1. An Introduction to

2. What is XNA?  “A set of tools with a managed runtime environment provided my Microsoft that facilitates computer game development and management.” - Wikipedia, “Microsoft XNA”

3. What does it do?  Some Examples XNA Racer XNA Shooter Tetris Asteroids Assault Icebreaker

4. About XNA  Current version is 2.0, but 3.0 will be released in December 2008  Cross Platform (PC, Xbox 360, Zune)  C#  Free  “Boilerplate Code”  Content Pipeline  Programmable Graphics Pipeline

5. How do I get started?  Download Visual Studio 2005/2008 or Visual C# Express 2005/2008 http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/ default.aspx (the 2005 version might be harder to find) http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/ default.aspx  Download XNA Game Studio Installs over Visual Studio

6. Where can I learn more?  Huge online presence http://creators.xna.com http://www.ziggyware.com http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com (Pick this one!) http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com  Email: rbwhitaker83@sisna.comrbwhitaker83@sisna.com  XNA Special Interest Groups in the ACM http://usu-acm.wikidot.com/sigs