Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming: From Novice to Professional

Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming: From Novice to Professional
by Alexandre Santos Lobao (Author), Bruno Pereira Evangelista (Author), José Antonio Leal de Farias (Author), Riemer Grootjans (Author)

# Paperback: 448 pages
# Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (April 22, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1430218177
# ISBN-13: 978-1430218173

Book Description

Would you like to create your own games, but never have the time to dig into the details of multimedia programming? Now you don’t have to! XNA 3.0 makes it simple to create your own games, which will run on your PC and Xbox 360 console. Even if you don’t know how to program at all, Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming: From Novice to Professional will teach you the basics of C# 2008 programming along the way. Don’t get overwhelmed with details you don’t need to know—just learn what you need to start creating your own games right now!

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.
What you’ll learn

* Master game planning and programming basics.
* Understand 2–D graphics, audio, and input basics.
* Create your first 2–D game.
* Improve your first 2–D game.
* Explore the basics of game networking.
* Deal with sound in XNA 3.0.
* See how to create a 2–D multiplayer game, Rock Rain Live!
* Understand 3–D game programming basics.
* Render pipelines, shaders, and effects.
* Work with lights, cameras, and transformations.
* Generate a terrain.
* Learn skeletal animation techniques.
* Create a third–person shooter game.
* Play games on the Zune console.

Who is this book for?

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.
About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

About the Author

Alexandre Lobão is a passionate man. His first passion was reading, starting with large books—Mark Twain, Érico Veríssimo, Jules Verne, Monteiro Lobato, Alexandre Dumas, and others—when he was seven. When he was twelve, he discovered his two next passions: playing and creating games (by that time on his first Apple computer), and writing.

Many years later—he’s about forty now—these passions flourish. Now he’s a teacher of academic game development courses, has written four books on the topic, and has participated in some Brazilian game development contests both as a contestant and as a judge. He has also written short story books, children’s books, and young adult books, and in 2008 he released his first romance, The Name of the Eagle, currently only available in Portuguese. And, of course, he still loves to read, from Ken Follett to Paulo Coelho.

His ultimate passions—starting in 1995 and still burning now—are his wife, Waléria, and his kids, Natália and Rafael.

Alexandre believes that lives needs passion to be lived entirely, and hopes that this book helps light this passion in readers’ hearts. You can find his work at http://www.AlexandreLobao.com.

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