Professional XNA Programming: Building Games for Xbox 360 and Windows with XNA Game Studio 2.0 - page 1
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- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Back Cover
- Professional XNA Game Programming-For Xbox 360 and Windows
- Credits
- Introduction
- What This Book Covers and How Its Structured
- Source Code
- Errata
- p2p.wrox.com
- Part I: XNA Framework Basics
- Chapter 1: Introducing XNA
- Get the Free XNA Game Studio Express
- Getting Started
- Notes about XNA
- Troubleshooting
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Creating Your First Game-Pong
- Game Ideas
- Lets Write Pong
- How This Looks on the Xbox 360
- Challenge: Improve the Pong Game
- Troubleshooting
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Helper Classes
- Managing the Content Pipeline
- Logging Error Messages
- Unit Testing in XNA
- RandomHelper Class
- StringHelper Class
- Other Helpers
- The Breakout Game
- Challenge: Improve the Breakout Game
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Game Components
- The Game Class
- Game Components
- More Helper Classes
- Tetris, Tetris, Tetris
- Challenge: Create the NextBlock Game Component
- Summary
- Part II: Basic Graphics Engine
- Chapter 5: Writing Your Own XNA Graphics Engine
- What Should Your Engine be Able to Do?
- 3D Programming
- Plugging in More Game Components
- Making Sure Games Run on the Xbox 360
- Challenge: Write a Game Component
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Shader Management
- Step-by-Step Shader Tutorial
- Importing the Shader into Your Engine
- Challenge
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Realism through Normal Mapping
- Adding Detail to Objects
- So How Do Shaders Work?
- ShaderEffect Class
- More Shaders
- Challenge: Add Parallax Mapping
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Post-Screen Shaders and the Rocket Commander Game
- Handling Post-Screen Shaders
- Implementing Post-Screen Shaders
- More Post-Screen Shaders
- Rocket Commander Game
- Challenge: Write an Edge Detection Shader
- Summary
- Part III: Improving Your Game Engine
- Chapter 9: Adding Sound with XACT
- No DirectSound
- Using XACT
- Sound Class
- Challenge: Create Your XACT Project
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Player Input and the User Interface
- Input Class
- Game Screens
- Cameras
- Space Camera
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