[AccessD] XNA game development

LOL.  Are you ridiculing my inner child?

I spend hours doing serious stuff every day.  My inner child needs a break sometimes.

;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Max Wanadoo wrote:
> When you have mastered that and feel the need to move on to something more
> mature and serious, you might want to try this...
> 
> 
> http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic
> 
> max
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: 23 November 2009 13:58
> To: VBA; Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] XNA game development
> 
> Have you ever wanted to write your own little windows game.  Microsoft
> provides a free game 
> development framework called XNA.  It runs in C# express and everything is
> free free free.
> 
> It is designed to get you writing games for the XBox BUT... it can write
> games for Windows as well, 
> and in fact they are apparently interchangeable, once written they can be
> played on the XBox (but 
> not for free).
> 
> The best part is that they have a very basic cannon / flying saucer demo
> game with videos for how to 
> develop this game, all of the source code, sprites etc.  I have stepped
> through the first few 
> chapters and it really does start at ground zero.  They claim you don't even
> need to know C# to 
> follow the tutorial.
> 
> As we all know, writing a project that holds your interest is the best way
> to get involved and learn 
> a language.  If writing a game is your interest, this might be just the
> ticket to getting into C#.
> 
> http://creators.xna.com/en-US/education/gettingstarted/bg2d/chapter1
>