Building XNA 2.0 Games A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development /

• Main Authors: Silva, James (Author), Sedlak, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.

Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development is written by James Silva, who recently won the prestigious Microsoft Dream Build Play game competition with his award–winning game, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai. Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game...

Table of Contents:

• A .NET Snapshot
• A Crash Course in XNA
• Planning Your Game
• The Map Editor
• The Character Editor
• Bringing It to the Game
• Particle Mayhem
• XACT Audio, Rumble, and More
• Scripting, AI, and Depth (and Death)
• Menus, a HUD, and Deployment
• Postprocessing Effects
• Networking.