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Professional XNA Game Programming For Xbox 360 and Windows 2nd Edition
Wrox's Professional XNA Game Programming is the best-selling guide to Microsoft's framework for building games for Xbox 360 and Windows. Professional game developer and MVP Benjamin Nitschke shares his experience with the XNA Framework, and teaches readers how to use the free XNA Game Studio Express 2.0 to build cutting edge 2D and 3D games. This improved
and updated edition of Professional XNA Game Programming is a hands-on guide that will get readers up and running with XNA quickly, and includes 6 fully functional games including the popular Racing Game, and the new Dungeon Quest. Topics include:
* XNA requirements and components
* Writing helper classes
* Graphics with the XNA Framework
* Create great visual effects through Shaders
* Using XAct for Music and Sounds
* Accessing Keyboard, Mouse and Xbox Controllers with XInput
* Programming a complete racing game
* Building a graphics engine
* Creating a game engine
* Building networked games
* How to get all the content managed in XNA
* Fine tuning and debugging
* Deployment to Xbox 360
and more.
Source code and online support at Wrox.com.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part 1: XNA Framework Basics
Chapter 1: Introducing XNA
Chapter 2: Creating Your First Game: Pong
Chapter 3: Helper Classes
Chapter 4: Game Components
Part 2: Basic Graphics Engine
Chapter 5: Writing Your Own XNA Graphics Engine
Chapter 6: Shader Management
Chapter 7: Realism Through Normal Mapping
Chapter 8: Post-Screen Shaders And The Rocket Commander Game
Part 3: Improving Your Game Engine
Chapter 9: Adding Sound With XACT
Chapter 10: Player Input And The User Interface
Chapter 11: Creating Xna Shooter
Part 4: Writing A Racing Game
Chapter 12: Generating Landscapes And Tracks
Chapter 13: Physics
Chapter 14: Fine-Tuning And "Modding" The Racing Game
Part 5: Writing Multiplayer Games
Chapter 15: Multiplayer And Xbox Live
Chapter 16: Role-Playing Games
Chapter 17: Dungeon Quest
Appendix A: Resources
Index
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