Xna 4.0 game development by example : beginner's guide : create exciting games with Microsoft XNA 4.0 / Kurt Jaegers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaegers, Kurt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft XNA (Computer file).

Video games--Programming.

Video games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham [U.K.] : Packt Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Jaegers Kurt: Kurt Jaegers is an Oracle Database Administrator and Windows Network Administrator, as well as a long-time hobbyist game developer. He has built games for everything from the Commodore 64 to the Xbox 360. He is the owner of xnaresources. com, and the author of XNA 4. 0 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide (C# edition) and XNA 4. 0 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide - Visual Basic Edition, both of which were published by Packt Publishing.

Summary:

Create your own exciting games with Microsoft XNA 4.0

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Introducing XNA Game Studio; Overview of the games; System requirements; Installing XNA Game Studio; Time for action - installing XNA Game Studio; Building your first game; Time for action - creating a new Windows game project; Anatomy of an XNA game; The declarations area; Time for action - adding variables to the class declaration area; The Game1 class constructor; The Initialize() method; Time for action - customizing the Initialize() method; The LoadContent() method

Time for action - creating the squareTextureThe Update() method; Time for action - coding Update() for SquareChase; The Draw() method; Time for action - draw SquareChase!; Time for action - play SquareChase!; Summary; Chapter 2:Flood Control - Underwater Puzzling; Designing a puzzle game; Time for action - set up the Flood Control project; Introducing the Content Pipeline; Time for action - reading textures into memory; Sprites and sprite sheets; Classes used in Flood Control; The GamePiece class; Identifying a GamePiece; Time for action - build a GamePiece class - declarations

Creating a GamePieceTime for action - building a GamePiece class: constructors; Updating a GamePiece; Time for action - GamePiece class methods - part 1 - updating; Rotating pieces; Time for action - GamePiece class methods - part 2 - rotation; Pipe connectors; Time for action - GamePiece class methods - part 3 -; connection methods; Sprite sheet coordinates; Time for action - GamePiece class methods - part 4 -; GetSourceRect; The GameBoard class; Time for action - create the GameBoard.cs class; Creating the game board; Time for action - initialize the game board; Updating GamePieces

Time for action - manipulating the game boardFilling in the gaps; Time for action - filling in the gaps; Generating new pieces; Time for action - generating new pieces; Water filled pipes; Time for action - water in the pipes; Propagating water; Time for action - making the connection; Building the game; Declarations; Time for action - Game1 declarations; Initialization; Time for action - updating the Initialize() method; The Draw() method - the title screen; Time for action - drawing the screen - the title screen; The Draw() method - the play screen

Time for action - drawing the screen - the play screenKeeping score; Time for action - scores and scoring chains; Input handling; Time for action - handling mouse input; Letting the player play!; Time for action - letting the player play; Play the game; Summary; Chapter 3:Flood Control - Smoothing Out the Rough Edges; Animated pieces; Classes for animated pieces; Time for action -rotating pieces; Time for action -falling pieces; Time for action -fading pieces; Managing animated pieces; Time for action - updating GameBoard to support animated; pieces; Fading pieces

Time for action - generating fading pieces

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612819353

9781282819351

1282819356

9781849690676

1849690677

OCLC:

798535637