XNA Programming and XNAGoblin

Installing XNA

This beta also does not include the additional starter kits and tutorials which will be made available upon final release of XNA Game Studio Express and/or as part of your XNA Creators Club subscription

Instructions

- Install Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition using the link below.
- Download and run the Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2 installer.
- Follow the instructions displayed during setup.
- Launch Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express from the Start Menu.

Requirements:

- Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Only supported on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (all editions) at this time. Windows Vista support will be available in an update to version 1 next year.
- Hardware requirements are identical to those for Visual Studio 2005 plus a graphics card that supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 1.1 (Shader Model 2.0 is recommended and required for some Starter Kits).
- This release requires Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition to be installed before proceeding. You can install Visual C# Express from the Visual C# Express Download Page. Visual C# Express and XNA Game Studio Express can co-exist on the same computer with other members of the Visual Studio 2005 line of products, for example Visual Studio 2005 Professional.

• Goblin XNA, http://goblinxna.codeplex.com (it is a great AR framework)
• ALVAR, VTT Techical Research Centre, http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/proj2/multimedia/alvar.html (for marker racking library)
• Robot Game, http://create.msdn.com (oh yeah, i did use models from this example project)

Augmented Reality Shooting Game in XNAGoblin