Notes for VAZGAMES.zip -- 9/20/2004

The ZIP file VAZGAMES.zip contains many of the demos on this page,
including the .c or .cpp source, .h (header) and .rc (resource) files,
along with the resources themselves (BMP or WAV files),
and some Visual C++ project files. Topics covered include:

Windows GDI graphics, 2D DirectDraw, DirectSound for playing WAV,
FMOD and MCI for playing MIDI, Win32 Joystick, Side Scrolling, OpenGL and 3D

All my Windows game programming knowledge acquired over the past year approx.

CONTENTS (folders in alphabetical order):

CatDemo -- a GDI demo animating 2D bitmap
CONSOLE -- some simple console (DOS) programs in C / C++
DirectDrawDemo -- a DirectDraw demo (full screen set up)
DirectSoundDemo -- a DirectSound demo (set up and WAV resources)
fmodtest -- playing MIDI files using FMOD
JoyDemo -- a Win32 Joystick demo
mcimidi -- playing MIDI files with Win32 mci commands
Megaman -- a GDI demo animating 2D Megaman character
Megaman2 -- same demo but in DirectDraw
OpenGLDemo -- OpenGL demo (full screen), render Triangle, Pyramid, Cube
SideScroll -- a 2D side-scrolling demo in DirectDraw
VazBreak -- a GDI game of breakout with source, WAV resources, VC 6 project files
Vazteroids -- a GDI game of asteroids with source, WAV resources, VC 6 project files
VazWorld -- OpenGL 3D first-person demo, BMP file textures
WIN32 -- the WinMain, WinProc and bare Game Loop I've been using

Phil Porvaznik

Any questions or comments you can Email, or visit my web page
www.PhilVaz.com/games or VazGames.com