Learning XNA 3.0

Table of Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 15
How This Book Is Organized......Page 16
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 18
We’d Like to Hear from You......Page 19
Acknowledgments......Page 20
System Requirements......Page 23
Installation......Page 24
Creating Your First XNA Application......Page 26
What You Just Did......Page 27
Summary......Page 28
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 29
A Look Behind the Scenes......Page 30
Game Development Versus Polling......Page 33
Modifying Your Game......Page 36
Adding a Sprite to Your Project......Page 37
Loading and Drawing Your Sprite......Page 40
Transparency and Other Options......Page 43
Layer Depth......Page 47
Let’s Move......Page 50
Animation......Page 52
Adjusting the Framerate......Page 57
Adjusting the Animation Speed......Page 58
Summary......Page 60
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 61
More Sprites......Page 62
Keyboard Input......Page 65
Mouse Input......Page 67
Gamepad Input......Page 69
Collision Detection......Page 72
What You Just Did......Page 77
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 78
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 79
Designing Your Classes......Page 80
Creating a Sprite Class......Page 81
Creating a User-Controlled Sprite Class......Page 85
Creating an Automated Sprite......Page 87
Game Components......Page 89
Coding the SpriteManager......Page 91
Cleaning Up......Page 93
Summary......Page 96
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 97
Sound Effects and Audio......Page 98
Using XACT......Page 99
Implementing XACT Audio Files in Code......Page 105
Using the Simplified API for Sound and Audio......Page 107
Adding More Sound to Your Game......Page 108
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 113
Basic Artificial Intelligence......Page 114
Creating Sprites at Random Intervals......Page 115
Randomly Spawning Sprites......Page 117
Irrelevant Objects......Page 121
Creating a Chasing Sprite......Page 123
Creating an Evading Sprite......Page 129
What You Just Did......Page 134
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 135
Putting It All Together......Page 136
Drawing 2D Text......Page 137
Randomly Generating Different Sprite Types......Page 143
Adding Some Variety to Your Sprites......Page 145
Adding a Background Image......Page 150
Game Scoring......Page 152
Game States......Page 159
Enabling/Disabling GameComponents......Page 163
Game-Over Logic and the Game-Over Screen......Page 165
Fine-Tuning Gameplay......Page 172
Creating Power-Ups......Page 176
Summary......Page 181
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 182
Setting Up Your Zune Device Connection......Page 183
Creating a Zune Project......Page 185
Input on the Zune......Page 187
Audio on the Zune......Page 189
Resolution and Gameplay Issues......Page 191
Converting the Collision Game from Windows to Zune......Page 192
Conditional Compilation Symbols......Page 193
Converting the Collision Game Audio......Page 195
Converting the Collision Game’s Player Input Code......Page 197
Converting the Collision Game’s Screen Size......Page 200
Zune Performance......Page 201
What You Just Did......Page 202
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 203
Coordinate Systems......Page 204
Cameras......Page 206
Creating a 3D Camera......Page 208
Drawing Primitives......Page 211
Movement and Rotation......Page 216
Backface Culling......Page 219
More on Rotations......Page 220
Even More Rotations......Page 222
Primitive Types......Page 224
Applying Textures......Page 226
Summary......Page 231
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 232
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 233
Using 3D Models......Page 234
Setting Up the Project......Page 235
Adding a Model to Your Project......Page 238
Drawing a Model Using a BasicModel Class......Page 239
Adding a Model Manager......Page 243
Rotating Your Model......Page 246
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 248
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 249
Components of a Moving 3D Camera......Page 250
Moving in a First-Person Camera......Page 254
Rotations in a First-Person Camera......Page 257
Rotating a Camera in a Yaw......Page 259
Rotating a Camera in a Roll......Page 260
Rotating a Camera in a Pitch......Page 261
Coding the Camera for the 3D Game......Page 262
Summary......Page 266
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 267
Creating a Moving Enemy......Page 268
Adding Some Game Logic......Page 270
Firing Shots......Page 279
3D Collision Detection and Bounding Spheres......Page 283
Adding a Crosshair......Page 287
Adding Sound......Page 288
Summary......Page 295
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 296
HLSL Basics......Page 297
HLSL Syntax......Page 299
Dissecting a Sample HLSL Effect File......Page 300
Applying an HLSL Effect in C#......Page 309
Applying HLSL Using Textures......Page 317
HLSL Effects: Creating a Negative......Page 325
HLSL Effects: Grayscale......Page 326
What You Just Did......Page 328
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 329
Creating a Custom Vertex......Page 330
Creating a Particle Engine......Page 334
Adding a Particle Effect File......Page 342
Adding Your Particle Engine to Your Game......Page 344
Adding a Starfield......Page 347
What You Just Did......Page 352
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 353
Adding a Splash Screen Game Component......Page 354
Keeping Score......Page 364
Adding a Power-Up......Page 369
What You Just Did......Page 374
Test Your Knowledge: Exercise......Page 375
Adding an Xbox 360 Device......Page 376
Converting a Project to Run on the Xbox 360......Page 380
Supporting Gamepad Input......Page 383
Deploying to the Xbox 360......Page 389
Xbox 360 Display Settings......Page 391
The Title Safe Region......Page 392
Summary......Page 394
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 395
Split-Screen Functionality......Page 396
Network Game Development......Page 406
Network Configurations......Page 407
Writing an XNA Network Game......Page 409
Modifying the UserControlledSprite Class......Page 410
Coding Your Game1 Class......Page 413
Adding Update Code......Page 416
Updating While in the SignIn Game State......Page 417
Updating While in the FindSession Game State......Page 418
Updating While in the Start Game State......Page 422
When the local player starts the game......Page 423
When the remote player starts the game......Page 424
Updating While in the InGame Game State......Page 430
Adding Draw Code......Page 432
Adding Biohazard Bombs of Insanity!......Page 437
What You Just Did......Page 444
Summary......Page 445
Test Your Knowledge: Quiz......Page 446
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