From:	 "Amanda Staab" <amanda@nostarch.com>
To:	 amanda@nostarch.com
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?New_Book:_Programming_Linux_Games,_Aug._=9101?=
Date:	 Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:16:30 -0700

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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WRITE THE GAMES LINUX PEOPLE PLAY 
New book teaches how to program Linux games with SDL, Open AL, and 
other APIs

San Francisco, CA--No Starch Press and Loki Software today announced 
the launch of the complete and authoritative guide to developing 
games for Linux. PROGRAMMING LINUX GAMES: LEARN TO WRITE THE GAMES 
LINUX PEOPLE PLAY (August 2001, 1-886411-49-2, $39.95, paperback, 432 
pp., http://www.nostarch.com/?plg) guides readers through all the 
important Linux development tools and gaming APIs, with a special 
focus on Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL). Written by the gaming 
masters at Loki Software, this book is the ultimate resource for 
Linux game developers.
 
PROGRAMMING LINUX GAMES discusses important multimedia toolkits while 
teaching the basics of Linux game programming. It includes detailed 
coverage of Linux graphics and audio interfaces as well as lots of 
real-world examples. Readers learn how to:

* Use the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library to build a powerful 
scrolling game engine (complete with environmental audio and an 
embedded scripting system) 
* Play sound effects and music with OSS, ALSA, ESD, and OpenAL
* Manage compressed audio streams with Ogg Vorbis
* Build a multiplayer game with TCP/IP sockets
* Write games for the Linux framebuffer console
* Construct professional-quality installation scripts for their games
* Distribute their game to the Linux community

Available in bookstores, from Loki Software 
(http://www.lokigames.com/orders), or from No Starch Press (1-800-420-
7240, http://www.nostarch.com), PROGRAMMING LINUX GAMES is the 
ultimate resource for writing and developing Linux games.
 
ABOUT LOKI SOFTWARE
Loki Software, Inc. (http://www.lokigames.com) ports best-selling PC 
games to Linux.  Loki supports several Open Source development 
projects, including OpenAL(tm), a cross-platform environmental audio 
library, and SMPEG, a general purpose MPEG video/audio player for 
Linux.  John Hall is a computer science student at Georgia Institute 
of Technology and a contractor with Loki Software.

ABOUT LINUX JOURNAL PRESS
Linux Journal Press publishes computer books on cutting-edge Linux 
topics that help to advance the acceptance and usability of Linux. An 
imprint of No Starch Press (http://www.nostarch.com), Linux Journal 
Press titles are developed in partnership with Linux Journal 
(http://www.ssc.com and http://www.linuxjournal.com).

Media Contacts: 
No Starch Press, Amanda Staab, 415-863-9900, amanda@nostarch.com
Loki Software, Kayt Sorhaindo, press@lokigames.com

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