Professional Windows Phone 7 game development : creating games using XNA Game Studio 4 / / Chris G. Williams, George W. Clingerman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812422203321
• Autore: Williams Chris G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Indianapolis, IN, : Wiley, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-37457-9; 9786613374578; 1-118-06798-3; 1-118-06796-7
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (554 p.)
• Collana: Wrox professional guides
• Classificazione: DAT 440f; DAT 758f
• Altri autori (Persone): ClingermanGeorge W
• Disciplina: 794.815268
• Soggetti: Computer games - Design; Computer games - Programming
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: PROFESSIONAL Windows® Phone 7 Game Development; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: GETTING TO KNOW THE WINDOWS PHONE 7 DEVICE; Minimum Specifications; Chassis Design; Screen Resolution; Phone Features; Capacitive Touch; Sensors; Accelerometer; aGPS; Compass; Light Sensor; Proximity Sensor; Digital Camera; DirectX 9 Acceleration; Face Buttons; Back Button; Start Button; Search Button; QWERTY Keyboard; Software Features; Start and Lock Screens; Hubs; People Hub; Pictures Hub; Music + Video Hub; Games Hub; Marketplace Hub; Office Hub; Other Applications; Summary; CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED; Getting the Tools You Need Meeting the System Requirements; Satisfying the Developer Requirements; What You Get; XNA Game Studio 4.0; Creating Your First Project; Spotting Differences Between the Windows Phone Game and Other XNA Game Projects; Setting Up a Windows Phone Device; Using the Windows Phone Emulator; Using Command-Line Options; Summary; CHAPTER 3: ORIENTATION; Device Orientation; Setting Device Orientation; Hardware Scaling; Automatic Rotation; Detecting Device Orientation; Running in Full-Screen Mode; ; Phone Title-Safe Area; Accelerometer; Accelerometer Sample; Summary; CHAPTER 4: TOUCH INPUT Responding to Touch Events; Overview of Touch Interfaces; Detecting Touch Input; Detecting Gestures; Tap; Double Tap; Hold; Horizontal Drag; Vertical Drag; Free Drag; Drag Complete; Flick; Pinch; Pinch Complete; Seeing Results; Custom Gestures; Designing for Touch Games; Remember Your Platform; Design for the Right Resolution; Be Consistent and Predictable; The Soft Input Panel (SIP); Summary; CHAPTER 5: GIVE ME YOUR INPUT; Building the Input Management System; Input.cs; Gesture Definition.cs; Game Input.cs; Touch Indicator.cs; TouchIndicatorCollection.cs; Using the Input Management System Actions.cs; Game 1.cs; Summary; CHAPTER 6: THE STATE OF THINGS; Game State; Managing Game State; Option 1: Boolean Flags; Option 2: Enumerations; Option 3: Object-Oriented; Handling Multiple Layers of Screens; Phone Hardware Events; Detecting the Back Button; Overriding the Back Button; Game, Interrupted; Notifications and Temporary Interruptions; Game-Stopping Events; Somebody Save Me; Summary; CHAPTER 7: LET THE MUSIC PLAY; Handling Audio; Playing Music with Media Player; Do You Mind? I'm Playing Music Here; Background Music; Song Collections; Visualizations; Sound Effect Sound Effect Instance; XACT 3.0; Recording Audio; The Microphone Class; Saving and Retrieving Captured Audio; Summary; CHAPTER 8: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: DRIVE & DODGE; Creating the Game; Screens; Screen.cs; Screen State Switchboard.cs; Title.cs; Sprite.cs; Background.cs; Content; Game 1.cs; Text.cs; screenFont.spritefont; Button.cs; The Input Wrapper; Game Input.cs; Gesture Definition.cs; Input.cs; Touch Indicator.cs; Touch Indicator Collection.cs; Adding Sounds and Music; Music.cs; SoundEffects.cs; More Screens; MainGame.cs; InGameMenu.cs; GameOver.cs; Coding the Main Game Screen; Road.cs; Car.cs
• Sommario/riassunto: Create the next generation of gaming titles for Windows Phone 7! Providing an overview of developing games for Windows Phone 7 while working within XNA Game Studio 4, this comprehensive resource covers such essential topics as device/emulator, development tools, device orientation, tilt and accelerometer sensors, multi-touch, working with Cloud and Web services, and more. Three complete games are included within the book plus hands-on explanations and clear example codes help you gain a deeper understanding of the Windows Phone 7 features so that you can start building a game right aw