Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming with Visual Basic in 21 Days teaches the reader the art of game programming from the ground up. The reader is assumed to have basic programming knowledge that he wishes to apply to the creation of basic games. Upon completion of the book readers will have learned to build eight games including card games, puzzles, and strategy games, each focusing on a specific task and building the reader's knowledge and skill level. The final week is a culmination of the skills learned in the first two weeks where the reader builds a complete game incorporating sound, animation, etc.
Clayton Walnum is an award-winning author and game programmer who holds a degree in computer science and has written or co-authored more than 40 books covering everything from computer gaming to 3D graphics programming. He has also written hundreds of magazine articles and software reviews, as well as countless programs. His books include Creating Turbo C++ Games, Creating Windows 95 Applications with Visual Basic, and The Windows 95 Game SDK Strategy Guide.