2D Games with Windows and Windows Phone Step by Step
Published on 22. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-7356-7718-0 (ISBN)
Description
Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to building 2D games for Windows(R) 8 and Windows Phone 8 Teach yourself how to build interactive 2D game apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 using the Microsoft(R) XNA framework - one step at a time. Ideal for developers, game enthusiasts, and hobbyists with intermediate C# programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for creating apps that can be used on several devices - including Windows Phone, tablets, slates, and desktop computers. Discover how to: Build 2D interactive games using XNA tools Explore the basic architecture of a 2D game engine Program XNA games for Windows Mobile devices Create games that use Windows Phone sensors Prepare your game for the Windows Store
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Language
English
Place of publication
Redmond
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 187 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7356-7718-0 (9780735677180)
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Persons
Kelvin Sung is a professor and Associate Director for Graduate Studies in Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington, Bothell, who formerly worked at Alias/Wavefront as a primary software architect. Jebediah Pavleas is a student at the University of Washington working on a BS degree in computer science. He works with C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, Flash, ActionScript, HTML, and is interested in working as a game programmer, focusing on accessibility.