Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 Unleashed

The book is broken down into eleven parts:

Microsoft Game Studio 3.0 XNA Unleashed provides comprehensive coverage and solid instruction on how to leverage the XNA Framework to create high quality games for Windows, the Xbox 360 and the Zune.

• Plan your games to deliver solid performance on the platforms you’ve targeted
• Understand essential XNA Framework concepts, including object creation, cameras, input handling, libraries, game services, and managing and extending the content pipeline
• Create a 2D game that will run across 3 platforms (Windows, Xbox 360, and Zune) with a single code base
• Create a Visualizer media player for the Microsoft Zune
• Use the High Level Shader Language (HLSL) to communicate directly with graphics hardware
• Bring realistic physics to your game action and realistic artificial intelligence to your characters
• Create sophisticated 3D effects that use advanced texturing and a particle system
• Build networked games, including multiplayer demos, turn-based games, and real-time network games
• Create 4 full games–2D parallax side scroller, 3D shooter, multiplayer turn-based 2D card game, and a multiplayer real-time 3D game
Discover best practices for creating Xbox LIVE Community Games
• Sell your finished game on Xbox LIVE Marketplace

CD-ROM includes

• All C# examples and source code presented in this book.
• Explosion Generator tool for generating explosion animations.