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Author:   Chad Carter
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Sams Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.888kg
ISBN:  

9780672329647

ISBN 10:   0672329646
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   09 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I Get Up and Running with XNA on Your PC and Xbox 360 1 Introducing XNA and XNA Game Studio Express 7 2 XNA and the Xbox 360 19 3 Performance Considerations 35 Part II Understanding XNA Basics 4 Creating 3D Objects 59 5 Input Devices and Cameras 85 Part III Content Pipeline 6 Loading and Texturing 3D Objects 113 7 Sound and Music 123 8 Extending the Content Pipeline 153 Part IV 2D in XNA 9 2D Basics 171 10 2D Effects 191 11 Creating a 2D Game 217 Part V High Level Shader Language 12 HLSL Basics 255 13 Advanced HLSL 275 Part VI Physics and Artificial Intelligence 14 Physics Basics 289 15 Finite State Machines and Game State Management 307 16 AI Algorithms 337 Part VII 3D Effects 17 Advanced Texturing Techniques 353 18 Special Effects 379 19 Particle System. 397 Part VIII Putting It Into Practice 20 Creating a 3D Game 433 21 Improving the Game 463 22 Finishing Touches 479 Index 501

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Chad Carter is the CTO at Robertson Marketing Group (RMG). RMG services many Fortune 500 companies that utilize the e-commerce 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 crossing signals. Chad's Web site devoted to the XNA Framework can be found online at www.xnaessentials.com.

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