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My friends and I have no experience with coding or anything like that but have taken an interest in XNA and have some ideas that we would like to try to create. How easy is XNA going to be to use to make a simple 2d game just for fun? I know it uses C# and I am going to start trying to learn, but is this going to be something where only experts can use this program, or is someone like myself going to be able to create at least simple games and not have to spend hundreds of years doing it?

[493 byte] By [BurrCO] at [2008-2-7]

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Hey burcoo ive ben trying to learn c# and c++ and its very very hard but if you want to make games really easy like your talking about google gamemaker.

O and also burcoo me and my friend are making a gaming site were using flash its also very very easy i recommend that to and if you and your friends want to try and help with the gaming site reply to this message :).

whippedknight6 at 2007-8-30 >

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# 2

Given that XNA GSE is being targeted at hobbyists and indies, I think the learning curve won't be excessive. One reply said there will be starter kits for projects so you'll have at least a skeleton of code to get you started. I expect the community will do its usual job of filling in the blanks and offering assistance as will the guys on the XNA GS team.

Download Visual C# Express and the DirectX SDK and get started with the learning. Make sure you post questions to the C# messageboard

JimPerry at 2007-8-30 >

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Hi BurrCo. We realize that V1 of our product will have the difficulty bar set a bit high but over time our plans are to figure out how to simplify game development. As Jim said, we will ship several starter-kits that demonstrate complete working end-to-end games. In the meantime, I encourage you to check out the game developer offerings from Garage Games (http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/tgb/). We are working with to provide a simpler experience for V1.

AlbertHo*MSFT* at 2007-8-30 >

# 4

I am also a beginner on Visual C#, but with the help of the absolute beginners videos wich are also on the microsoft site, you can learn a lot, so i have taken the oppurtunity to watch those lessons, and trying something out...You've gotta start somewhere!!

SeahawkNL at 2007-8-30 >

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Thank you for your resoponses. I will continue to learn C# and wait for a better version for people like me. I will also take a looke at Garage Games and the absolute beginners videos. Thanks again.

BurrCO at 2007-8-30 >

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