C# game programming books for beginners

[Anonymous]

Hi all, Im interested in programming a game in C# and i was just wondering if anyone knows of any good C# game programming books for beginners that i can get online?

[Anonymous]

What you thinking of using? I found Xna to be pretty good, there’s a nice tutorial site which I found useful.
http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/xna-tutorials

[Anonymous]

What you thinking of using? I found Xna to be pretty good, there’s a nice tutorial site which I found useful.
http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/xna-tutorials%5B/quote:d6978b5bc1%5D
I new to games programming so i want to start small

[Anonymous]

Hi Duggan,

What is your level of programming experience in general? Have you coded before?

[Anonymous]

Hi Duggan,

What is your level of programming experience in general? Have you coded before?

[Anonymous]

Hi Duggan,

What is your level of programming experience in general? Have you coded before?[/quote:cc22e652b9]

Well ive just done a bit of C++ programming but id like to try to start making basic games on C#

[Anonymous]

These are some good videos on XNA
http://www.xnavideotutorial.com/modules/XNA_201/

ie the code they teach is not 100% awesome, however it s a good start. Since you have programming experience you should move quite fast, so then you can just start making something and come back with more specific questions.

[Anonymous]

These are some good videos on XNA
http://www.xnavideotutorial.com/modules/XNA_201/

ie the code they teach is not 100% awesome, however it s a good start. Since you have programming experience you should move quite fast, so then you can just start making something and come back with more specific questions.[/quote:d0bcaa18d3]

Thanks a lot i’ll have a look into it. By the way, do you need to install C# before downloading XNA or is it all included in the one package ans would i need to download 3D software like 3D Studio Max? Sorry about all the questions.

[Anonymous]

You ll need visual studio before hand, (if you are a student, get dreamspark, and you ll get better versions of visual studio for frer) or get it now here
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express

and then this (this is XNA 4.0) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23714

[Anonymous]

You ll need visual studio before hand, (if you are a student, get dreamspark, and you ll get better versions of visual studio for frer) or get it now here
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express

and then this (this is XNA 4.0) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23714%5B/quote:6531ba8468%5D

would i need to download directx?

[Anonymous]

think the installer for xna will tell you

[Anonymous]

think the installer for xna will tell you[/quote:ce935a1f2f]
Thanks a lot and sorry for being a pain.

[Anonymous]

no problem , let us know how you are getting on.
There is this book I found good
Learning XNA 4.0. Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7 (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920013709.do)

Again not perfect code, but will get you through the Whys? of some things.

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