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Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming From Novice to Professional

:	Bruno Evangelista, Alexandre Santos Lobao, Riemer Grootjans, Jose ANTONIO LEAL DEFARIAS
:	Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming From Novice to Professional
:	Apress
:	9781430218180
:	1
:	CHF 31.30
:

:	Allgemeines, Lexika
:	English

:	448
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:	PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
:	PDF

Would you like to create your own games, but never have the time to dig into the details of multimedia programming? Now you don't have to! XNA 3.0 makes it simple to create your own games, which will run on your PC and Xbox 360 console. Even if you don't know how to program at all,Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming: From Novice to Professional will teach you the basics of C# 2008 programming along the way. Don't get overwhelmed with details you don't need to know-just learn what you need to start creating your own games right now!

This fast-paced introduction to XNA 3.0 and the C# language provides you with a quick-start guide to creating high-quality XNA games. You'll be introduced to the key concepts and ideas you need to know in a gradual fashion so that you master one concept before using it as a foundation for the next. Before long, you will have the skills to create smooth, professional-looking results in a range of gaming genres. By the end of the book, you will have constructed several working games and have an excellent knowledge base from which to investigate more advanced techniques.

Bruno Evangelista is a lead programmer at Tectoy Digital (TTD.com). Previously, he was a graphics programmer at Ilusis (Ilusis.com) and a software engineer at Olympya (Olympya.com). As an XNA developer, Bruno was a finalist in the first and second Microsoft XNA Challenge Brazil. He also maintains an open source skeletal animation library for XNA, named XNAnimation (Codeplex.com/xnanimation). Besides his professional experience, Bruno had hosted some talks and courses about game development at conferences, including SIBGRAPI, SBGAMES and Microsoft Gamefest (Brazil). Bruno received bachelor's degree in computer science from Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, and is a master's student in computer science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He lives in the beautiful city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. His works can be found at BrunoEvangelista.com.

	Contents at a Glance	4
	Contents	5
	Foreword	12
	About the Authors	13
	About the Technical Reviewer	15
	Acknowledgments	16
	Introduction	17
	Who This Book Is For	18
	How This Book Is Structured	18
	Prerequisites	19
	Book Code and Errata	20
	Contacting the Authors	20
	Chapter 1 Game Planning and Programming Basics	21
	Planning the Game	21
	XNA Game Programming Concepts	25
	Summary	33
	Chapter 2 2D Graphics, Audio, and Input Basics	35
	2D Graphics	35
	Game Input	49
	Game Audio	52
	Summary	57
	Chapter 3 Creating Your First 2D Game	59
	Design for the First Game: Rock Rain	59
	Let s Get to It	60
	An Xbox 360 Version of Rock Rain	77
	Summary	79
	Chapter 4 Improving Your First 2D Game	80
	Planning Rock Rain s New Version	80
	Creating the Game Screens	80
	Navigating Between the Scenes	129
	Summary	134
	Chapter 5 Basics of Game Networking	135
	Introducing Multiplayer Games	135
	Introducing XNA Networking	144
	Summary	167
	Chapter 6 Rock Rain Live!	169
	Planning Rock Rain Live	169
	Adding the Support for Network Games	170
	Changing the Opening Screen	171
	Creating the Network Game Scene	173
	Creating the Game Sessions	184
	Let s Talk	188
	Synchronizing the Players	193
	Summary	200
	Chapter 7 Rock Rain Zune	201
	Planning Rock Rain Zune	201
	Organizing the Game	202
	Modifying the Classes	204
	Deploying the Game on the Zune	214
	Summary	216
	Chapter 8 3D Game Programming Basics	217
	3D Coordinate Systems and Projections	217
	Vertices and Primitives	219
	Vectors, Matrices, and 3D Transformations	223
	Lights, Camera . . . Effects!	227
	Drawing the 3D Axis in XNA	228
	Models and Meshes	238
	Summary	242
	Chapter 9 Rendering Pipeline, Shaders, and Effects	244
	Rendering Pipeline	244
	Shaders	245
	High-Level Shading Language	247
	Techniques, Passes, and Effects	252
	Shader Authoring Tools	257
	Summary	257
	Chapter 10 Lights, Camera, Transformations!	258
	Cameras	258
	Lights	270
	Camera and Light Managers	271
	Object Transformation	274
	Summary	276
	Chapter 11 Generating a Terrain	277
	Height Maps	277
	Creating the Terrain Class	280
	An Overview of Terrain Techniques	291
	Creating the Terrain Effect	293
	Drawing the Terrain	304
	Extending the Terrain Effect with Normal Mapping	305
	Querying the Terrain s Height	307
	Ray and Terrain Collision	310
	Summary	313
	Chapter 12 Skeletal Animation	314
	Types of Animations	314
	Skeleton and Bone Representation	317
	Extending the Content Pipeline for Model Animation	319
	Using the AnimatedModel Class in XNA	334
	Summary	351
	Chapter 13 Creating a Third-Person Shooter Game	352
	Designing the Game	352
	Starting the Game Engine	354
	Creating Helper Classes	358
	Creating the Game Logic	366
	Finishing the Game Engine	394
	Summary	409
	Chapter 14 Closing Words	410
	Where You Are Now	410
	Where Do You Go from Here?	411
	Create Your Own Game	412
	Index	414