Bitmap Graphics

Antialiasing, Interpolation: see previous lecture notes.

XNA Game Studio

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express is an add-on to the free Microsoft Visual C# Express (not to the "big" Microsoft Visual Studio) that contains a cross-plattform framework to develop games (and other software) for Windows PCs and the Xbox 360. On the Xbox 360, the games use a smallscale .NET runtime. To transfer one's games to the Xbox 360, one has to subscribe to the XNA Creators Club.

XNA Game Studio Express is based on a .NET class library that contains a game loop, wraps DirectX (formerly realized through Managed DirectX), controls audio playback, handles keyboard, mouse, and Xbox 360 controller, and manages the assets (textures, 3D models, animations, sounds, ...) of the application. The latter part forms a huge .NET assembly on its own (microsoft.xna.framework.content.pipeline).

XNA Game Studio Express extends the development environment Visual C# Express by asset management features that work hand in hand with the "Content Pipeline" classes. Audio content is produced in a software called XACT, which is included with XNA Game Studio Express.