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Building Windows Phone Games with XNA

Larry LiebermanProduct Manager,Windows Phone Developer ExperienceMicrosoft Corporation

AgendaGames on Windows PhonesLet’s buildLet’s go mango!What now?

You’ll leave with examples of how toUse XNA Game Studio to build a gameIntegrate XNA and Silverlight together

Windows Phone for Games

Powerful HardwarePremium Gaming FeaturesAccelerated Development

Powerful HardwareV1 – Windows Phone OS 7.0 (Nov. 2010)

WVGA 800x480, D3D11 API enabled GPUMSM8x55 CPU 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 8 GB flash4x Touch/aGPS/Accel/Compass/Light/Proximity

V2 – New Chassis Specification for OS 7.1

MSM7x30 / MSM8x55 CPU, 800 MHz or higher

Optional gyro

Premium Gaming FeaturesXbox LIVE on Windows Phone

Achievements & LeaderboardsAvatars + AwardsDownloadable contentCross-platform gaming: Full House Poker

For Registered Developers

Accelerated DevelopmentSilverlight for event-driven, control-rich apps

XNA Game Studio for games, simulation, and real-time graphics

Using C#/VB.NET in VS2010

OS 7.1: XNA + Silverlight Interop

Let’s Build a Game with XNA Game Studio

The XNA Framework Game Loop

LoadContentInitialize Update Draw UnloadContent

Introducing the XNA Content PipelineIntegrated into Visual Studio 2010 build processIncremental building of content, separate from codeBuilt-in support for many standard typesExtensible for your in-house formats

Simple Drawing in the XNA Framework

protected override void LoadContent(){ spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice); playerSprite = Content.Load<Texture2D>("player");}protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime){ GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.CornflowerBlue); spriteBatch.Begin(); spriteBatch.Draw(playerSprite, position,

Color.White); spriteBatch.End(); base.Draw(gameTime);}

2D Graphics in XNA Game StudioXNA Game Studio 2D is about “blitting” textures to the screenSpriteBatch

Batched rendering of 2D: Alpha, Additive, Rotate, Flip, Scale

SpriteFontConverts fonts to sprites, draw with SpriteBatch

2D primitives can be drawn using 3D callsIf you are drawing complex 2D curves, consider Silverlight

3D Graphics in XNA Game Studio3D graphics through D3D11Five configurable effects…

Lacks developer programmable shader supportEnvironmentMapEffect SkinnedEffectAlphaTestEffectDualTextureEffectBasicEffect

Taking Input in the XNA Framework

protected override void Initialize(){ TouchPanel.EnabledGestures = GestureType.FreeDrag;}protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime){ while (TouchPanel.IsGestureAvailable) { GestureSample gesture = TouchPanel.ReadGesture(); if (gesture.GestureType ==

GestureType.FreeDrag) { position += gesture.Delta; } }}

Input: Touch, Accelerometer, MoreGesture-based Touch through GestureSample

Up to two touch pointsFull gesture list—drag, tap, pinch, etc.

Raw Touch input through TouchPanel.GetState()Up to four touch points

Accelerometer input through eventsIn OS 7.1, optional gyro, Motion API

Adding a Bad Guy

protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime){ enemyPosition.X -= enemySpeed; enemyPosition.Y += (float)Math.Sin(enemyPosition.X * enemySpeed / GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width) * enemySpeed; if(Rectangle.Intersect( new Rectangle((int)position.X, (int)position.Y, playerSprite.Width, playerSprite.Height), new Rectangle((int)enemyPosition.X, (int)enemyPosition.Y, enemySprite.Width, enemySprite.Height)) != Rectangle.Empty) { //Hit! OnCollisionSound(); enemyPosition = enemyStartPosition; }}

Math for Logic, Collision, and MotionBuilt-in classes:

Motion: Curve, Lerp, SmoothStep, CatmullRom, HermiteTransformation: Vector2/3/4, Point, Matrix, QuaternionCollision: BoundingBox/Sphere, Plane, Ray, RectangleIncludes .Intersects and .Contains methodsAnd, don’t forget Random

Audio in Two Lines

protected override void LoadContent(){ explosionSound = Content.Load<SoundEffect>("explosion");}private void OnCollisionSound(){ explosionSound.Play();}

Audio the Simple WaySoundEffect / SoundEffectInstance

Load WAV files (PCM, ADPCM) or from raw PCM bufferSoundEffect fire and forget, SoundEffectInstance to keep/modifyCan play up to 64 concurrent soundsCustom formats supported through ContentProcessor

Music through MediaPlayer

Audio the Dynamic WayDynamicSoundEffectInstanceManages own internal queue of buffersExpensive, and 16-bit PCM onlyConsider dynamic for synthesized or data-sourced audioMost games will not need to use this, stick with SoundEffect

Going Mango

New Game Dev Features in Mango

Fast App SwitchingXNA + SilverlightBackground AgentsUnified Motion APILive Camera AccessSQL CETCP/UDP Sockets

FrameworkCPU/Memory ProfilerIso. Storage ExplorerAccel/Location Emulator

Tools16 New RegionsMarketplace Test KitIntegrated Ad SDK

Ecosystem

Fast App Switching

running

deactivated

dormant

activated

Phone resources detachedThreads and timers suspended

Fast app resume

Save State!

State preserved!IsAppInstancePreserved == trueRestore state!IsAppInstancePreserved == false

Resuming ...

Tombstone the oldest app tombstone

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XNA and Silverlight IntegrationEnables XNA Graphics in a Silverlight applicationUse the Silverlight application modelSwitch into XNA rendering modeUse UIElementRenderer to draw Silverlight controls on XNA Surface

Moving to the Silverlight + XNA Game Loop

OnNavigatedTo OnUpdate OnDraw OnNavigatedFrom

LoadContentInitialize Update Draw UnloadContent

Let’s Integrate XNA/SL

demo

What Now?

Considerations as You Build Your Game…90 MB memory limit for your gameGarbage collector kicks off at every 1 MB of allocationsMore objects created/released = memory churnOS 7.1, generational GC better than OS 7.0, but stay vigilant

Full collection still happens…just less frequently

Considerations as You Build Your Game…Easy to start with dynamic types (List<>, etc.), but trade-offsConsider fixed arrays for performance, watch your profilerAvoid LINQ (and its extension methods)Prefer value types to ref typesNever fear: Classes in the XNA Math library are value types!

Performance and Memory ProfilerNew profiler in Windows Phone SDK 7.1Memory mode to find allocationsPerformance mode to find CPU spikesAvailable even on Express!

Marketplace Opportunities$99/yr fee to develop/submit on physical devices, free on emulatorFree apps, can use Microsoft Advertising SDK with XNA

Up to 100 for free, $19.99 per submission after

Paid apps, can charge from $0.99 to $499.99

Submissions free, 70/30 split

What About Xbox LIVE?If represented, contact Xbox LIVE through your publisherIf not, many publishers are available, one is MS StudiosSend info about your company and portfolio first, no cold pitching mobilegames@microsoft.com

More Resources… Start with samples at App Hub

Full games to pull apartTechnique samples to add to your gamesWhite papers and tutorials for even more

http://create.msdn.com/gamedevelopment

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