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How to make a 2D XNA 3.1 Game
The tutorial on the left covers many of the basic concepts required to create a game with Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio 3.1. We’ll cover sprites, user input with the keyboard and gamepad, collision detection, and much more. The tutorial will assume that this is your first XNA game and will take you through the game creation process step by step. If you already know C# or another programming language, you’ll have no trouble following this tutorial. If you’ve never programmed or are just beginning to learn C#, you may want to check out some beginning C# tutorials first.
XNA Game Studio works with all editions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. If you don’t have Visual Studio, the express edition is available for free
here
. After installing Visual Studio, go to the
App Hub
to get the Game Studio download. When you’re finished downloading and installing, come back and we’ll get started!
Please note that the present version of Visual Studio is 2010 and the latest version of XNA Game Studio is 4.0. This tutorial will work with the new versions.