Windows Phone XNA Cookbook Over 70 recipes for making your own Windows Phone game Zheng Yang BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Windows Phone XNA Cookbook Copyright © 2012 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information First published: February 2012 Production Reference: 1090212 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK ISBN 978-1-84969-120-8 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by John M Quick (john.m.quick@gmail.com) Credits Author Zheng Yang Reviewers Ioannis Panagopoulos Project Coordinator Leena Purkait Proofreader Bernadette Watkins Elbert Perez Gareth Williams Acquisition Editor Steven Wilding Lead Technical Editor Chris Rodrigues Technical Editors Joyslita D'Souza Arun Nadar Azharuddin Sheikh Copy Editor Laxmi Subramanian Indexer Monica Ajmera Mehta Graphics Manu Joseph Valentina D'Silva Production Coordinator Melwyn D'sa Cover Work Melwyn D'sa About the Author Zheng Yang is a hands-on Technical Leader with five years combined professional experience providing core development engineering for global Microsoft Consumer-Facing Applications and as an independent Game Developer He is a dynamic, results-oriented developer with a proven history of providing innovative solutions to complex technical problems When he was a student, he achieved recognition from Microsoft Research Asia and Microsoft Imagine Cup Team Zheng Yang has advanced technical knowledge of key development technologies including C#, the NET framework, C++, Visual Studio, DirectX, and SQL Server He has solid expertise across the full life cycles of both Software Development and Game Production XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide ISBN: 978-1-84969-066-9 Paperback: 428 pages Create exciting games with Microsoft XNA 4.0 Dive headfirst into game creation with XNA Four different styles of games comprising a puzzler, a space shooter, a multi-axis shoot 'em up, and a jump-and-run platformer Games that gradually increase in complexity to cover a wide variety of game development techniques Focuses entirely on developing games with the free version of XNA Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook ISBN: 978-1-84969-122-2 Paperback: 224 pages Over 30 recipes for storing, managing, and manipulating data in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango applications Simple data binding recipes to advanced recipes for building scalable applications Techniques for managing application data in Windows Phone mango apps On-device data storage, cloud storage and API interaction Please check www.PacktPub.com for information on our titles .. .Windows Phone XNA Cookbook Over 70 recipes for making your own Windows Phone game Zheng Yang BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Windows Phone XNA Cookbook Copyright © 2012 Packt Publishing... free version of XNA Windows Phone 7. 5 Data Cookbook ISBN: 978 -1-84969-122-2 Paperback: 224 pages Over 30 recipes for storing, managing, and manipulating data in Windows Phone 7. 5 Mango applications... Production XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example: Beginner''s Guide ISBN: 978 -1-84969-066-9 Paperback: 428 pages Create exciting games with Microsoft XNA 4.0 Dive headfirst into game creation with XNA