The Star Defense tutorial series guides you through the entire process of designing and building a game similar to the old arcade games "Stargate" and "Defender". The tutorial spans 12 parts, including game design, sprites, audio, explosions, player upgrades, and more. Part 1 - Design Part 2 - Foundations Part 3 - Scrolling Background Part 4 - Player Ship Part 5 - Lock and Load Part 6 - Enemies Part 7 - Collision Detection Part 8 - Explosions! Part 9 - Game Structure Part 10 - Game Screen and Interface Part 11 - Power Ups Part 12 - Audio The Tile Engine Tutorial is an updated version of the tutorial series which originally launched the XNAResources site. Part 1 - Defining and Drawing a Tile Map Part 2 - Larger Tile Sets and Map Layers Part 3 - Hexagonal Maps Part 4 - Isometric Maps Part 5 - Side Topic - Fog of War and Light Aura Effects Part 6 - Side Topic - Automatic Transitions Part 7 - Isometric Picking Part 8 - Placing a Character on an Isometric Map - Part 1 Part 9 - Placing a Character on an Isometric Map - Part 2 The Sprite Engine Tutorial Series expands on the sprite engine introduced in Star Defense, adding frame-based animation, automatic rotation, waypoint following and other new features. Part 1 - Introduction and Graphics Part 2 - The FrameAnimation Class Part 3 - The SpriteAnimation Class Part 4 - The MobileSprite Class Part 5 - Putting our Classes to Use The Color Key Map tutorial demonstrates using an off-screen image to determine what parts of your game world the mouse is hovering over. Offscreen Color Keyed Map Tutorial
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