XDK Tutorials

These few tutorials are meant for educational purposes only.  For people who want to know how things work, and to learn - we in no way exept any responsibility.  Again these are for educational purposes - the freedom of knowledge.

Also feedback is always welcome, and if you have any comments or suggestions please email me at Ben_3D@xbdev.net  Remember the XDK (e.g. XBox Dev. Kit is the sol property of Microsoft(c), as it is only available thought them.

Prequel - How DirectX3D works.

Now grab yourself a coffee, and hold on because where going in....

		ScreenShot
	Prt1 - "Empty Code" - is that it?
	Prt2 - "DirectX Initialisation" - a blue screen
	Prt3 - Wow a triangle
	Prt4 - Give me more... A Textured Triangle
	Prt5 - Where it all begain.. "Hello World"  (bitmap fonts)
	Prt6 - A ball? - "Generating a sphere shape"
	Prt6a - Simple Sphere, using "TRIANGLESTRIP"
	Prt6b - A whole lot more - "Same shape, but TRIANGLELIST"
	Prt7 - A complex bunny shape...
	Prt8 - GamePad Basics...
	Prt9 - Sound (do it like madonna!)
	Prt10 - Simple Sockets... add the web to your xbox
	Prt11 - Screenshot Code
	Prt12 - Soon...

	Text Output Using 'ttf' Font's
	Getting a better view of the GamePad
	Gamepad Rumble

Homebrew Demos that where developed in conjunction with xbdev.net and xfactordev.net - (Members Only)

Name	Source Code	Screen Captures								FileSize	Download Demo
PacMan3DX (3D Version)										7.3Mb	Pacman3DX.rar
PacManX (2D)										3.6Mb	PacManX.rar
BreakOutX3D (version 13)										2.3Mb	BreakOut3DX.rar
WormsX										1.8Mb	WormsX.rar
DuckShoot (v0.0.1)	(SourceCode)									1.5Mb	DuckShoot.rar
X-Pass										approx 1 Meg.	download available soon.
BlasteroidsX (v1.2)										4.4Mb	BlasteroidsX.rar
MiniMario 2D Demo Level (v0.0.4)	(Source Code)									3.2Mb	MiniMario2D_Demo.rar
GameEngine Code (v0.15)	(Source Code)									1.5Mb	GameEngineCode.rar
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