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  title info:
    title: Microsoft® XNA™ Unleashed
    sub title: Graphics and Game Programming for Xbox 360 and Windows
  name:
    name part: Carter, Chad
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2007
    edition: 1st edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (552 pages)
  abstract: 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 objects. In addition to providing coverage of 2D programming, the author shows you how to create sophisticated 3D games. All the important topics such as physics, artificial intelligence, and special effects are covered in detail. Chad Carter is the CTO at Robertson Marketing Group. Many Fortune 500 companies use the ecommerce system he architected and developed from the ground up for the promotional business sector. He has been creating DirectX applications since 1996 and has developed games using Managed DirectX. Chad created a 3D locomotive simulator for Norfolk Southern that is used to teach children to obey railroad crossings signals. Chad's website devoted to the XNA Framework can be found at www.xnaessentials.com. Learn how to install and use XNA Game Studio Express Discover how to build, deploy, and debug games for the Xbox 360 and Windows Examine the XNA Framework in depth: 2D, 3D, sound, input, and HLSL Learn how to create game components and game services Delve into performance tuning techniques Discover how to extend the Content Pipeline Learn how to use the Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT) to add sound and music to games Create a full 2D parallax side-scroller game Discover how to use sprite batches Learn to make the most of sprite fonts Create 2D components such as splash screens and progress bars Examine the different sprite batch blending modes Discover 2D cel animation Examine the High Level Shader Language (HLSL) in detail covering basic HLSL as wel…
  note: Carter, Chad.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Electronic reproduction. Boston, MA : Safari, Available via World Wide Web. 2008.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  identifier: 9780672329647
  identifier: 0672329646
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    record creation date: 110513
    record change date: 20260129230154.5
    record identifier: in00004252070