http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2009/06/29/game-programming-with-silverlight.aspx

Tomorrow, June 30th, is the release date for my book titled “Game Programming with Silverlight”. Writing this book was a great experience as it was the first book I have ever written. It was extremely time consuming mostly because it was a learning experience but I am glad I did it.

Also, I apologize for the lack of Silverlight tips these days! Finishing the book was my top priority but I am looking forward to getting back to adding Silverlight tips on a regular basis.

The book itself covers a lot of what I discuss here in this tips blog but with more detail. Here is a quick outline of what I covered in the book:

Chapter 1: Silverlight 101. I start the book off by giving a thorough introduction into Silverlight, XAML and Silverlight controls.

Chapter 2: Getting Started. This chapter covers using Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 for creating Silverlight projects.

Chapter 3: What’s new with Silverlight 3. I cover each and every new feature to Silverlight 3 that could pertain to game development.

Chapter 4: Silverlight Tips and Tricks. Mostly tips I covered here in my blog.

Chapter 5: Creating the World. Covers the map editor I created that allows you to create maps for your games. Also, I discuss resources where you can obtain game art from.

Chapter 6: Object Manager. I discuss how to use a web service to load objects from. Also, I cover the different types of objects you might have in a multi-player adventure type game.

Chapter 7: Animation. This chapter discusses the variety of ways to perform animation in Silverlight.

Chapter 8: The Client UI. I discuss the ways you can lay out your client UI in your game.

Chapter 9: Network Support: I discuss how to make your game multi-player using socket programming.

Chapter 10: Extras: In this final chapter I discuss a variety of topics such as how scrolling maps smoothly, player movement, chat boxes and reflections.