Windows Phone
XNA Games
i can haz gamez?
Who Am I?
• Bret Stateham
Microsoft Developer Evangelist
Email:
Bret.Stateham@microsoft.com
Blog:
http://BretStateham.com
Twitter:
@BretStateham
What’s Up?
• Quick intro to Phone XNA games
• Make a game
• The goal is to help you see that:
– Game dev is easier than you think
– You can make a game
• The goal is NOT to
– Make a world class game
– Let you sit there and not get involved
Quick Intro to Phone XNA Games
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Need Windows Phone Dev Tools
XNA Game Studio included
New Project Templates in Studio
Typical game solution
– “Game” project
– “Content” project
What is Content?
• The assets your game uses
• Graphics
– Start / End of Game screens
– Game elements (Sprites)
• Fonts (SpriteFonts)
• Sounds
XNA Game Structure
• Main class is
– Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
• Main Methods
– Constructor
– Initialize
– LoadContent
– Update
– Draw
– UnloadContent
Sprites
• Single image
• Image matrix