Learn 2D Game Development with C#

2D games are hugely popular across a wide range of platforms and the ideal place to start if you're new to game development. With Learn 2D Game Development with C sharp, you'll learn your way around the building blocks of game development and how to put them together to create real working games.§C sharp is increasingly becoming the language of choice for new game developers. Productive and easier to learn than C++, C sharp lets you get your games working quickly and safely without worrying about tricky low-level details like memory management. Making use of MonoGame, an open source framework that's powerful, free to use and easy to handle, this book will get you building and publishing 2D games in no time, for a fantastic range of platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8, MAC OSX and Playstation Mobile.§Learn 2D Game Development with C sharp simplifies 2D game development into essential elements: frame, camera, objects, and sprites, and the logic and simple physics that determines how they interact. In each chapter, you'll explore a key element of game development in the context of a working game, learn how to implement the example for yourself, and integrate it into your own game library.§At the end of the book, you'll put everything you've learned together to build a full working game. And what's more, you'll understand the principles that all great games are built on, and your game library will be full of the building blocks to start creating your own.