XNAbased

XNAbased refers to software, games, or components built using the Microsoft XNA Framework, a set of managed code libraries and tools designed for video game development on Windows and Xbox 360, with later extensions toward Windows Phone. XNAbased projects typically rely on the XNA runtime and use the Microsoft.Xna.Framework namespaces, such as Microsoft.Xna.Framework and Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics, usually developed with XNA Game Studio inside Visual Studio.

The framework was introduced by Microsoft in 2006 to provide a simplified, cross-targeted API for 2D and 3D games. It runs on the .NET runtime and is written in C#, appealing to independent developers and small studios. XNAbased applications generally follow a standard game loop implemented by a class derived from Game, exposing Update for game logic and Draw for rendering. Core components include GraphicsDeviceManager to configure rendering settings, ContentManager for asset loading, and SpriteBatch for 2D rendering; the content pipeline processes art assets for use in the game.

Official support for XNA ended around 2013, and Microsoft discontinued active development beyond XNA 4.0. Since then, many XNAbased projects have been ported or reimplemented on community-driven platforms such as MonoGame, which preserves much of the XNA API. Other engines and wrappers have emerged to extend or replace XNA functionality on modern platforms.

See also: MonoGame, XNA Framework, FNA.