My suggestion is to use the Content Pipeline. Here is an example of an xml file: 1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  2 <XnaContent>  3 ...

Ok I figured it out. Pretty simple. In the GetInput menthod you will have: if (keyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Left) || keyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.A))  {       ...

The only thing I don't like about this is that you can't walk off the ladder from the middle.

What i do is on the HandleCollision method, after the for loop I check to see if the user is trying to climb and if so check the tile player is currently on. if (tryingToClimb)  {  ...

It's because in the HandleCollision method touchingLadder is set to true but is is also being set to false while you are still touching the ladder. Put a break point where you set touchingLadder = true. Once you hit that break point, put another break point where touchingLadder = false. Hit F5 a couple of times and you will see that even ...

You can't change the individual x and y coordinates of Position but to change Position, yes you would declare a new Vector2. For example if you wanted you modify just the y value, you would do this:      Position = new Vector2(Position.X, Position.Y - 10)

I am trying to figure out the same thing. I have extended the starter kit a lot but for the life of me I can't figure out the ladder. I can get it to move up the ladder really fast and down the ladder a tile at a time but that's not what I want. Also, the problem with that is that if the player jumps while in front of the ladder, he stops ...

That is the obvious answer but I need to have any new graphics that are added to the map compiled. I came across this Engine engine = new Engine();    ...

This isn't so much an XNA question as it is a C# question (kind of). I have created my own side scroller engine in XNA and wrote my own tile map editor. The tile map editor doesn't use XNA but it does output an XML file usable by XNA. What I would like to know is how (from within my map editor application) I would take that exported ...

Is it possible to have multiple assets in one XML file.  This is what I have:   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  <XnaContent>  ...