[AD] a book in french about allegro 5

[Frédéric Drouillon <fdr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I announce the publication of a french book on allegro 5.You can find more 
information here :
http://www.editions-eni.fr/livres/allegro-5-programmation-de-jeux-en-c-ou-c/.9c142c2fe99964a514b61603f5060361.html

or here :
http://www.amazon.fr/Allegro-Programmation-jeux-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-DROUILLON/dp/2746093863/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423116444&sr=1-1&keywords=Drouillon+Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric

The book also will be a French tutorial published free on the site 
developpez.com (ENI publisher agrees).

I hope he will bring something to the community allegro 5. I learned a lot from 
allegro and I hope the allegro development will continue long.

Thank you very much
FD

Title : Allegro 5 - Programmation de jeux en C ou C++ Broché – 11 mars 2015

ISBN : 978-2-7460-9386-7
Author : Frédéric Drouillon
Available in : french

Some words from the author :

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.

Presentation of the text by the publisher

This book on Allegro 5 is for all developers of C+ or C++ who wish to master the code and the creativity required in computer game programming.  It is divided into two main parts:  the first section is mainly a reference guide (in French of course) and the second is an invitation in 2D game programming.  Throughout the book, the author invites the reader to use Allegro 5 and so to enter into its creative logic and thus to exploit its true potential.

In the first section the following is covered:  windowing and full screen, colour, drawing, images and  events (keyboard, mouse, timer, joystick).  In the second section (the more creative section) the author suggests beginning with a study of artificial life based upon ants, a skeleton model of an action game, animation management, scenery creation, and the interactions between characters and the scenery.

In order to deliver a book which is much more in depth than a simple easy-to-use guide, the author contemplates different possible options and equally proposes a detour to understand how certain functions of the library can be elaborated and programmed. The reader is offered a truly exploratory approach to discover the technique of the cross-platform game programming library.

The library accepts Linux, Raspberry PI included, Windows, MacOSX, IOS (iphone and ipad) and an adaptation for Android which is in the process of being developed. A number of examples using the code in the book are tried and tested with Visual Studio and Code::Blocks on Windows 7, 8, 8.1.  All of the programs of the book are downloadable on the website www.editions-eni.fr.  For each chapter the author suggests a Visual Studio solution.  This includes as many projects as programs in the chapter and for each project the reader has at his disposal the source code with all of the resources necessary (images, fonts etc.).

Chapters

Introduction  - Installation of Allegro – First steps with Allegro – Text, Fonts, Colours, Drawing – Images – Events – Joystick – Sketching ants – A simple game model – animation, Sprites – their scenery and world - Characters in their scenery - Collisions between characters.