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Microsoft XNA 4.0
Game Development
Cookbook
Over 35 intermediate-advanced recipes for taking
your XNA development arsenal further

Luke Drumm

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI


Microsoft XNA 4.0 Game Development
Cookbook
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First published: June 2012

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Author
Luke Drumm
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About the Author
Luke Drumm is an experienced software developer and consultant who wrote his first

computer game at age 10, and has been enthusiastically exploring the world of game
development ever since. With the first public release of XNA in 2006, Luke quickly latched onto
the technology and began creating and talking about how to create games within XNA at every
possible opportunity. This culminated in his regular presence at conferences, game camps, and
user groups, and in his becoming a recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award, for XNA and DirectX,
for at least four successive years. Luke lives in Sydney, Australia, with his amazing, patient, and
supportive wife Cheryl, and two dogs, who may or may not rule the roost.


XNA 4.0 Game Development

by Example: Beginner's
Guide – Visual Basic Edition
ISBN: 978-1-84969-240-3

Paperback: 424 pages

Create your own exciting games with Visual Basic and
Microsoft XNA 4.0
1. Visual Basic edition of Kurt Jaegers' XNA 4.0
Game Development by Example. The first book
to target Visual Basic developers who want to
develop games with the XNA framework
2. Dive headfirst into game creation with Visual Basic
and the XNA Framework
3. Focuses entirely on developing games with the
free version of XNA

3D Graphics with XNA Game
Studio 4.0
ISBN: 978-1-84969-004-1

Paperback: 292 pages

Create attractive 3D graphics and visuals in your XNA
games
1. Improve the appearance of your games by
implementing the same techniques used by
professionals in the game industry
2. Learn the fundamentals of 3D graphics, including
common 3D math and the graphics pipeline

3. Create an extensible system to draw 3D models
and other effects, and learn the skills to create
your own effects and animate them

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