Downloads

For more information on getting started with XNA, go to the XNA Creator's Club

Download Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition

Download Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express (Book uses this version)

Download Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Latest version)

You can download either Game Studio Express (1.0) or Game Studio 2.0. You do not need both. The book was written for Express, but the code below is for Game Studio 2.0. If you are just getting started you will probably want to start with 2.0, but it is no problem to have both the Express (1.0) and 2.0 versions running side by side.

XNA Unleashed Chapter Code

NOTE: The project zip files do not contain the actual assets. You will need to first copy the original files from the CD and then extract these on top of the existing files. For smaller projects, you could just copy the /content subfolder from the original CD projects.

Some of these projects can be quite large and there is no need to waste the bandwidth. Plus, this also helps to make sure people actually have the book/CD before they get full use of the code files.

Also, the Xbox 360 solutions are not included. Fortunately, with Game Studio 2.0, it is very easy to create the Xbox 360 solution (Go to the Project menu item and select Create Copy of XXXX for Xbox 360).

Questions can be directed to this book's forum located at amazon.com.