Rendering 2D with Sprites and Text

Describes step-by-step procedures for using 2D graphics techniques.

In This Section

• What Is a Sprite?
  Summarizes the basics of using sprites.
• Animating a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to animate a sprite from a texture using a custom class.
• Drawing a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to draw a sprite by using the SpriteBatch class.
• Rotating a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to rotate a sprite around its center.
• Rotating a Group of Sprites
  Demonstrates how to rotate a group of sprites around a single point.
• Scaling a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to scale a sprite using a uniform scale.
• Scaling Sprites Based On Screen Size
  Demonstrates how to scale sprites using a matrix that is created based on the viewport width.
• Tinting a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to tint a sprite using a Color value.
• Tiling a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to draw a sprite repeatedly in the x and y directions in one Draw call.
• Drawing a Masked Sprite over a Background
  Demonstrates how to draw a foreground and background sprite using the SpriteBatch class, where only part of the foreground sprite masks the background.
• Making a Scrolling Background
  Demonstrates how to draw a scrolling background sprite using the SpriteBatch class.
• Drawing Text with a Sprite
  Demonstrates how to import a SpriteFont into a project and to draw text using DrawString.

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