3D Game Development with Microsoft Silverlight 3: Beginner's Guide

A practical guide to creating real-time responsive online 3D games in Silverlight 3 using C#, XBAP WPF, XAML, Balder, and Farseer Physics Engine

Key Features

• Develop online interactive 3D games and scenes in Microsoft Silverlight 3 and XBAP WPF
• Integrate Balder 3D engine 1.0, Farseer Physics Engine 2.1, and advanced object-oriented techniques to simplify the game development process
• Enhance development with animated 3D characters, sounds, music, physics, stages, gauges, and backgrounds
• Packed with inspiring, realistic examples offering impressive graphics, strong performance, and a rich interactive experience

Book Description

What you will learn

• Display and control 3D models in a 3D world
• Set up and control cameras to display parts of an animated 3D world
• Use an object-oriented design to define and specialize 3D characters
• Create amazing effects by controlling cameras, lights, and characters using gaming input devices
• Animate simple and complex 3D characters
• Display, move, and rotate 3D models in a 3D world using different effects, textures, transformations, and artificial intelligence (AI)
• Create realistic behaviors using physics simulations
• Envelope the models using textures, materials, and lights
• Add environments, backgrounds, scenarios, stages, skill levels, statistics, and scoring
• Reproduce sounds and background music
• Load and control 3D models developed in popular 3D modeling tools like 3D Studio Max, Blender, Google Sketch and AutoCAD

Who this book is for

This book is designed primarily for C# developers with basic knowledge of the Visual Studio IDE who want to develop online 3D games using Silverlight or create interactive 3D scenes for a web site with animated models. No prior experience in 3D programming, 3D animation, or Silverlight is required.
The book is also aimed at 3D developers who want to improve their online content, offering innovative 3D models in action.