Creating XNA Games on Windows Phone 7

I must admit I’m really enjoying reading Learning XNA 3.0 by Aaron Reed – so much so I even bought a few extra copies and gave them away on Twitter. Of course there are plenty of other places to learn about XNA. The XNA Creators Club Online has just unveiled a fantastic resource for people who want to learn about building XNA games for Windows Phone 7 as part of their educational series on XNA Game Studio 4.0.

Create Games for Windows Phone 7 includes an Education Roadmap that will walk you through an introduction to building 2D and 3D games on the platform, how to optimise for performance and how to add some polish to your game to give it that professional touch.

The first set of labs / samples is available now and looks like this:

• Catapult Wars Lab
• Orientation Sample
• Sound and Music Sample
• 2D Graphics Sample
• Particles Sample
• 2D Asset Types Article
• Intro to C# From Objective-C and Java Article
• Gestures Article

Others will follow in quick succession. You can also follow the team on Twitter: @XNACommunity.

I think I’ll finish the book before I move onto those though I’m tempted to take a quick look just to check them out.

BTW, I’m trying to get hold of some more Windows Phone 7 related books to give away. Make sure you’re following me on Twitter at @MikeOrmond – that’s where I’ll announce when I have some more to give away.