Introduction to 2D Game Programming with XNA

Pluralsight

Course Summary

Learn how to create a basic 2D game using XNA.

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Course Description

Game programming doesn't have to be difficult. If you've wanted to learn how to program simple games for Xbox, Windows or Windows Phone 7, but have been intimidated by the complexity, this course is for you! This course walks you through using the Microsoft XNA framework to build a simple 2D space shooting game, exploring numerous game programming concepts along the way. Topics explored include: creating and using 2D graphics, accepting input from keyboards, mice, game controllers and touch screens, working with sounds and animation and much more. The course concludes by demonstrating how to deploy the game to a real Xbox 360 console and various application marketplaces.

Course Description

Game programming doesn't have to be difficult. If you've wanted to learn how to program simple games for Xbox, Windows or Windows Phone 7, but have been intimidated by the complexity, this course is for you! This course walks you through using the Microsoft XNA framework to build a simple 2D space shooting game, exploring numerous game programming concepts along the way. Topics explored include: creating and using 2D graphics, accepting input from keyboards, mice, game controllers and touch screens, working with sounds and animation and much more. The course concludes by demonstrating how to deploy the game to a real Xbox 360 console and various application marketplaces.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction to XNA
- 19m 21s

—Introduction 0m 22s
—What is XNA? 1m 45s
—History 1m 1s
—Supported Platforms 1m 44s
—Distribution 1m 52s
—Architecture 2m 52s
—Installing XNA 1m 44s
—Creating a Project 1m 53s
—Project Structure 1m 55s
—The Game File 2m 45s
—Game Flow 0m 51s
—Summary 0m 37s

2D Graphics
- 36m 7s

—Introduction 0m 33s
—A Simple Shooter Game 0m 57s
—Coordinates and Rectangles 3m 27s
—Creating the Graphics 2m 9s
—Drawing the Graphics 7m 44s
—The Content Pipeline 2m 8s
—Sprites 1m 38s
—Creating a Sprite Class 6m 30s
—Font Basics 2m 41s
—Drawing the Score 7m 51s
—Summary 0m 29s

Input
- 51m 37s

—Introduction 0m 28s
—Input Types 3m 22s
—Moving the Ship 3m 40s
—Keyboard Input 5m 46s
—Refactoring Velocity 6m 55s
—Adding The Ship Class 3m 31s
—Mouse Input 0m 55s
—Adding Mouse Support 3m 42s
—Controller Input 1m 30s
—Adding Controller Support 5m 7s
—Refactoring Keyboard 1m 21s
—Touch Input 1m 43s
—Running on WP7 3m 54s
—Adding Touch Support 8m 49s
—Summary 0m 54s

Collisions
- 1h 18m

—Introduction 0m 48s
—Boundaries 1m 14s
—Creating Boundaries 3m 49s
—Enforcing the Boundary 5m 5s
—Collision Detection Basics 3m 5s
—Making an Enemy 0m 59s
—Creating the Enemy Manager 6m 2s
—Drawing the Enemy 1m 3s
—Moving the Enemy 6m 48s
—Enemy Clean Up 2m 16s
—Firing Shots 0m 58s
—Creating the Shot Manager 6m 36s
—Drawing the Shots 4m 40s
—Cleaning up Shots 3m 24s
—Killing the Player 0m 47s
—Creating the Collision Manager 6m 38s
—Player Shooting 0m 45s
—Creating Player Shots 8m 12s
—Fixing Shot Firing 3m 40s
—Adding Touch Firing 4m 29s
—Killing Enemies 6m 38s
—Summary 0m 40s

Animations
- 42m 44s

—Introduction 0m 28s
—Animation Basics 1m 55s
—Creating a Sprite Sheet 2m 51s
—Adding Animations 0m 48s
—Creating an Animation Constructor 3m 0s
—Updating the Animations 2m 49s
—Drawing the Animations 5m 15s
—Animating the Ship 1m 54s
—More Animations 1m 0s
—Explosions! 1m 11s
—Creating the Explosion Manager 3m 13s
—Using the Explosion Manager 6m 38s
—Updating Explosions 3m 13s
—Drawing the Explosion 2m 31s
—Handling Dead Shots 2m 27s
—Exploding the Player 1m 21s
—Clean Up 1m 11s
—Summary 0m 59s

Sounds
- 15m 54s

—Introduction 0m 28s
—Sound Basics 2m 21s
—Getting Sounds 1m 53s
—The Sound Manager 0m 48s
—Adding the Sounds 1m 44s
—Creating the Sound Manager 3m 29s
—Adding Background Music 2m 5s
—Adding Sound Effects 1m 48s
—Summary 1m 18s

Finishing
- 57m 29s

—Introduction 1m 2s
—Title Screen 0m 36s
—Drawing the Title Screen 1m 17s
—Implementing the Title Screen 4m 44s
—Game States 2m 39s
—Refactoring to State 8m 42s
—Pause and Game Over Screens 1m 10s
—Adding Pause State 7m 0s
—Fixing Pause 3m 21s
—Implementing Game Over 7m 49s
—Adding Lives 1m 0s
—Refactoring to Status Manager 6m 4s
—Implementing Lives 9m 37s
—Going Further 1m 11s
—Summary 1m 17s

Publishing
- 21m 10s

—Introduction 0m 57s
—Publishing Options 2m 14s
—Registering 1m 50s
—Windows Publishing Steps 0m 40s
—Windows Publishing 2m 29s
—Xbox Deploy Steps 2m 31s
—Connecting to the Xbox 1m 9s
—Deploying to the Xbox 1m 6s
—Running on an Xbox 1m 8s
—Fixing Issues 3m 8s
—Running on an Xbox Again 0m 28s
—WP7 Publishing Steps 1m 1s
—WP7 Publishing 1m 8s
—Summary 1m 21s