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by Krylar
Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:41 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games Book - Free Now
Replies: 12
Views: 15525

Programming 2D Scrolling Games Book - Free Now

Hey all, I've gotten a lot of requests for the book and I've just not been able to keep up with things. Seeing that I can no longer support the book, I've decided to go ahead and just release it under the Creative Common License. http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png "Programmin...
by Krylar
Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:43 pm
Forum: Game Programming
Topic: Where can I get the Book <Programming 2D scrolling games>?
Replies: 74
Views: 224766

Re: Where can I get the Book <Programming 2D scrolling games

Perhaps you write a post in the community sub-forum of the Blitz's official forum about this idea. I think that you will obtain a lot of good feedbacks from Blitz users. Hi. I actually wrote a book for Blitz Basic a long time ago, but then when Blitz Basic turned into Blitz3D, BlitzMax, etc. I was ...
by Krylar
Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:37 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Andi wrote:I've just received the printed book by Lulu. It's a great book and worth every cent. Thanks a lot.
Thanks, Andi! I'm glad you're enjoying the book.

Happy holidays!
by Krylar
Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

wysardry wrote:Maybe this will be an incentive for you: it would make an ideal Christmas present. :wink:
Yer killin' me. haha ;)
by Krylar
Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:56 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

I received a new hard copy of the book about a week ago. I noticed that many of the program listings had a border around them. If you were trying to put the listings in the Kindle version in tables, that could well be your problem, as tables can be tricky. BookBaby got back to me and said that they...
by Krylar
Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:54 pm
Forum: Game Programming
Topic: Where can I get the Book <Programming 2D scrolling games>?
Replies: 74
Views: 224766

Re: Where can I get the Book <Programming 2D scrolling games

Kuron wrote:Good to see the book back, Krylar. Congrats!
Just saw this. Ooops! :) Thanks. I hope everyone enjoys the book. It looks like a number of orders are hitting Lulu already. :mrgreen:

All the best.
by Krylar
Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:34 am
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

I just received my new hard copy of the book from Lulu and it looks great! Everyone planning to order the physical copy can feel comfortable that everything is all set with the printing. :)
by Krylar
Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:16 am
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Note that the iBooks version is now available for your iPad. Just open up the store and search for "Programming 2D Scrolling Games" and you should find it. I'm guessing you can also view it on your iPhone, but I would imagine it'll be tough to read on a smaller device. I'm still waiting fo...
by Krylar
Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:34 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Thanks for the info. Actually tried the html route and a few different apps, including the trial of writer...but the all struggle with the code and images.
by Krylar
Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:45 am
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Target price is less than $10US for digital. It may be $9.99 or $9.95, depending on the service provider. I am finding the entire digital publishing system quite a challenge to work through at the moment. I want to make sure that book purchasers get their products correctly and securely. With that i...
by Krylar
Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:19 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Will this be available in Amazon Kindle format? I've been trying to get that to work. It works on iBooks with no problem (using ePub), but the .mobi format has been terrible to work with. The issue is that the code-formatting gets all goofed up and it's really bad. I called BookBaby and asked them ...
by Krylar
Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:50 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Hey guys...I got contacted by Lulu last night about this too. It is weird since the first thing I did was order a copy of the book to make sure it looked good before putting it live. My copy arrived two days before I opened the book to the public and it was fine. :/ Anyway, I spent a few hours last ...
by Krylar
Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:37 pm
Forum: Announcement
Topic: PureBasic 5.00 final is out !
Replies: 57
Views: 18934

Re: PureBasic 5.00 final is out !

Congrats on the new release! Note that the "Programming 2D Scrolling Games" book has been released also and all the code updated and tested on 4.61 and 5.0. :)

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 14&t=52033
by Krylar
Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:15 am
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Re: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Relea

Cool deal. Thanks for the info. :) Note though that it's only in 5.0 that it's showing up as deprecated.

Thanks again! :mrgreen:
by Krylar
Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:47 am
Forum: Announcement
Topic: Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!
Replies: 50
Views: 132432

Programming 2D Scrolling Games (V 4.61 & 5.0) Book Released!

Hey gang! The physical edition (print version) of the book is ready and up on lulu.com. The direct URL to my lulu page is: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/john_p_logsdon ...and the source and K2D Map Maker can be found here. http://krylarskreations.com/purebasicbook/ The digital version is still in th...