Building Games with .NET and XNA Game Studio

Developing your own game can be a daunting task. In this session, you’ll see how easy it is to get started from scratch with XNA Game Studio 4.0, the latest version of Microsoft’s multi-platform game creation toolkit. You’ll be introduced to the developer-friendly—and free!—community resources available for building games for the PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone and learn more about this industry-changing game development technology.

The meeting this month is at Improving Enterprises in Addison, TX. Please see the sidebar for map information.

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Speaker Bio

Tim G. Thomas is a Web designer for Headspring in Austin, Texas, where he applies holistic Web design principles to make business software both usable and beautiful. He speaks on various topics at technology user groups, conferences, and meet-ups, and was formerly the leader of the Central Texas XNA User Group, which met to discuss game development for the Xbox, PC, and Windows Phone. He blogs about Web, game, and mobile design at timgthomas.com, and shares his thoughts via Twitter at @timgthomas.

Make sure to attend, because in addition to our awesome presenter, we have some way cool prizes!

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Our core product is a multi-threaded, .NET C#/C++ interface engine that runs as a collection of services under Windows. The GUIs are a mixture of .NET C# for backend configuration and web-based for end-user experience. The product architecture provides for .NET or COM user extensions. Want to learn more about the product? Check out the Product Overview or detailed 30-page Technical Overview.

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