Time for action – creating the Asteroid Belt Assault project

1. Visit http://www.PacktPub.com and download the 0669_04_GRAPHICPACK.ZIP file. Extract the file to a temporary location.

2. Open Visual Studio Express Edition and create a new XNA 4.0 Windows Game project called Asteroid Belt Assault.

3. In the Asteroid Belt AssaultContent project, right-click on the project name, select Add | New Folder and add a folder called Textures. Add another folder called Fonts.

4. Right-click on Textures and add the SpriteSheet.png and TitleScreen.png files from the graphics pack to the project.

5. Add declarations to the Game1 class for game states and textures:

   enum GameStates { TitleScreen, Playing, PlayerDead, GameOver};
   GameStates gameState = GameStates.TitleScreen;
   Texture2D titleScreen;
   Texture2D spriteSheet;

6. Update the LoadContent() method to load the sprite sheet:

   titleScreen = Content.Load<Texture2D>(@"Textures\TitleScreen");
   spriteSheet = Content.Load<Texture2D>(@"Textures\spriteSheet");

7. Add a basic structure...