Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide

Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee

475 pages, parution le 01/08/2007

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Bring your gaming visions to life with Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express

Create complete 3D games using Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express and this hands-on guide. Written by experienced game developers, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide details the fundamentals of great game programming and offers detailed examples.

Inside, you'll learn to program a game engine, write shader code, create and animate 3D models, and add fluid motion and special effects. You'll also find out how to launch ballistics, add realistic scenery and terrain, and integrate lighting and textures. Step-by-step tutorials on underlying C# code and explanations of vector and matrix techniques are included.

Build and dynamically update XNA game windows and custom 3D objects
Learn scintillating animation techniques
Create lifelike skyboxes, textures, lighting, and shading effects
Program shaders using high-level shader language
Develop single- and multi-player games
Generate and code terrain with height detection
Construct impressive graphics using sprites, multi-texturing, and blending
Integrate audio, game dashboards, and score tracking
Develop realistic collision detection, ballistics, and particle effects
HaHHhhndle keyboard, mouse, and game controller input
Create static *.fbx and animated Quake 2 models and control them in code

L'auteur - Stephen Cawood

Stephen Cawood is a former employee of Microsoft Corporation. Although he worked as a Program Manager for the Office Server Group, he was also a member of the Halo 2 Beta testing team. While working for the Content Management Server (MCMS) team, Stephen coauthored a book about MCMS and contributed to a book about .Net servers. Since leaving Microsoft, Stephen has been writing full-time. In the past year, he has worked on a number of titles including The Unauthorized Halo 2 Battle Guide, Halo 2 Hacks (O'Reilly), and The Black Art of Halo Mods.

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Set up an XNA Development Environment
Developer Basics
Introduction to XNA Graphics Programming
Shaders
Animation Introduction
Character Movement
Timers
Texturing Your Game World
Adding Skies and Horizons to your Levels
Index Buffers
Combining Images for Better Visual Effects
Score Tracking and Game Statistics
3D Models
Vectors
Matrices
Building a Graphics Engine Camera
Collision Detection
Particle Effects
Keyframe Animations
Lighting
Input Devices
Content Pipeline Processors
Animated Models
Adding Audio to Your Game
Terrain with Height Detection
Multiplayer Gaming

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee
Parution	01/08/2007
Nb. de pages	475
Format	18,5 x 22,6
Couverture	Broché
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780071490719
ISBN13	978-0-07-149071-9