Microsoft XNA Framework Edition


Bring your game ideas to life—with guidance from a Windows programming legend

Begin creating your own game apps for Windows Phone 7—guided by the consummate teacher, award-winning author Charles Petzold. Focusing on the XNA 2D framework and the C# language, you’ll learn how to extend your existing skills—mastering core concepts and techniques for this new mobile platform. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and inspiration to his instruction—along with a wealth of hands-on examples.

NOTE: This book is the printed, XNA-focused edition of Programming Windows Phone 7, which is available as a free eBook from the Microsoft Download Center. A Microsoft Silverlight®-focused edition is also available for sale in print (ISBN 978-0-7356-5667-3). The Microsoft eBook covers both XNA and Silverlight in one volume.

Discover how to:

  • Develop high-performance XNA 2D games
  • Create and animate text and sprites
  • Capture and embed bitmaps, balancing performance issues
  • Support multi-touch input—including tap, drag, flick, and pinch
  • Manipulate bitmaps at the pixel level
  • Apply dynamic textures
  • Work with transforms
  • Put components together for touch-and-play and tilt-and-play games
  • Test-drive your game on Windows Phone Emulator

Get code samples on the Web: For system requirements, see the Introduction.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press (December 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 073565669X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735656697
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