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Author : Chad Carter
Publisher : Sams
ISBN 13 : 9780672329647
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microsoft XNA Unleashed written by Chad Carter and published by Sams. This book was released on 2008 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on using Microsoft XNA to create games for the Xbox 360 and for Microsoft Windows.
Author : Chad Carter
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0768688485
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 Unleashed written by Chad Carter and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using XNA Game Studio 3.0, any programmer can master the art of game development and begin selling games to millions of Xbox 360 users worldwide. Now, there’s a practical, comprehensive guide to game development with Microsoft’s powerful new XNA Game Studio 3.0 and the entire XNA Framework. In Microsoft® XNA® Game Studio 3.0 Unleashed, XNA expert Chad Carter covers the entire XNA platform, presents extensive sample code, and explains that code line by line. Carter walks you through the entire process of game development, including installing XNA, creating objects, handling input, managing and extending the content pipeline, optimizing game performance, and creating both 3D and 2D games. Carter presents sophisticated coverage of using XNA’s high level shader language; creating physical effects; and endowing characters with realistic artificial intelligence. A case study section walks through the entire process of planning and coding a game, improving it, and putting on the finishing touches that make it marketable. This edition contains nine new chapters, including all-new sections on creating networked games, programming games for the Zune handheld, and preparing and submitting games to Xbox LIVE, where accepted titles will reach gamers worldwide. Plan your games to deliver solid performance on the platforms you’ve targeted Understand essential XNA Framework concepts, including object creation, cameras, input handling, libraries, game services, and managing and extending the content pipeline Create a 2D game that will run across 3 platforms (Windows, Xbox 360, and Zune) with a single code base Create a Visualizer media player for the Microsoft Zune Use the High Level Shader Language (HLSL) to communicate directly with graphics hardware Bring realistic physics to your game action and realistic artificial intelligence to your characters Create sophisticated 3D effects that use advanced texturing and a particle system Build networked games, including multiplayer demos, turn-based games, and real-time network games Create 4 full games–2D parallax side scroller, 3D shooter, multiplayer turn-based 2D card game, and a multiplayer real-time 3D game Discover best practices for creating Xbox LIVE Community Games Sell your finished game on Xbox LIVE Marketplace CD-ROM includes: All C# examples and source code presented in this book.
Author : CARTER.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788131751367
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book MICROSOFT XNA GAME STUDIO 3.0 UNLEASHED. written by CARTER. and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carter
Publisher : Pearson Education India
ISBN 13 : 9788131716168
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microsoft Xna" Unleashed: Graphics And Game Programming For Xbox 360 And Windows written by Carter and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microsoft XNA Unleashed written by Carter and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microsoft® XNA"!UNLEASHED Graphics and Game Programming for Xbox 360 and Windows Chad Carter Foreword by Tom Miller Developer, XNA Game Studio Express, Microsoft Corporation Microsoft XNA Unleashed provides comprehensive coverage and solid instruction on how to leverage the XNA Framework to create high quality games for Windows and the Xbox 360. The author shows you how to take full advantage of the many features the XNA Framework provides; you will learn the intricacies of important tasks such as adding sound and music to games, as well as creating, loading, and texturing 3D object.
Author : Daniel Vaughan
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0133383946
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Windows Phone 8 Unleashed written by Daniel Vaughan and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windows® Phone 8 Unleashed is the definitive guide to Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 8 platform for intermediate to advanced developers. Written by Microsoft MVP and leading Windows Phone and WPF innovator Daniel Vaughan, this full-color guide covers everything developers need to rapidly build highly competitive Windows Phone 8 mobile apps. Vaughan teaches through complete sample apps—leveraging the MVVM pattern—illuminating each key concept with fully explained code and real-world context. He presents best practices for building highly functional, maintainable, and attractive mobile interfaces; integrating touch, rich media, and data; testing; profiling; and more. Expanded and updated, Vaughan shares expert insights available in no other book, drawing on his exceptional access to the Windows Phone development team through the elite Microsoft Silverlight and WPF Insiders group. Along the way, he presents exceptionally practical and thorough coverage of many powerful new Windows Phone 8 platform enhancements, including full chapters on voice commands and speech synthesis, incorporating speech-driven experiences, Wallet integration, new Live Tile capabilities, the Nokia Maps control, launching apps via file and protocol associations, and much more. Detailed information on how to… * Get started quickly with Windows Phone XAML development in Visual Studio * Master the Capabilities Model, threading, and the Execution Model * Create attractive mobile interfaces using Windows Phone’s rich set of controls, including the Windows Phone Toolkit * Make the most of the application bar and other interface elements * Enhance user experience with advanced support for touch, gestures, and sensors * Build location-aware apps that use Nokia Maps and location services * Incorporate speech-driven experiences * Quickly internationalize apps for global markets * Leverage Windows Phone 8’s improved camera support * Connect apps to online services via SOAP, REST, and OData * Validate user input on the client side or via WCF services * Use Windows Phone 8’s powerful local database support * Implement background actions, file transfers, and audio playback * Automatically launch your app using file and protocol associations * Unit test to find defects earlier, saving time and money
Author : Luke Drumm
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1849691991
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microsoft XNA 4.0 Game Development Cookbook written by Luke Drumm and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 intermediateto advanced recipes for taking your XNA development arsenal further in this book and e-book.
Author : Mike Snell
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 9780132121026
Total Pages : 1224 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed written by Mike Snell and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This end-to-end deep dive into Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will help working developers squeeze maximum productivity out of Visual Studio 2010’s extraordinarily rich toolbox, whether they are writing code for the Web, Windows, Silverlight, or Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing environment. The authors combine authoritative and detailed information about Microsoft’s latest IDE, with extensive insights and best practices drawn from decades of development experience. Developers will learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 Professional to take full advantage of the entire .NET platform, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) for rich client development, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) for building dynamic service-oriented solutions, and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) for structured programming around business processes. The authors also present extensive new coverage of Microsoft’s powerful new tools for unit testing, application instrumentation, and code analysis. By focusing entirely on Visual Studio 2010 Professional, the authors have gone deeper into Microsoft’s core product than ever before. Throughout, their focus is relentlessly practical: how to apply Microsoft’s tools to build better software, faster. Detailed information on how to... Work with solutions, projects, browsers, explorers, editors, and designers Write better macros, add-ins, and wizards Save more time with Visual Studio 2010’s updated productivity tools Instrument, analyze, and test your software Refactor code for greater robustness, maintainability, and performance Share code with team members and the larger community Write powerful ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and Silverlight web applications Implement robust service oriented architecture (SOA)–based applications Efficiently consume services with WCF Write advanced Windows applications with Windows Forms and WPF Construct data-centric applications with LINQ and Entity Framework Create and host workflow-based applications with WF Write applications for the Azure cloud Extend Visual Studio with the new Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and the Automation Object Model Build better object-oriented VB or C# software, and use new dynamic language features
Author : Adam Nathan
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0133496856
Total Pages : 865 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Download or read book WPF 4.5 Unleashed written by Adam Nathan and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 WPF Book--Now Updated for WPF 4.5! Thorough, authoritative coverage, practical examples, clear writing, and full-color presentation make this one of the most widely acclaimed programming books of the last decade. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the recommended technology for creating modern Windows desktop apps. Whether you want to develop traditional user interfaces or integrate 3D graphics, audio/video, animation, dynamic skinning, touch, rich document support, speech recognition, or more, WPF enables you to do so in a seamless, resolution-independent manner that scales from small tablets to large TVs. WPF 4.5 Unleashed is the authoritative book that covers it all, in a practical and approachable fashion, authored by WPF guru and Microsoft architect Adam Nathan. Covers everything you need to know about Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) Examines the WPF feature areas in incredible depth: controls, layout, resources, data binding, styling, graphics, animation, and more Delves into topics that aren’t covered by most books: 3D, speech, audio/video, documents, effects Shows how to create popular UI elements and leverage built-in controls such as the new Office-style Ribbon Demonstrates how to create sophisticated UI mechanisms, such as Visual Studio-like collapsible/dockable panes Explains how to create first-class custom controls for WPF Demonstrates how to create hybrid WPF software that leverages Windows Forms, DirectX, ActiveX, or other non-WPF technologies Explains how to exploit desktop features, such as Jump Lists and taskbar customizations, and the same toast notifications used by Windows Store apps
Author : Aaron Reed
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9781449302764
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)
Download or read book Learning XNA 4.0 written by Aaron Reed and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7? This hands-on book will get you started with Microsoft's XNA 4.0 development framework right away -- even if you have no experience developing games. Although XNA includes several key concepts that can be difficult for beginning web developers to grasp, Learning XNA 4.0 shortens the learning curve by walking you through the framework in a clear and understandable step-by-step format. Each chapter offers a self-contained lesson with illustrations and annotated examples, along with exercises and review questions to help you test your understanding and practice new skills as you go. Once you've finished this book, you'll know how to develop your own sophisticated games from start to finish. Learn game development from 2D animation to 3D cameras and effects Delve into high-level shader language (HLSL) and introductory artificial intelligence concepts Build three complete, exciting games using 2D, 3D, and multiplayer techniques Develop for and deploy your games to the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7
