game development and microsoft xna (part ii)
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Microsoft XNA is a powerful framework for building games on the Xbox 360! Get an introduction to the tools and the benefits in Part I of the presentations. Learn more in-depth details in Part II. http://school.whoischarles.com/files/presentations/game_development_and_xna_part_II/game_development_and_xna_part_II_slide_deck.pptTRANSCRIPT
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Game Development in XNA
Charles BihisMicrosoft Student Partner
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Outline of Presentation
• Game Industry• What is XNA?• Game Trailer• Modding an XNA Game• XNA Resources• Imagine Cup• Resources/Questions
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Why Gaming?
• How many of you…– Play Video Games?– Would like to build a game?– Have built a game?
• What makes video games to fun?– Art– Interactivity– Sound
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So what’s the holdup…?
• Why can’t we just start making games?– Games are Complex and Expensive
10 MillionMillion40 MillionMillion
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Why so Expensive!?
• What does that money buy?
ArtArt CodeCode BizBiz
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Game Development
• Competition is fierce• Most start as Q & A/testers or interns• Many different roles within the Industry
– Designer or Level Designer?– Rigger or Animator?– AI Programmer or Lang-specific Dev?
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Opportunities in Game Dev
• Regularly over 400 Game Industry openings posted on www.gamasutra.com alone
• 2006 Avg. $70k/year• Detailed look at salary
– Programmers– Designers– Art/Animation– Q & A/Testers
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Is this the only way?
• Traditionally there was only one track…
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What if there was something else?
• Who says you have to work for the big boys?
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XNA Game Studio Express
Introducing the Future…
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So what do you need?
Have the Vision
Create the Code
Create the Art
Make it Fun
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A sample of what XNA offers..
• http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?type=wmv&id=14836
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How much is it?
Free 99$/yr
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Ready to Get Started?
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Demoextending a game
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XNA Resources
• Beginner DVD• What’s in it?
– Intro to XNA– 2D Game Tutorial– 3D Game Tutorial– Full Source code walkthrough– Demo of how to share/package a game
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XNA Resources
• XNA Creators Club– http://creators.xna.com/
• XNA Team Blog– http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/
• TorqueX– http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/x/
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Imagine Cup Games4Change
• Imagine Cup—what is it?– http://imaginecup.com/About/WhatIs.aspx
• Benefits of Participation?– Exposure– Jobs– $$
• Games for Change challenge:– http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2007/0611
gamesforchangechallenge.htm
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Q & A