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Building your First Mobile Game using XNA 4.0

You're reading from Building your First Mobile Game using XNA 4.0 A fast-paced, hands-on guide to building a 3D game for the Windows Phone 7 platform using XNA 4.0

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849687744

Length 158 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Microsoft XNA

Concepts

Mobile Game Development

Authors (2):

Thomas Goussaert

Brecht Kets

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Building your First Mobile Game using XNA 4.0

Credits

About the Authors

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Getting Started

2. 2D Graphics FREE CHAPTER

3. 3D Graphics

4. Input

5. Sound

6. Building a Basic Framework

7. Building a Game

8. Releasing our game

Index

3D coordinate system

Just like working in 2D, working in 3D means using a certain axis system. Unlike 2D, the coordinate system doesn't originate at the top left corner. But because we will be using a camera to view our scene, the origin doesn't matter that much.

If we hold the phone in landscape mode, the x axis is on the horizontal plane, the y axis on the vertical plane, and the z axis goes through the screen. This is known as a right-handed axis system.

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Authors (2)

Thomas Goussaert

Thomas Goussaert

Thomas Goussaert graduated in Digital Arts And Entertainment (DAE), from Howest University. With a wide range of skills acquired by his studies, he explored the world of programming and game development. Thomas is always curious and eager to learn new things; always feeding his passion for programming. Now he's a lecturer at Howest University, where he teaches game development in one of the leading international game development study programs, Digital Arts and Entertainment (www.digitalartsandentertainment.com). It's nice to have a passion for programming, but it's even better to share it with the world! Thomas has also co-authored the video series XNA 3D Game Development By Example, Packt Publishing

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Brecht Kets

Brecht Kets

Brecht Kets is a Senior Lecturer at Howest University in Belgium, where he teaches game development in one of the leading international game development study programs, Digital Arts and Entertainment (www.digitalartsandentertainment.com). He's been actively involved in game development for several years, and has been writing about XNA since the launch in December 2006. He hosts the website www.3dgameprogramming.net and has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the category DirectX/XNA five times in a row for his contributions in the community. Brecht has also co-authored the video series XNA 3D Game Development By Example, Packt Publishing.

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