Adams Jim. Programming role playing games with DirectX

2002 by Premier Press.
Role-playing games (RPGs) are the mother of all video games because of the huge
worlds and massive amounts of game content (artwork, sound, and animations).
If you intend to make an RPG and you have never created a video game, be aware
that this enormous task will be like battling a dragon with nothing more than an
attitude and some cheap bathroom humor (which I can fix you up with if you need
some). As you might guess, you’ll need a little more in your back pocket than that.