Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide, Second Edition

by Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee

Overview

Bring your PC, Zune, and Xbox gaming visions to life with Microsoft XNA Game Studio

Develop complete 2D and 3D games with step-by-step hands-on instruction, advice, and tips from two industry professionals. Fully revised to cover the latest features, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide, Second Edition lays out the essentials of game programming alongside exciting examples and C# code samples. Learn how to create 3D models, virtual worlds, and add stunning animation. You'll also discover how to incorporate 3D audio into your projects and handle PC and game controller input devices.

• Create, draw, and update XNA game windows and 3D objects
• Add dazzling animation and fluid character motion
• Render photorealistic terrains, landscapes, skies, and horizons
• Program custom lighting and shading effects using HLSL
• Integrate sound effects, game dashboards, and stat tracking
• Work with game cameras, keyframes, sprites, and loaders
• Design natural collision detection, ballistics, and particle effects
• Develop, import, and control Quake II models using MilkShape

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071614078
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	02/14/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	608
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Stephen Cawood is a former program manager at Microsoft Corporation and the author of several gaming titles.

Pat McGee is a faculty member and course developer at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and a technical engineer at SAP. He is a game programmer.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Set up an XNA Development Environment

Chapter 2: XNA Basics

Chapter 3. Introduction to 2D Games

Chapter 4: Introduction to 3D Graphics Programming

Chapter 5 Animation Introduction

Chapter 6: Character Movement

Chapter 7: Texturing Your Game World

Chapter 8: Adding Skies and Horizons to your Levels

Chapter 9. Index Buffers

Chapter 10: Enhanced Image Effects

Chapter 11: Score Tracking and Game Stats

Chapter 12: Creating and Loading 3D Models

Chapter 13: Vectors

Chapter 14: Matrices

Chapter 15: Building a Graphics Engine Camera

Chapter 16: Collision Detection

Chapter 17: Ballistics

Chapter 18: Particle Effects

Chapter 19: Keyframe Animations

Chapter 20: Lighting

Chapter 21: Input Devices

Chapter 22. Content Pipeline

Chapter 23. Animated Models

Chapter 24. AddingAudio to Your Game

Chapter 25. Terrain with Height Detection

Chapter 26. Multi-player Gaming

Chapter 27. Networked Gaming

Chapter 23: The Xbox Creators’ Club

Appendix: C# Quick Reference