Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0: Design and Build Your Own Games for Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7, or Your PC (Learn Programming Now!)
<DIV><p>Now you can build your own games for your Xbox 360®, Windows® Phone 7, or Windows-based PC—as you learn the underlying concepts for computer programming. Use this hands-on guide to dive straight into your first project—adding new tools and tricks to your arsenal as you go. No experience required!<br><br></p><ul><li>Learn XNA and C# fundamentals—and increase the challenge with each chapter </li><li>Write code to create and control game behavior </li><li>Build your game’s display—from graphics and text to lighting and 3-D effects </li><li>Capture and cue sounds </li><li>Process input from keyboards and gamepads </li><li>Create features for one or multiple players </li><li>Tweak existing games—and invent totally new ones </li></ul></div>