Jebediah Pavleas - Learn 2D Game Development with C#

Learn 2D Game Development with C#

Jebediah Pavleas

Jack Keng-Wei Chang

Kelvin Sung

Robert Zhu

Learn 2D Game Development with C#

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To my mother, Diana, and my sisters, Niyama, Minda, and Mariah, for their unwavering support throughout my life.

Jebediah Pavleas

To my mother, father, and my brother.

Jack Chang

To my wife, Clover, and our girls, Jean and Ruth.

Kelvin Sung

To my wife, Jane, and our daughters, Jacqueline and Angie, as well as my inspirational leaders, Darren Laybourn and Laura Butler for their strong support on Microsoft technology.

Robert Zhu

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About the Authors

Jebediah Pavleas is a graduate student in the Computer Science and Software Engineering program at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB). He received a Bachelor of Science in 2012 and was the recipient of the Chancellors Medal for his class. During his time as an undergraduate he took a great interest in both computer graphics and games. His projects included an interactive math application that utilizes Microsofts Kinect sensor to teach algebra, a 2D role-playing game designed to teach students introductory programming concepts, and a website where students can compete in various mini-games to control checkpoints around campus. Relating to these projects, he coauthored publications in IEEE Computers and The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC). When not working towards his graduate degree, he enjoys designing, building, and playing games of all kinds as well as adapting technology for improved accessibility. A university student in computer science, he is interested in working as a game programmer, focusing on accessibility.

Jack Keng-Wei Chang is working on an MS in computer science and software engineering. He builds Kinect software for teaching math.

Kelvin Sung is a Professor with the Computing and Software Systems at University of Washington Bothell (UWB). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992. His background is in computer graphics, hardware, and machine architecture. He came to UWB from Alias|Wavefront (now part of Autodesk) in Toronto, where he played a key role in designing and implementing the Maya Renderer, an Academy Award-winning image generation system. Before joining Alias|Wavefront, Kelvin was an Assistant Professor with the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. Kelvins research interests are in studying the role of technology in supporting human communication. Funded by Microsoft Research and the National Science Foundation, Kelvins recent work focused on the intersection of video game mechanics, real-world problems, and mobile technologies. Kelvin teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes in Computer Graphics, Game Development, and Mobile Computing.