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ispiro
ispiro

Reputation: 27633

Get the tools for XNA development

I've followed this MSDN link but there's no link there for Windows games. Only these two:

  1. App Hub - Download free tools... to develop games and apps for Xbox LIVE Indie Games and Windows Phone 7.
  2. Xbox 360 - Resources and programs ... development for the Xbox 360.

Where do I get the tools for developing for PC's? Or does that not even exist?

Also, is my understanding that a user will have to download some redistributable for using the game correct? And that though it seems MS will cease support 'soon' - it should still be available after that, like Winforms is?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 92

Answers (2)

davidsbro
davidsbro

Reputation: 2758

If you meant you're looking for the link to download XNA 4.0, here it is:http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23714. And I think that you can include the redistributable file with your game so the user doesn't have to download the file from the web, thought I'm not sure about this. Here's a link to the XNA 4.0 redistributable http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914. Hope this was helpful.

Upvotes: 1

Dan Teesdale
Dan Teesdale

Reputation: 1863

It seems like Microsoft has dropped support for the XNA framework, but there is great work being done to keep it alive, and improve upon it with MonoGame.

http://monogame.codeplex.com/

Upvotes: 2

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