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In this article, the ZMan walks through creating Tiny Tennis, a Pong clone, using the XNA Framework The ZMan TheZbuffer.com Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual C# Express , XNA Game Studio Express Hardware: Download: Download December 11th... a day…

  The article expains writing a game, Pac-Man for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone platform Bryan Dougherty Bryan Dougherty's Blog Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 3-6 hours Cost: $50-$100 Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions Hardware: Motorola MPX220 Download:…

  In this article, we are going to look at another facet of DirectX, the ability to control sound devices. Derek Pierson 3Leaf Development Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions Hardware: Download:  C#…

  This is Part 5 of an introductory series on game programming using the Microsoft .NET Framework and managed DirectX 9.0. This article covers adding of 3D objects to the game using predefined mesh files and implementing some simple culling. Derek Pierson 3Leaf Development Difficulty:…

  This is Part 4 of an introductory series on game programming using the Microsoft .NET Framework and managed DirectX 9.0. This article covers the input device portion of DirectX, called DirectInput. Derek Pierson 3Leaf Development Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required:  3-6…

  This is Part 3 of an introductory series on game programming using the Microsoft .NET Framework and managed DirectX 9.0. This article covers more advanced DirectX principles such as transforms, matrices, culling and clipping. Derek Pierson 3Leaf Development Difficulty:…

  This is Part 1 of an introductory series on game programming using the Microsoft .NET Framework and managed DirectX 9.0. WARNING: Managed DirectX is no longer supported.  If you want to do 3D graphics with the .NET Framework, please use XNA (http://creators.xna.com)  Derek…

  This article is a part of Upgrade Your Game series of tutorials. It covers some of the fundamentals of simple math needed for the games in this series. The Z-man Andy Dunn The Z Buffer Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Studio Express…

  This article is a part of Upgrade Your Game series of tutorials. It covers some of the fundamentals of simple math needed for the games in this series. The Z-man Andy Dunn The Z Buffer Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Studio Express…