Game Programming Class1

Discuss Syllabus

Software

• Visual Studio 2015 available from MSDN
  • Monogame version 3.6.x http://www.monogame.net/ http://teamcity.monogame.net/repository/download/MonoGame_PackagingWindows/latest.lastSuccessful/MonoGameSetup.exe?guest=1
  • Monogame source https://github.com/mono/MonoGame/tree/develop
  • XNA unofficial update https://msxna.codeplex.com/releases/view/117230
• Unity 5.4. 64 bit http://download.unity3d.com/download_unity/a6d8d714de6f/Windows64EditorInstaller/UnitySetup64-5.4.0f3.exe
  • Even if a newwer version of unity comes out during the semester we will stick to using version 5.4.x
• TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.net/
• AnkhSVN https://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/

GitHuib URL https://github.com/orgs/IAMColumbia/

Mono Game

• http://monogame.codeplex.com/ new site http://www.monogame.net/
• Mono game is the current path to managed games in windows 8
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bobfamiliar/archive/2012/08/01/windows-8-xna-and-monogame-part-1-overview.aspx
• Also a path from XNA to iOS, Android, Sony Vita, Linux, raspberry pi etc..

Installing Monogame

What is DirectX?

show c++ examples

quick start guide - create

• DirectX 8.1 http://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fvideo.ch9.ms%2fsessions%2fbuild%2f2013%2f3-187.pptx
  • Game Sections http://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fvideo.ch9.ms%2fsessions%2fbuild%2f2013%2f3-187.pptx

• Middleware http://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3a%2f%2fvideo.ch9.ms%2fsessions%2fbuild%2f2013%2f3-187.pptx

watch Accelerating Windows Store Game Development with Middleware http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/3-187

Hello World

Hello World in Monogame using spritefont. We'll revisit the spriteFont when we build the console/debug class

Hello Monogame with texture

Simple monogame project that draws a pacman sprite

• Start a new Monogame Project (For all the example in this class I will use windowsGL)

Add two variable declarations at the top of the class

            
            Texture2D PacMan;   //Texture2D to hold pacman texture
            Vector2 PacManLoc;  //Vector location to draw pacman texture

In the LoadContent Function add the following code to initialize the two variables declared above

        protected override void LoadContent()
        {
            // Create a new SpriteBatch, which can be used to draw textures.
            spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);

            // TODO: use this.Content to load your game content here
            //load PacMan image
            PacMan = Content.Load<texture2d>("pacmanSingle");
            //Center PacMan image
            PacManLoc = new Vector2(graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width / 2, graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height / 2);
        }

• Add the following code to the Draw Method to Draw the texture

	protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            graphics.GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.CornflowerBlue);

            // TODO: Add your drawing code here
            spriteBatch.Begin();
            spriteBatch.Draw(PacMan, PacManLoc, Color.White);
            spriteBatch.End();

            base.Draw(gameTime);
        }

pacman image is availble here:

the full game1.cs file should look like

[http://brookfield.rice.iit.edu/jmeyers/gbrowser.php?file=/ITM496-595/ClassSource/Projects/IntroSimpleSpriteWindows/IntroSimpleSpriteWindows/Game1.cs IntroSimpleSpriteWindows/Game1.cs]

the build of the game will look like

Simple 2D texture example with update

Demos

Monogame Overview

MonoGameDemos\IntroFonts https://iam.colum.edu:8443/!/#GPMonogame3/view/head/trunk/jeff/IntroFonts zip file!!!

HomeWork

Watch Accelerating Windows Store Game Development with Middleware http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/3-187

Install VS2010 get XNA 4 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=23714 or Install VS 2012 with Monogame 3.0.1

Create an XNA Picture. The picture needs to have at least

• 1 SpriteFont
• 3 Textures

Also please post a screen shot of your project running in the assignments. Zip and upload source to moodle.

You can take a screen shot using the snip tool. Start run snip in vista or 7. Or you can just press the Print Screen key on the keyboard.