Micro Java¿ Game Development - Softcover

Fox, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672323427 ISBN 13: 9780672323423

Verlag: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002

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This is the only book that J2ME developers will ever need to create robust Java games for any microenvironment.

Written by two award-winning and Internationally recognized Java micro-game developers.
Provides exhaustive coverage of J2ME games, extensions, portable devices and competitive environments.
Includes detailed explanation and all code for creating a J2ME game. Micro Java Games Development explains game development for devices that support J2ME MIDP. The six parts cover a full range of topics, from a tour of all available micro-devices (Palms, cell phones and pagers), a discussion of software standards apart from J2ME (cell phones, messaging, I-mode and wireless enhancements such as Bluetooth), and available J2ME extensions (Siemans, Ericcson, Nokia), development tools and restrictions, to the creation of a meaty J2ME game!
Roman Verhovsek is CEO at Cocoasoft, a high-tech company from Ljubljana, Slovenia. At Cocoasoft he developed i-Skiing, a game for MIDP and i-Appli and lead development of the game called Axion and Indiana Jerrys. Roman has been developing in Java since it's inception, lectures on various Java topics at JavaOne and at the IT conference 'Days of Slovenian IT'. His company focuses on J2ME and Personal Java platforms and has been a pioneer in the development of entertainment software for the Java enabled devices.
David Fox has designed and developed numerous CD-ROM, Web, and wireless games for companies such as Fox Interactive, Byron Preiss Multimedia, and PlayLink. Currently he is one of the principals of Next Game, Inc., working on a Web and wireless system that allows people to wager on games of skill. David is also the author of several best-selling books about Internet technologies. His writing frequently appears in publications such as Salon.com, Gamasutra, and Developer.com. He has presented topics on Java gaming at the Sun Microsytem's JavaOne conference for the past three years and has been a winner of the Motorola-Nextel Developer's Challenge for the past two years.

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David Fox works for Next Game, Inc., creating Web and wirelessmultiplayer games. Prior to that, his design and development credits includeMichael Crichton's "Westworld 2000," Fox Interactive's"X-Files: Unauthorized Access," and PlayLink's real-time strategy"Citizen 01." He is the author of several best-selling books aboutInternet technologies, and his writing frequently appears in publications suchas Salon.com, Gamasutra, and Developer.com. David has presented topics in Javagaming at Sun Microsytem's JavaOne conference for the past three years, andhas been the winner of the Motorola-Nextel Developer Challenge for the past twoyears.

Roman Verhovsek is CEO and co-founder of Cocoasoft Ltd., where he isleading a team of J2ME developers. He holds a bachelor's degree inelectrical engineering from the University of Ljubljana, and is working on hismaster's degree of computer science. Since early 1996, he has focusedprimarily on Java technologies, and for last two years in particular onJava-enabled small devices. In 2001 he held a lecture on J2ME game developmentat the JavaOne conference. In his other life, Roman enjoys cooking,mountaineering, jogging, and traveling with his girlfriend, Lina.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0672323427
• ISBN 13: 9780672323423
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 572
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien