Make a Video Game for the Xbox 360

You've played the games, and now want to make one for the Xbox 360. Follow the instructions below to begin making your game and start getting purchases.

Steps

  1. Plan out your game thoroughly. Most games that skip this step suffer from "scope bloat", "feature creep", and end up failing.
    • You could type up a plan in a text editor such as Microsoft Word.
  2. Understand how to program in C#. You will also need to know about 3D game programming if you want a 3D game.
  3. Now you need to download two programs:
  4. Install Visual C#.
  5. Patch it to the latest version.
  6. Install Game Studio.
  7. Subscribe to the XNA Creators Club for a $45 repeating fee. This may seem bad, but it is a quality control system.
  8. Make the game in XNA Game Studio

Tips

  • To make a good game, you must have a good idea for a game. Make sure your idea is solid.
  • Design your ideas in a book or on a word document program so you don't forget or mess up while creating your game.
  • You can also make your game for Xbox 360 and Windows. When you are done, back up your game and then try it.
  • The best games are invented by gamers.
  • You can use the games you make on either Windows or Xbox 360 with only input device code changes. Simply create input handlers for both keyboard/mouse and Xbox 360 controller.
  • There are many resources to learn C# and XNA on the Internet and in your book stores.
  • Make a menu tree and then draw sketches of the start.

Warnings

  • There is a $45 fee to put a game you made on the Xbox 360. This is to keep games on that system at a high quality.
  • Remember that content is monitored by users and highly inappropriate (sexual, mostly) content will be removed by Microsoft and could result in your being banned (which is highly unlikely)

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