Professional XNA Programming: Building Games for Xbox 360 and Windows with XNA Game Studio 2.0
Language: English
Published by Wrox, 2008
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- Title
- Professional XNA Programming: Building Games for Xbox 360 and Windows with XNA Game Studio 2.0
- Author
- Nitschke, Benjamin
- Publisher
- Wrox
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 0470261285
- ISBN 13
- 9780470261286
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Before you know it, each successive chapter will have you developing small games that increase in difficulty. By using the chapters as building blocks, you′ll evolve from 2D programming to 3D, and you′ll ultimately create a full–blown graphics engine that can be used for more advanced game projects. Plus, you′ll get an inside look at six fully functional games, including the popular Racing Game and the new Dungeon Quest.
What you will learn from this book
- Tips for adding music and sound with XACT
- Techniques for creating unique visual effects through Shaders
- Ways to access keyboard, mouse, and Xbox controllers with XInput
- How to write your own XNA graphics engine and create a game engine
- How to manage content in XNA
- Myriad ways of fine–tuning, debugging, and troubleshooting
- How to make sure games run on the Xbox 360
- Ways to generate landscapes and tracks
- How to take advantage of XNA′s new networking APIs
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to create games on the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms. Experience with C# or a similar .NET language is necessary, but previous game programming is not required.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
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About the Author
He started young at the age of 9 he bought his first computer, a C64. He did not have many games, but he was very eager to type in commands on the C64, and from that to writing the first applications and games in Basic was not a big step. A few years later, he finally got a PC (386) and started some small game projects (Tetris clones, shoot–em–up games, and so on). exDream entertainment was founded 10 years ago, and it released a couple of smaller games before the first RTS game, Arena Wars, was created. Arena Wars was the first commercial .NET game ever and was released in 2004, where it received more than 20 awards worldwide, especially for the great multiplayer modes.
Recently, Benjamin has developed a couple of free open source games such as Rocket Commander and the XNA Racing Game Starter Kit, along with many game modifications. These games feature many video tutorials and a good documentation and code style to help beginners create their first video games. The video tutorials have been viewed more than 100,000 times and the games were downloaded and played even more often than that.
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