Microsoft® XNA™ Game Studio 4.0: Learn Programming Now!

by Rob Miles

Now you can build your own games for your Xbox 360-, Windows- Phone 7, or Windows-based PCOCoas you learn the underlying concepts for computer programming. Use this hands-on guide to dive straight into your first projectOCoadding new tools and tricks to your arsenal as you go. No experience required!Learn XNA and C# fundamentalsOCoand increase the challenge with each chapterWrite code to create and control game behaviorBuild your gameOCOs displayOCofrom graphics and text to lighting and 3-D effectsCapture and cue soundsProcess input from keyboards and gamepadsCreate features for one or multiple playersTweak existing gamesOCoand invent totally new ones"

465 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 15, 2011

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