Time for action – setting up the Flood Control project
Open Visual Studio Express Edition (if it is already open, select Close Solution from the File menu so that you are starting with an empty slate).
In the Visual Studio window, open the File menu and select New Project....
Under Project Type, make sure XNA Game Studio 4.0 is selected.
Under Templates, select Windows Game (4.0).
Name the project
Flood Control.Click on OK.
Right-click on Flood ControlContent (Content) in the Solution Explorer window and select Add | New Folder. Name the folder
Textures.Add another folder under Flood ControlContent (Content) and name the folder
Fonts.Download the
2403_02_GRAPHICPACK.zipfile from the book's companion website, and extract the files to a temporary folder.Back in Visual Studio, right-click on Textures in the Content project and click on Add | Existing Item. Browse to the folder where you extracted the
2403_02_GRAPHICPACKfiles and highlight all of them. Click on Add to add them to your project.
