Beantown.NET's Next Meeting: July 10th, 2008 

For our July meeting, we have Chris Bowen from Microsoft presenting “Introduction to Game Development with XNA”.

 

Abstract:  Summer is upon us, so what better excuse to break away from the norm and discuss games?  This meeting is for people who enjoy games, and have always wanted to know more about how they’re made… and maybe how to make their own.  XNA (http://creators.xna.com) is a game development platform based on the .NET Framework that helps to make it easy to develop games for Windows, Xbox, and now the Zune as well.  Using the free XNA Game Studio, you can use those same C# skills that pay the bills by day for creating your own games by night (or really whenever you'd like.)  We'll introduce XNA, show you around the XNA world, then create a simple 2D game from scratch to give you a feel for game mechanics and the architecture of XNA.  This session requires no game development experience, only a passion for coding and for games!

Chris Bio:

Chris Bowen (http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen) is Microsoft’s Developer Evangelist for the Northeast.  A software architect and engineer with over 15 years of experience, Chris joined Microsoft after holding senior architect and developer positions at companies such as Monster, VistaPrint, Staples, and IDX Systems and consulting on web presence and eCommerce projects with others.  He is coauthor of "Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System" from WROX and “Essential Windows Communication Foundation” from Addison-Wesley.  He specializes in application architecture and building highly-scalable transactional web systems and holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

 

When:

Thursday, July 10, 2008,
6:00 – 8:00pm

 

Where:

Hollister, Inc.
75 State St., 9th Floor 
Boston, MA

http://www.hollisterstaff.com/

Phone: 617-654-0200
 

We’ll now be hosting our meetings at Hollister Staffing’s offices at 75 State St. in Boston. 

A quick word about the RSVP process: Security at 75 State St. is a lot tighter than at Adesso.  When we were meeting at Adesso, the RSVP was only for the pizza count.  Now, you’ll need to RSVP so that we can put your name on the security list to get into the building.  I’m working with Hollister to try to find a way around this but until you hear otherwise, please RSVP for the meeting.  Even if you’re not 100% sure that you’re coming, send an RSVP so that we can get you and anyone you bring with you on the security list. 

As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends and co-workers.  If you’re planning to come, please RSVP via email by 3pm on 7/10

Future meetings:

• September 4 – TBA