content catalog

This article documents the format of the compiled data files (.xnb) produced by the XNA Game Studio 4.0 Content Pipeline build process.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics, Input, Touch & Gestures

This Training Kit expands upon the Honeycomb Rush lab by bringing the game to Xbox 360 and Windows. 

Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Data Management, Games: Graphics, Performance & Optimization

This article demonstrates techniques of memory management, content loading, and profiling to increase performance of Windows Phone 7 games.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics

This sample builds on the Particles 2D sample to allow authoring of particle effects in XML files, which makes creating new particle systems and modifying particle system parameters a much simpler task.

This sample shows how to build a list of deployed content for your game to use.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics

This tutorial will teach you how to extend the Skinned Model sample by directly accessing and manipulating the positions of specific bones to add three new features.

The avatar rig is a model and animation rig setup for authoring custom avatar animations.

This pack includes 21 custom avatar animations.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics

This sample shows how to load and process a custom animation for an avatar by using the XNA Framework Content Pipeline.

Games: Artificial Intelligence, Games: Collision, Games: Content Pipeline

This Spaceshooter Sample includes elements of AI, Collision Detection, and other features.

Games: Content Pipeline, User Experience

This sample shows how to localize an XNA Framework game into multiple languages.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics, Games: Shaders

This sample shows you how to implement basic shadow mapping from a directional light, where the view and projection of the shadow map adapt to the viewing frustum of the viewer's camera.

Data and Isolated Storage, Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Data Management

Movipa is a puzzle game that demonstrates game features such as non-continuous rendering, asynchronous asset loading, game state saving and loading, multiple gameplay modes and complex scene-description system for layered 2D scenes.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Artificial Intelligence, Games: Collision, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Gameplay, Games: Graphics, Input, Touch & Gestures, User Experience

This sample contains a two-dimensional role-playing game that utilizes a tile engine, complete with character classes, multiple party members, items, and quests.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics

This sample shows how to implement sprite sheets, combining many separate sprite images into a single larger texture that will be more efficient for graphics hardware.