Dr. Frank McCown
Science 207
MW 3:00 - 4:15
Spring 2015

Class Links

• Syllabus
• A Plea for Integrity
• Easel
• Piazza

Video Games Background

• Video Game Wikipedia article
• History of Gaming (PBS)
• History of Video Games Wikipedia article
• The History of Video Games (Video: Discovery Channel)
• Video Game Genres (slides)

C#

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

XNA

• Download XNA Game Studio 4.0
• XNA Game Studio 4.0 (Code samples, tutorials)
• Spacewar code sample

XNA Tutorials

• McCown's XNA Pong Tutorial
• Riemer's XNA Tutorials
• XNA Development Tutorials
• MSDN App Hub

Physics Engines for XNA

• Discussion of physics engines for XNA
• Farseer Physics Engine (2D)
• JigLibX (3D)
• Oops! Framework (3D)
• Digital Rune (3D, free non-commercial license for students)

Other links

• Game Maker

Learning XNA 4.0



Introduction to Game Development, 2nd Edition