Learning XNA 3.0 Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Zune

Name: Learning XNA 3.0 Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Zune
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ISBN: 9780596521950

ISBN-10: 0596521952

ISBN-13: 9780596521950

Edition: 2008

Authors: Aaron Reed

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a game developer? Or what about taking it a step further and developing for a next-gen console like the Xbox 360 instead of just a PC? With Microsoft's XNA framework, game development has never been more straightforward. This book takes you through introductory and intermediate game development concepts from 2D animation to 3D cameras and effects. Delve into high level shader language (HLSL) and introductory artificial intelligence concepts. The author avoids unnecessary details on background architecture and historical facts and instead focuses on what you want most - developing games from start to finish. The author is an experienced…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 510
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Aaron Reed has extensive software development experience and more importantly, experience in software development education. Since 2004 he has taught courses at Neumont University in .NET, web development and web services, XNA, systems design and architecture, and more. Aaron's experience in teaching both DirectX and XNA for several years to university-level students helps him understand what topics are easily understood and which ones need more depth and emphasis. Through experience in the classroom he also has a good understanding of what format and sequence makes the most sense to present the material. This book follows that format and is meant to present game development concepts in the…



Preface



Getting Started


System Requirements


Additional Resources


Installation


Creating Your First XNA Application


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz



Fun with Sprites


A Look Behind the Scenes


Game Development Versus Polling


Modifying Your Game


Adding a Sprite to Your Project


Loading and Drawing Your Sprite


Transparency and Other Options


Layer Depth


Let's Move


Animation


Adjusting the Framerate


Adjusting the Animation Speed


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



User Input and Collision Detection


More Sprites


Keyboard Input


Mouse Input


Gamepad Input


Keeping the Sprite in the Game Window


Collision Detection


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Applying Some Object-Oriented Design


Designing Your Classes


Creating a Sprite Class


Creating a User-Controlled Sprite Class


Creating an Automated Sprite


Game Components


Coding the SpriteManager


Cleaning Up


Making Them Move


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Sound Effects and Audio


Using XACT


Implementing XACT Audio Files in Code


Using the Simplified API for Sound and Audio


Adding More Sound to Your Game


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Basic Artificial Intelligence


The Turing Test


Creating Sprites at Random Intervals


Randomly Spawning Sprites


Irrelevant Objects


Creating a Chasing Sprite


Creating an Evading Sprite


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Putting It All Together


Drawing 2D Text


Randomly Generating Different Sprite Types


Adding Some Variety to Your Sprites


Adding a Background Image


Game Scoring


Game States


Enabling/Disabling GameComponents


Game-Over Logic and the Game-Over Screen


Fine-Tuning Gameplay


Creating Power-Ups


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Deploying to the Microsoft Zune


Setting Up Your Zune Device Connection


Creating a Zune Project


Input on the Zune


Audio on the Zune


Resolution and Gameplay Issues


Converting the Collision Game from Windows to Zune


Conditional Compilation Symbols


Converting the Collision Game Audio


Converting the Collision Game's Player Input Code


Converting the Collision Game's Screen Size


Zune Performance


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz



3D Game Development


Coordinate Systems


Cameras


Creating a 3D Camera


Drawing Primitives


Matrix Multiplication


Movement and Rotation


Backface Culling


More on Rotations


Even More Rotations


Primitive Types


Applying Textures


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



3D Models


Using 3D Models


Setting Up the Project


Adding a Model to Your Project


Drawing a Model Using a BasicModel Class


Adding a Model Manager


Rotating Your Model


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Creating a First-Person Camera


Components of a Moving 3D Camera


Moving in a First-Person Camera


Rotations in a First-Person Camera


Coding the Camera for the 3D Game


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



3D Collision Detection and Shooting


Creating a Moving Enemy


Adding Some Game Logic


Firing Shots


3D Collision Detection and Bounding Spheres


Adding a Crosshair


Adding Sound


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



HLSL Basics


HLSL Syntax


Dissecting a Sample HLSL Effect File


Applying an HLSL Effect in C#


Applying HLSL Using Textures


HLSL Effects: Creating a Negative


HLSL Effects: Blur


HLSL Effects: Grayscale


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Particle Systems


Creating a Custom Vertex


Creating a Particle Engine


Adding a Particle Effect File


Adding Your Particle Engine to Your Game


Adding a Starfield


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz



Wrapping Up Your 3D Game


Adding a Splash Screen Game Component


Keeping Score


Adding a Power-Up


What You Just Did


Test Your Knowledge: Exercise



Deploying to the Xbox 360


Adding an Xbox 360 Device


Converting a Project to Run on the Xbox 360


Supporting Gamepad Input


Deploying to the Xbox 360


Xbox 360 Display Settings


The Title Safe Region


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz



Multiplayer Games


Split-Screen Functionality


Network Game Development


Network Configurations


Writing an XNA Network Game


Modifying the Sprite Class


Modifying the UserControlledSprite Class


Coding Your Game1 Class


Adding Update Code


Adding Draw Code


Adding Biohazard Bombs of Insanity!


What You Just Did


Summary


Test Your Knowledge: Quiz



Answers to Quizzes and Exercises


Index