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3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0 Create attractive 3D graphics and visuals in your XNA games Sean James BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI... 3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0Copyright © 2010 P

3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0

Create attractive 3D graphics and visuals in your XNA games

Sean James

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0

Copyright © 2010 Packt Publishing

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Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information First published: December 2010

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ISBN 978-1-849690-04-1

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Cover Image by Charwak A (charwak86@gmail.com)

Author

Sean James

Reviewers

Zhenyu George Li

Cătălin Zima-Zegreanu

Acquisition Editor

David Barnes

Development Editor

Tariq Rakhange

Technical Editor

Namita Sahni

Copy Editor

Laxmi Subramanian

Indexers

Monica Ajmera Mehta

Rekha Nair

Editorial Team Leader

Aditya Belpathak

Project Team Leader

Ashwin Shetty

Project Coordinator

Poorvi Nair

Proofreader

Lynda Sliwoski

Graphics

Geetanjali Sawant

Production Coordinator

Shantanu Zagade

Cover Work

Shantanu Zagade

About the Author

Sean James is a computer science student who has been programming for many years He started with web designing, learning HTML, PHP, JavaScript, and so

on Since then he has created many websites including his personal XNA and

game development focused blog, www.innovativegames.net In addition to web designing, he has interests in desktop software development and development for mobile devices such as Android, Windows Mobile, and Zune However, his passion

is for game development with DirectX, OpenGL, and XNA Sean James lives in Claremont, CA with his family and two dogs

I would like to thank my family and friends who supported me

throughout the writing of this book, and all the people at Packt

Publishing who worked hard on the book to support me I would

also like to thank the XNA community for providing such amazing

resources, without which this book would not have been possible

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4 Step-by-step guide for beginners and professionals with tips and tricks based on the authors’ practical experience

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