If you’ve been wanting to get started as a game developer on XNA or have wanted to move to Windows phone 7 + XBox + Windows, your time is now.
Game Development with XNA Framework is a lab available on Channel 9 where you can get started writing code. This lab introduces you to XNA Game Studio game development on Windows Phones, as well as to the basics of XNA Game Studio game development. During the lab you will build a simple XNA Game Studio game that introduces key concepts in XNA Game Studio game development. Youl will learn how to use Microsoft Visual 2010 Express for Windows Phone to build and design your XNA Game Studio games for Windows Phones.
See XNA Framework 4.0 for Windows Phones.
To begin creating a game for the Windows phone 7, you can download and install the XNA Game Studio 4.0 CTP. (Or get the entire Windows phone 7 Series developer tools, which includes XNA Game Studio 4.0 CTP). Then, to get started learning the ins and outs of development of Windows Phone, see Getting Started with Windows Phone guide that provides an overview of the platform and detailed instructions.
If you’re only interested in how XNA Game Studio applies to the Windows Phone, see Getting Started with XNA Game Studio 4.0 guide.
Once you’re ready to get started making your very first Windows Phone game, Create Your First Game For Windows Phone provides an excellent launching point to get started with XNA Game Studio Development.
XNA Game Studio 4.0 supports multiple platforms, including XBox 360, several Windows OS versions, and now Windows Phone. While this unit doesn't offer a complete XNA Framework tutorial, it does introduce you to the basics of programming XNA Framework games with XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone.
Get XNA Game Studio 4.0 CTP.
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For more information, see XNA Development Center on MSDN.
Bruce D. Kyle ISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation
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