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Chad Carter is the CTO at Robertson Marketing Group (RMG). RMG services many Fortune 500 companies that utilize the e-commerce system he architected and developed from the ground up for the promotional business sector. He has been creating DirectX applications since 1996 and has developed games using Managed DirectX. Chad created a 3D locomotive simulator for Norfolk Southern that is used to teach children to obey railroad crossing signals. Chad’s Web site devoted to the XNA Framework can be found online at www.xnaessentials.com.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Get Up and Running with XNA on Your PC and Xbox 360 | |
| Introducing XNA and XNA Game Studio Express | p. 7 |
| XNA and the Xbox 360 | p. 19 |
| Performance Considerations | p. 35 |
| Understanding XNA Basics | |
| Creating 3D Objects | p. 59 |
| Input Devices and Cameras | p. 85 |
| Content Pipeline | |
| Loading and Texturing 3D Objects | p. 113 |
| Sound and Music | p. 123 |
| Extending the Content Pipeline | p. 153 |
| 2D in XNA | |
| 2D Basics | p. 171 |
| 2D Effects | p. 191 |
| Creating a 2D Game | p. 217 |
| High Level Shader Language | |
| HLSL Basics | p. 255 |
| Advanced HLSL | p. 275 |
| Physics and Artificial Intelligence | |
| Physics Basics | p. 289 |
| Finite State Machines and Game State Management | p. 307 |
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