Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator’s Guide- P1 doc

[...]... download the free XNA Game Studio Connect application To use the XNA Game Studio Connect utility, navigate to the Games blade on your Xbox 360, and then to the Demos and More section Once there, select XNA Game Studio Connect and press A to launch the application Next, press A to start the XNA Game Studio Connect When you have the launcher running, you will see three options: My XNA Games, Connect to... Options | XNA Game Studio and Xbox 360 Console), your PC can deploy XNA projects to your Xbox 360 4 From the XNA Game Studio Connect options, choose Connect to Computer You must have the Xbox waiting in this mode before you try to debug or deploy from GS That’s it! Now you will be able to develop XNA games for the Windows platform or the Xbox 360 Deploying a Game to Your Zune With the recent XNA 3.0...x MICROSOFT XNA GAME Editing Your Code, STUDIO CREATOR’S GUIDE 12 Adding and Removing Code Files to and from the Project, Compiling and Running Game Studio Projects, Saving the Game Studio Project, 13 Deploying an Xbox 360 Game Project, 12 12 14 Debugging, 15 Error List, Errors, 15 15 Warnings, 16 Pausing the Program... have downloaded the XNA Game Studio Connect application 3 Set Up an XNA Development Environment C H A P T E R 4 MICROSOFT XNA GAME STUDIO CREATOR’S GUIDE 2 Ensure that you have Visual C# Express Edition (or Visual Studio) and GS installed on your development PC 3 The Connect to Computer option is disabled the first time you run XNA Game Studio Connect To enable it, you must go to Settings and select Generate... opportunity for you to sell your games at the LIVE Community Games marketplace XNA Game Studio (GS) is the integrated development environment (IDE) for XNA It is an add-on for Visual C# Express Edition or Visual Studio Although some people prefer to use the full version of Visual Studio, Visual C# Express is free Based on this, it is possible to develop Windows XNA games without any cost—aside from... or independent game developer to gain access to a decent development kit for a major console platform With the release of XNA Game Studio, the ground rules changed Suddenly, anyone with a PC that has a decent graphics card can use the XNA platform to develop games not only for Windows, but also for the Xbox 360 The XNA platform has continued to evolve, and with the release of XNA 3.0, XNA developers... Exercises, 3 19 Behind the Game Window Creating the XNA Game Foundation, 22 Initializing the Game Application, GraphicsDeviceManager, SpriteBatch, 23 24 24 ContentManager, Initialize(), 21 24 25 LoadContent(), 25 Drawing and Updating the Game Application, Draw(), Update(), 26 Closing the Game Application, 26 Basic XNA Game Window Example, Chapter 3 Review Exercise, 4 25 26 26 28 2D Games 31 The Two-Dimensional... PC, Xbox 360, and Zune 2 1 Install the Software Before you can develop any games with XNA, you will need to download some free software from Microsoft. com You will need to install Visual C# Express or Visual Studio with C# and then XNA Game Studio After you have installed the required software, you will be able to develop XNA games for Windows or the Zune However, if you want to develop for the Xbox... now deploy your XNA games to a Microsoft Zune device Although the Zune does not support 3D graphics, you can still write your own games and play them on the small screen The process of deploying games to the Zune is remarkably straightforward Once you have installed XNA GS, you simply need to plug in your Zune, add it as a recognized device, and then create an XNA game with the Zune game template To... Tools | XNA Game Studio Device Center Set your Zune as the default 5 Use the Deploy to Zune option to send your game to the device 6 Play your Zune game! 1 Here are some points to remember when creating a Zune game: The Zune currently only plays 2D games Screen resolution on all Zunes is 240× 320 pixels Game size should be restricted to a maximum of 2GB Be wary of memory limitations when developing games . 10 Creating a Zune Game Project, 11 MICROSOFT XNA GAME STUDIO CREATOR’S GUIDE x Editing Your Code, 12 Adding and Removing Code Files to and from the Project, 12 Compiling and Running Game Studio Projects,. to Your Game 459 28 Multiplayer Gaming 491 29 Networking 505 Index 527 MICROSOFT XNA GAME STUDIO CREATOR’S GUIDE viii ix ix Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, xix INTRODUCTION, xxi 1 Set Up an XNA Development. Your Games with LIVE Community Games, 5 Download the Examples for This Book, 5 XNA and Your PC Video Card, 6 2 Developer Basics 7 Managing the Code Project, 8 Opening Microsoft XNA Game Studio,