XNA, a Guitar Hero Guitar and a Game of Your Own
Dan Waters is at it again. He's created a game and video taped the whole process in a series of 12 videos. Complete course code is available. Oh yeah, the game he created is call GuitarMatey and uses a Guitar Hero Guitar to play a game on your Xbox 360 (or Windows PC)
GuitarMatey is a 3D game for the Xbox that allows you to improvise guitar music with the accompaniment of a backing track. Five pirates dance for you as you play the game. While GuitarMatey lacks a real objective or purpose, it is perfect to help you learn about developing 3D games for free using XNA and our partner tools.
Learning how to build GuitarMatey will teach you:
- How to build a simple 3D model in SOFTIMAGE|XSI Mod Tool
- How to build a more complex skinned, rigged & animated character model in SOFTIMAGE|XSI Mod Tool for use in an XNA game
- Project setup for XNA and XSI projects
- Pipeline & workflow between XSI and XNA
- How to animate a skinned XSI model in XNA using the XNAXSIRuntime library provided for free by SOFTIMAGE
- How to creating and managing sound and audio using the DirectX XACT tool
- How to handle input from the controller
- How to prep an XNA PC game for XBOX 360
- How to deploy an XNA game to the Xbox through the Creators Club
- And many, many nuances and "gotchas" that will help make your development experience 1000% smoother
Full details and links to the videos may be found here.