Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development

Description

Creating fun, sophisticated games for Windows devices large or small has never been easier! With masses of example code and fully working games for you to download and run straight away Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development is your ideal first step into modern games development. This book gives you everything you need to realize your dreams and produce fantastic games that will run on all Windows 8 devices from desktops to tablets to phones. You can code once and run everywhere. The ubiquity of Windows 8 devices makes this opportunity to good to miss! The Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms have huge potential for gaming. New form-factors - such as the Surface tablet - coupled with improved processors and higher screen resolutions combine to make Windows 8 the best Windows version yet for independent games development. It's never been easier to create a fantastic game, package it up and deploy it straight to the Windows Store with its audience of millions. This book will show you how. Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development Contents at a Glance Contents About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Started Chapter 2: Getting Started with MonoGame Chapter 3: Creating a Game Framework Chapter 4: User Input Chapter 5: Sounding Out with Game Audio Chapter 6: Drawing with Vertices and Matrices Chapter 7: The World of 3-D Graphics Chapter 8: Further 3-D Features and Techniques Chapter 9: Enhancing Your Game Chapter 10: Application Management Chapter 11: Getting Started with XAML Chapter 12: XAML Controls and Pages Chapter 13: Mixing XAML and MonoGame Chapter 14: Distributing Your Game Index