Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development

Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development is written by James Silva, who recently won the prestigious Microsoft Dream Build Play game competition with his awardwinning game, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai.

Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development is an indepth and exclusive look into the entire XNA game development process and includes the creation of a software game masterpiece. James Silva guides you through the process he took to build his awardwinning title, from concept to reality. He reveals tips and techniques for creating a polished, highquality game with very few resources, while bridging the gap between coding and art.

This title shows software developers the following:

• The creation of a polished game from start to finish
• Design philosophies
• Nextgen 2D graphics, including shaders
• Techniques for fast, fluid game play
• XACT Audio and XInput
• Eyecatching particle effects for visual stimulation

The book is packed full of code, pictures, and valuable insights into XNA game development.

• If you are brand new to XNA, youll see basic concepts of game development through simple exercises.
• Youll be able to follow along and see the steps taken to recreate the game that won the Microsoft Dream Build Play competition.
• Youll learn and enhance artistic skills and artistic design capabilities.
• Youll learn how to build software games that focus on the same artistic design, game play, and game flow/logic that are also found in commercial games.
• Youll become more exposed to the exciting world of software games.

For anyone who has working knowledge of C# and .NET programming and either loves to build software games or is interested in seeing how to create an awardwinning game.