Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 422 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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PDF |
Series |
The expert's voice in XNA |
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Expert's voice in XNA.
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Contents |
Game planning and programming basics -- 2D graphics, audio, and input basics -- Creating your first 2D game -- Improving your first 2D game -- Basics of game networking -- Rock rain live! -- Rock rain Zune -- 3D game programming basics -- Rendering pipeline, shaders, and effects -- Lights, camera, transformations! -- Generating a terrain -- Skeletal animation -- Creating a third-person shooter game -- Closing words. |
Summary |
"This fast-paced introduction to XNA 3.0 and the C♯ language provides you with a quick-start guide to creating high-quality XNA games. You'll be introduced to the key concepts and ideas you need to know in a gradual fashion so that you master one concept before using it as a foundation for the next. Before long you will have the skills to create smooth, professional-looking results in a range of gaming genres. By the end of the book, you will have constructed several working games and have an excellent knowledge base from which to investigate more advanced techniques. This book is for anyone approaching XNA programming for the Xbox 360 for the first time, whether they have experience programming computer games or not"--Resource description page |
Access |
University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |
Subject |
Microsoft XNA (Computer file)
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Microsoft XNA (Computer file) |
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Microsoft XNA (Computer file) |
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Microsoft XNA (Computer file) |
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Video games -- Programming.
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Jeux vidéo -- Programmation. |
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Computer games -- Programming. |
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Informatique. |
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Video games -- Programming |
Added Author |
Lobão, Alexandre Santos.
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Added Title |
XNA 3.0 game programming |
Other Form: |
Print version: Beginning XNA 3.0 game programming. Berkeley, CA : Apress, ©2009 9781430218173 1430218177 (OCoLC)319603612 |
ISBN |
9781430218180 |
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1430218185 |
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1430218177 (paper) |
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9781430218173 (paper) |
Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-4302-1818-0 doi |
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9786612364914 |
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