Rio Grande IGDA study group: Building XNA 2.0 Games

[Curtis Bennett]

Hello all,

The Rio Grande IGDA is starting up study group is starting a new session on next week. We'll be going through the book Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430209798) By James Silva, the winner of the first Dream Build Play competition, it's a book on making a 2D platform game similar to The Dishwasher (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410902/) It's really fun book that is accessible for beginners. The book uses XNA 2.0 (and won't be coming out on 3.0 until December) but since it's 2D almost everything is the same. We'll be encouraging everyone who participates to make a 2D platform game, putting in a new part each week. The first meeting for the book will be held at the Flying Star Downtown on July 21st from 6 pm - 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. 


Where:  Flying Star Downtown
When:  May 19th, 6 - 7pm (and every Tuesday at this time)
Book:  Building XNA 2.0 Games (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430209798)
Meeting Topic:  An introduction to XNA (Chapters 1 & 2)