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Celerity: How it was all done

by Adam David Hill

All the juicy tricks and scandalous shortcuts which helped us ship our competition game on time

Learning XNA 2D Engine IceCream With 1945 Demo Project

by Tyler Forsythe

IceCream1945 is a demonstration of XNA and the IceCream 2D library in a 2D top-down scrolling shooter similar to 1942 for the NES.

Celerity: Sensory Overload

by Adam David Hill

Sensor-controlled XNA tunnel game with VR head-tracking.

XNA and Beyond, the notable mentions

by Simon Jackson

Some of the other frameworks which use XNA as a baseline.

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XNA Basics (Windows 10 and MonoGame)

by Patchrick

Learn the basics of game development in C# and MonoGame

Developing Games with MonoGame

by Bruno Sonnino

MonoGame is an open source implementation of the XNA application programming interface (API).

Enter the Wormhole

by Geoff Arnold

fter participating in an earlier Intel contest, developer Dave Gannon took on these challenges, coming back with a vengeance with Wormhole Pinball, the winning app in the games category in the Intel App Innovation Contest 2013 in partnership with the Intel® Developer Zone.

Building XNA flexible animation class

by valentasm

Silverlight and XNA animation class with automatic animation and flexible sprites loading.

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XNA and Beyond, the notable mentions

16 Jan 2013 by Simon Jackson

Some of the other frameworks which use XNA as a baseline.

Using Label Class to Display Text in XNA, WPXNA (7)

14 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Using Label class to display text in XNA

Windows-Phone-7

Using SceneLoader Class to Create Loading Screen in XNA, WPXNA (10)

30 Jun 2013 by zoyobar

Using SceneLoader class to create loading screen in XNA

Windows-Phone-7

Review of WP7 Mango Beta’s Advertising SDK

4 Aug 2011 by Dan Colasanti

Review of WP7 Mango Beta’s Advertising SDK

XNA to MonoGame and Beyond

5 Nov 2012 by Simon Jackson

XNA to MonoGame and beyond

XNA to the Sunburn Gaming Engine and Beyond

6 Jan 2013 by Simon Jackson

So far in this series I’ve covered: MonoGame – a raw XNA implementation allowing you to create games but you have to code everything yourself UnityXNA – a way to host your existing XNA projects (or new ones) and deploy them using the Unity3D engine, but without utilising the advanced …

Does Lightning Really Strike Twice?

7 Feb 2013 by Simon Jackson

Does lightning really strike twice?

Use ResourceManager to Manage Resources in XNA, WPXNA (2)

23 May 2013 by zoyobar

Use ResourceManager to manage resources in XNA

Using the CommandScene Class to Create Command Scenes in the XNA, WPXNA (12)

3 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Using the CommandScene class to create command scenes in the XNA, WPXNA (12)

Windows-Phone-7

Using NPC and NPCManager to create NPC and Custom Ations in XNA, WPXNA (19)

27 Aug 2013 by zoyobar

Using NPC and NPCManager to create NPC and custom actions in XNA, WPXNA (19)

Windows-Phone-7

A New Breed of Samples for MonoGame

15 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

A new breed of samples for MonoGame

Advertising Network Options for WP7 XNA Games – Revisited

1 Jul 2013 by Dan Colasanti

Advertising Network Options for WP7 XNA Games – Revisited

Windows-Phone-7

How To: Use leaderboards on Windows Phone with XPG

31 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

Use leaderboards on Windows Phone with XPG

MonoGame gets Shocked!

7 Feb 2013 by Simon Jackson

Following on from my previous article, we don the rubber gloves and grab Zeus’s lightning bolt to launch it on other platforms...

The Differences between SoundEffect and SoundEffectInstance in XNA

14 Apr 2013 by zoyobar

The differences between SoundEffect and SoundEffectInstance in XNA

MonoGame: Using Libraries with Windows Phone Projects

1 May 2013 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame - Using libraries with Windows Phone projects

Using HitArea Class for Hit Testing in XNA, WPXNA (6)

3 Jun 2013 by zoyobar

How to use HitArea class for hit testing in XNA, WPXNA

Windows-Phone-7

Using Button Class to Create Graphic Buttons in XNA, WPXNA (9)

24 Jun 2013 by zoyobar

How to use the Button class to create Graphic buttons in XNA, WPXNA

Windows-Phone-7

Using Anime Class to Create Animations in XNA, WPXNA(11)

1 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Using Anime class to create animations in XNA, WPXNA (11)

Windows-Phone-7

Using the Spirit class to create basic units in an XNA game, WPXNA (13)

10 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Using the Spirit class to create basic units in an XNA game, WPXNA (13).

Using the SpiritManager class manages the Spirit in XNA, WPXNA (14)

18 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Using the SpiritManager class to manage the Spirit in XNA.

Windows-Phone-7

Use the Bullet and BulletManager Classes to Create Bullets and Attack Targets in XNA, WPXNA (15)

24 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Use the Bullet and BulletManager classes to create bullets and attack targets in XNA, WPXNA (15)

Windows-Phone-7

Use Pinup and PinupManager to Create pinups in XNA, WPXNA (17)

29 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Use Pinup and PinupManager to create pinups in XNA, WPXNA (17)

Windows-Phone-7

Web Goes 3D – Does Advertising Too? The WebGL, Silverlight, and Molehill Wars

29 Apr 2011 by Won Dong

The WebGL, Silverlight, and Molehill Wars

Windows-Phone-7

Developing a MatrixStack in Pure Managed C# Code (Ready for XNA)

30 Oct 2012 by Inaki Ayucar

How to develop a MatrixStack in pure managed C# code (ready for XNA)

Use XNA in Sliverlight, WPXNA (1)

22 May 2013 by zoyobar

How to use XNA in Silverlight

Windows-Phone-7

Use Item and ItemManager to Create Items in the XNA, WPXNA (16)

26 Jul 2013 by zoyobar

Using Item and ItemManager to create items in the XNA, WPXNA (16)

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