, because I’m having a blast writing
it!</em></p>
<h2 id="spielprogrammierung">Spielprogrammierung</h2>
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Title: <a href="http://www.steinke.net/book.php">Spielprogrammierung</a>
<br/> ISBN code: 3826680758 <br/> Author: <a
href="http://www.steinke.net/">Lennart Steinke</a> <br/> Available in:
German
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<p><strong>Some words from the author:</strong> <em>The book has 4 major
parts: design, coding basics, roleplaying games and advanced topics. The
design part (ca. 130 pages) covers creativity techniques, writing a
design doc, balancing games and gameplay elements.</em></p>
<p><em>The coding basics part (ca. 340 pages) gives you some, well,
basic knowledge. How to use compilers, linkers and make. Loading images,
using keyboard / mouse and joystick with Allegro. Using timers, the gui,
etc. During this part some basic games are designed, like a simple
“Simon” like memory game, a quiz game (using the Allegro GUI) and some
demos introducing sprites, animation and sounds.</em></p>
<p><em>The roleplaying games part (ca. 150 pages) introduces tiles,
scrolling of tilebased worlds, etc. At the end of the chapter the demo
game is pretty similar to a one player Gauntlet. You can use magic,
there are enemies trying to get you, you need to find keys, potions and
treasure chests - and finally the exit to the next level.</em></p>
<p><em>The advanced tech part (ca. 150 pages) discusses isometric games,
particle systems, blending effects, page transitions, A* pathfinding,
Lua scripting and Interviews with some developers either using Allegro
or extending Allegro (Sirocco, Ben Davis, Johan Peitz, Richard Phipps,
Bob Ohannessian and Paul Pridham).</em></p>
<h2
id="programmare-un-video-gioco-passo-per-passo-con-allegro.h">Programmare
un video gioco passo per passo con Allegro.h</h2>
<blockquote>
Title: <a
href="http://www.bertinettobartolomeodavide.it/programmazione/ALLEGROH/LIBRO/libro.html">Programmare
un video gioco passo per passo con Allegro.h</a> <br/> Author: <a
href="http://www.bertinettobartolomeodavide.it/">Bartolomeo Davide
Bertinetto</a> <br/> Available in: Italian
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<p><strong>Some words from the author:</strong> <em>As you might gather
from reading the title of this e-book, in it you will find all the
components needed to write code for a videogame of the shooter genre,
one step after the other. You won’t need an advanced knowledge of the C
language in order to complete this very simple game, just a good amount
of strong will, following each of the planned phases. The end result is
assured, covering the handling of the graphics, the audio system, the
player input (keyboard and joystick), the collision system and much
more.</em></p>
<p><em>You won’t even need to compile the Allegro library, since the
book makes reference to a version of Dev-C++ with Allegro.h precompiled,
which you can download from the website of the author, along with all
the sources and the book itself.</em></p>
<p><em>Every single line of code is carefully commented, in order to
make each step as clear as possible. The beginner has only to download
all of the material and start practicing to build his first, true,
videogame.</em></p>
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