XNA and Academia Partnership & Innovation through gaming in Academia Chris Satchell General Manager XNA Microsoft Corporation

INTRO VIDEO

How Are We Doing Globally? Curricula, tools and technology in academia lags behind the industry Enrollment in Engineering and Sciences continue to decline Retaining students grows increasingly challenging Awareness in the uses of Engineering and Sciences is growing worse

Curricula, tools and technology in academia lags behind the industry

Enrollment in Engineering and Sciences continue to decline

Retaining students grows increasingly challenging

Awareness in the uses of Engineering and Sciences is growing worse

Democratizing Game Development

Community Created Games

Academic Launch Partners

XNA Academic Program Broad partnership with academics and industry professionals Deep partnership with select universities to author and share gaming curriculum and resources Collaboration with textbook publishers and authors in providing textbooks on XNA Access to XNA Creators Club licenses for institutions with MSDN AA Resources for Microsoft Student Partners to conduct campus training and events

Broad partnership with academics and industry professionals

Deep partnership with select universities to author and share gaming curriculum and resources

Collaboration with textbook publishers and authors in providing textbooks on XNA

Access to XNA Creators Club licenses for institutions with MSDN AA

Resources for Microsoft Student Partners to conduct campus training and events

Examples of Use in Academia SMU Guildhall 2D Platformer Starter Kit as basis for new cohorts Built on top of Torque X and XNA Rochester Institute of Technology Game prototyping using XNA Game Studio Express Full computer lab of 36 Xbox 360s Daniel Webster College Game Development course using XNA

SMU Guildhall

2D Platformer Starter Kit as basis for new cohorts

Built on top of Torque X and XNA

Rochester Institute of Technology

Game prototyping using XNA Game Studio Express

Full computer lab of 36 Xbox 360s

Daniel Webster College

Game Development course using XNA

XNA Creators Club Online Single best online community and resource for everything XNA Game Studio related Growing library of content monthly Exclusive 3 rd party partner offerings and promotions

Single best online community and resource for everything XNA Game Studio related

Growing library of content monthly

Exclusive 3 rd party partner offerings and promotions

An Engaging Educational Platform Game Design Multi-Thread/Multi-Core 3D Graphics GPU-based Approaches Shaders New Game Types AI Automata

Retail Games Also Using XNA GSE Schizoid by Torpex Games

In Summary Challenge ourselves Download and take XNA Game Studio Express for a spin Try it in part of your course Give us feedback ( [email_address] )

Challenge ourselves

Download and take XNA Game Studio Express for a spin

Try it in part of your course

Give us feedback ( [email_address] )

Ready to Kick Its Tires? Head on over to http://creators.xna.com and download XNA Game Studio Express today Contact Andrew Sithers ( [email_address] ) Locate and work with your Microsoft Student Partner

Head on over to http://creators.xna.com and download XNA Game Studio Express today

Contact Andrew Sithers ( [email_address] )

Locate and work with your Microsoft Student Partner

Additional Information & Resources XNA Creators Club Online http://creators.xna.com