Designing Xbox 360 And Windows Games Using The XNA Framework
Jean-Luc David Developer Advisor Microsoft Canada jeanlucd@microsoft.com
Creating Communities
Microsoft and Community XNA Games
Tools • Install Visual C# Express • Install XNA Game Studio Express • Install Graphics Tools
How do I create an XNA game?
Know how • C# Fundamentals • Math (Matrices, Transformations) • DirectX (Shaders, Shadows, Textures) • XNA Tutorials: http://www.riemers.com http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/videos
XNA Game Studio Professional (available Summer ‘07) • Cross-platform tools for XBLA and MSN • Excellent rapid prototyping tool for all games • Full access to Xbox Live managed APIs • Integration into VS professional tools • Commercial games support on Xbox 360 with Publishing Agreement
XNA Game Studio Express • New easier to use tools for Hobbyists, Academics and Small, Indie game developers • No additional hardware necessary - works with retail Xbox 360 consoles • For personal, non-commercial game development on Xbox 360 and Windows
Using the XNA Game Launcher
http://creators.xna.com
XNA GameU Endorsements
Call to Action!
Get Ready! Download XNA Game Studio Express today at http://msdn.com/xna Get Set! Play with and start designing your game Get active in the XNA Creator Community Forums http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn XNA Developer Center http://msdn.com/xna Create your own games! Write games for both Windows and the Xbox! Join the XNA Creators Club on Xbox 360
Contact Microsoft and Show Us Your Games!
Show Microsoft your games (or your work in progress) Contact Microsoft Advisors through our blog http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/ Contact Microsoft advisors (ie "me") by email jeanlucd@microsoft.com Appear as a guest on our MSDN blog! Tell us your story and experiences
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