Dr. Frank McCown
Science 207
TR 2:30 - 3:45 pm
Fall 2009

Class links

• Syllabus
• Easel

• History of Gaming (PBS)
• History of Video Games Wikipedia article
• Game Screenshots and Genres

• VB.NET and C# Comparison
• C# Tutorial

• Download XNA Game Studio 3.1
• Spacewar starter kit

• MSDN XNA Tutorials
• Riemer's XNA Tutorials
• XNA Development Tutorials
• COMP 475 XNA Tutorials
• Going Beyond: XNA Game Studio in 3D

• Discussion of physics engines for XNA
• Farseer Physics Engine (2D)
• JigLibX (3D)
• Oops! Framework (3D)
• BEPUphysics (3D)

• Press A to Continue

• Pong
• Super Scooter
• Final Projects

• Game Maker