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XNA 4 3D Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide

You're reading from XNA 4 3D Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide Create action-packed 3D games with the Microsoft XNA Framework with this book and ebook.

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2012

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849687089

Length 322 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Microsoft XNA

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

Kurt Jaegers

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

XNA 4 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Introduction to XNA FREE CHAPTER

2. Cube Chaser – A Flat 3D World

3. Cube Chaser – It's A-Mazing!

4. Cube Chaser – Finding Your Way

5. Tank Battles – A War-torn Land

6. Tank Battles – The Big Guns

7. Tank Battles – Shooting Things

8. Tank Battles – Ending the War

9. Mars Runner

10. Mars Runner – Reaching the Finish Line

System requirements

In order to develop games using XNA Game Studio, you will need a computer capable of running both Visual Studio 2010 and the XNA Framework extensions. The general requirements are as follows:

Component	Minimum requirements	Notes
Operating System	Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 (except Starter Edition)	Windows XP is not supported.
Graphics Card	Shader Model 1.1 support DirectX 9.0 support	Microsoft recommends Shader Model 2.0 support as it is required for many of the XNA Starter Kits and code samples. The projects in this book also require Shader Model 2.0 support.
Development Platform	Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 2010 Express	Visual Studio 2010 Express is installed along with the XNA Framework.
Optional
Windows Phone	Windows Phone Development Tools, DirectX 10 or later, compatible video card	The Windows Phone SDK includes a Windows Phone emulator for testing.
Xbox Live	Xbox Live Silver membershipXNA Creator's Club Premium membership	Xbox Live Silver is free. The XNA Creator's Club Premium membership costs $49 for 4 months or $99 for 1 year.

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Authors (1)

Kurt Jaegers

Kurt Jaegers

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.

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