XNA expert Reimer Grootjans brings together a selection of the hottest quick–start recipes in XNA programming for the Xbox and Windows PC. Advanced XNA programmers, experienced coders new to games development, and even complete beginners will find XNA 2.0 Game Programming Recipes an invaluable companion when building games for fun or as commercial products.

Numerous problem–solving recipes cover topics from cameras and angles, to textures, models, and lighting and shadowing, and will get you over the common hurdles encountered in both 2D and 3D XNA application design. Helpful snippets of the HLSL coding language will enable you to bind your applications together, a skill that is critical to succeeding with XNA but scarcely covered in other XNA books.

What you’ll learn

• A sophisticated approach to XNA
• How to solve specific problems you may encounter when exploring more advanced aspects of XNA
• Expert advice and support from Reimer Grootjans, a respected author of online articles on XNA programming who has followed the growth of XNA closely since its inception

Who is this book for?

XNA programmers who are starting to explore the more advanced aspects of the system and stumbling over common pitfalls