Learn to program fun and challenging games using Silverlight, a rich, web-based application that is ideal for rapid, casual game development. "Game Programming with Silverlight" shows anyone interested in game design and development how to build web-based games using any of the major operating systems and browsers. This comprehensive guide walks readers through every feature of Silverlight used in game creation. You'll get an introduction to Silverlight 3 and all of its cool features. After you're comfortable with the application you'll learn how to create your game world, add objects and animate them, incorporate sound and music, network your game and make it multiplayer, and more! Each chapter covers a wide range of topics that you can leverage to build just about any type of game using Silverlight.

Learn to program fun and challenging games using Silverlight, a rich, web-based application that is ideal for rapid, casual game development. "Game Programming with Silverlight" shows anyone interested in game design and development how to build web-based games using any of the major operating systems and browsers. This comprehensive guide walks readers through every feature of Silverlight used in game creation. You'll get an introduction to Silverlight 3 and all of its cool features. After you're comfortable with the application you'll learn how to create your game world, add objects and animate them, incorporate sound and music, network your game and make it multiplayer, and more! Each chapter covers a wide range of topics that you can leverage to build just about any type of game using Silverlight.

This guide for hobbyists and professional game programmers shows how to build web-based games with Silverlight 3. Each chapter builds on the previous one, covering techniques for building a multiplayer online adventure game. The complete source for this game, including the world editor, client, and server application, is available for download. Although Silverlight supports other .NET languages, C# is used exclusively throughout the book. Readers should have an intermediate understanding of C# and the .NET framework. B&w screenshots are included. Snow is a senior development lead on the Silverlight Tools team. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Get Started Fast with HTML5 Online Game Programming!   HTML5 will transform web and mobile gaming. As new browsers rapidly adopt it, HTML5 will do everything “legacy” technologies such as Flash and Silverlight have done—and much more. In Learning HTML5 Game Programming, pioneering developer James L. Williams gives you all the knowledge, code, and insights you’ll need to get started fast!   Williams combines detailed explanations of HTML5’s key innovations with examples, including two case study applications that address the entire development process. He guides you through setting up a state-of-the-art HTML5 development environment; making the most of HTML5’s canvas tag, SVG vector graphics, and WebGL 3D; and targeting diverse mobile and social platforms. It’s all here: from the essentials of online game design to the nitty-gritty details of performance optimization.   About the Website   All code samples and answers to chapter exercises are available for download at www.informit.com/title/9780321767363 and on Github at https://github.com/jwill/html5-game-book.   Coverage includes ·          Understanding the HTML5 innovations that make it possible to create amazingly rich games ·          Setting up a state-of-the-art open source HTML5 game development environment ·          Using JavaScript to drive sophisticated interactions between users and games ·          Building basic games fast, with the prototype-based Simple Game Framework (SGF) ·          Generating movement and gameplay with the canvas tag and surface ·          Creating games with SVG vector graphics using the RaphaëlJS Javascript library ·          Using Three.js to build powerful WebGL 3D games with far less complexity ·          Developing games without JavaScript, using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) or CoffeeScript ·          Building a complete multiplayer game server using Node.js and WebSockets ·          Planning and choosing tools for mobile game development with HTML5 ·          Optimizing game performance with offline cache, minification, and other techniques   Learning HTML5 Game Programming is the fastest route to success with HTML5 game development—whether you’re a long-time game developer or a web/mobile programmer building games for the first time.  

This book takes a step-by-step approach to building a complete interactive 3D game using Silverlight and enhancing it through its related technologies. The book focuses on practical examples and has a friendly approach, with the opportunity to learn by experiment and play. It uses illustrations, screenshots, and interactive experiences to understand the most complex topics related to the 3D scenes. This book is designed primarily for C# developers with basic knowledge of the Visual Studio IDE who want to develop online 3D games using Silverlight or create interactive 3D scenes for a web site with animated models. No prior experience in 3D programming, 3D animation, or Silverlight is required. The book is also aimed at 3D developers who want to improve their online content, offering innovative 3D models in action.

NOTE: This book is the printed, XNA-focused edition of Programming Windows Phone 7, which is available as a free eBook from the Microsoft Download Center. A Microsoft Silverlight®-focused edition is also available for sale in print (ISBN 978-0-7356-5667-3). The Microsoft eBook covers both XNA and Silverlight in one volume. Bring your game ideas to life—with guidance from a Windows programming legend Begin creating your own game apps for Windows Phone 7—guided by the consummate teacher, award-winning author Charles Petzold. Focusing on the XNA 2D framework and the C# language, you’ll learn how to extend your existing skills—mastering core concepts and techniques for this new mobile platform. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and inspiration to his instruction—along with a wealth of hands-on examples. Discover how to:Develop high-performance XNA 2D games Create and animate text and sprites Capture and embed bitmaps, balancing performance issues Support multi-touch input—including tap, drag, flick, and pinch Manipulate bitmaps at the pixel level Apply dynamic textures Work with transforms Put components together for touch-and-play and tilt-and-play games Test-drive your game on Windows Phone Emulator Get code samples on the Web For system requirements, see the Introduction.