I gave my first presentation tonight to the Omaha .NET User Group (OmahaMTG) covering an introductory look into XNA 4.0. The presentation followed very closely to my previously posted tutorial an introduction to XNA. The entire presentation took only about 30 minutes but I didn't get to cover nearly as much as I would have liked to. I was originally planning to write an entire (small) demo game from scratch as part of the presentation but it would have ended up taking too long. I ended up writing the game ahead of time and then commenting all of the code. I then uncommented a section at a time to demonstrate different aspects of the game. This ended up working out pretty well as far as presentations go. I was able to cover a lot more concepts then I would have otherwise given the time saved by not having to code it on the spot. Still, I wish I could have covered XBox 360 controller support and the use of timers.
For those interested, I've provided a link below to the presentation slides and code. This is the exact same code I used during the presentation which lacks a lot of the features I wanted to cover. If you find this helpful or interesting make sure to visit my full post which covers this same material in more detail and also includes many other features I couldn't get to.
Finally, I'd like to thank Farm Credit Services of America and Volano Solutions for sponsoring this event. The .NET User Group would not be possible without our sponsors.
XNA Presentation.zip (2.89 mb)
Tags: XNA, Presentation, OmahaMTG