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Hey is this SDK userfriendly to someone who doesn't know the first thing of Visual C# As in, do you need to learn C# for Visual Game Studio Express

barkingdog

For XNA GSE you will absolutly need to learn c#.

That is not entirely accurate :)
Edmundas

I suspect X-static is making claims for his upcoming product.... but I would argue that at that point you are not really using Game Studio Express or XNA any more than you are using DirectX when you use GameMaker. Never mind that his product is rumourware at the moment ;-) However other products like TorqueX (which has a website and everything) will help you do more game development without as much programming.

But to make the pedantic people happy....

For XNA GSE you will absolutly need to learn c# unless you use a 3rd party add in that does some of this work for you.
Mateus1223
I was just hinting at 3rd party solutions, such as TorqueX. You mentioned it now anyway :)
Noremac
At this stage you most likely wouldn't be able to create games without knowing the language to a certain degree.
John Sorensen
Yes, you do need to have a medium skill level in C# to develop with XNA.

C# though is a very friendly language so don't be intimidated by that. Find a local college course, check out some books from the library, hit some sites up on line and you'd be ready to tackle XNA in just a short time if you really apply yourself.
GrayMatter Software
XNA is a programming toolkit, not a game making toolkit. If you are looking for something more drag and drop then try gamemaker or Torque game builder. For XNA GSE you will absolutly need to learn c#.
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