Recent Event Highlights: Microsoft releases XNA update for Zune HD developers, multitouch drawing app created, Zune HD + XNA = Multi-Touch Drawing App, Microsoft Announces Dream.Build.Play 2009 Winners, XNA Boasts New Flight To Orlando, XNA Travel Up, Flight Delays Down, XNA Lara Animation Competition 2009 Entry 2 / XNA Lara Animation 3, and 130 more...
Created by dipity on Jul 2, 2009
Last updated: 02/04/10 at 09:45 AM
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...powerful games/apps coming down the line. I'm downloading the extension as I type this. I'm very excited. Ah, no this is the XNA PORTABLE Framework... the same same framework used on previous Zune's which doesn't support proper 3D, or even AA'ing rotated sprites....
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Engadget
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Download here: zune.elxx.net Just a quick little app I threw together on my Zune HD today. Draw with your finger(s), shake to clear the screen. It's a shame that MS has no plans of giving us a way to distribute these apps & games. This uses the just recently released XNA Game Studio 3.1 Zune Extensions: forums.xna.com Hit me up on Twitter: twitter.com Or the Zune Social, of course: social.zune.net
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...Toon Boom Animation Inc. with their product Toon Boom Studio, and Autodesk with the Softimage 7.5 Mod Tool. More information about Dream.Build.Play, XNA Game Studio 3.1 and the XNA Creators Club Online can be found by visiting http://creators.xna.com....
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...tickets to Las Vegas are $158, also round-trip. The new flight to Orlando is scheduled to begin Nov. 19. Flights will depart XNA weekly on Thursday at 6:15 p.m. and arrive in Orlando at 9:35 p.m. The return flight will leave Orlando at 4 p.m. and arrive at...
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4029tv.com
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...said. And passenger numbers continue to grow. Still, that doesn't stop things like weather from putting slight delays on some XNA flights. Elizabeth Grace is flying home to London via Atlanta and had to deal with a 15-minute weather delay today. I've already...
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This is my third animation in the series and this is also my XNA Lara Animation Competition 2009 Entry 2 because it's longer and better. Here is the link 2 ThatNorskchick2's video. There you can download it if you like it!: www.youtube.com. Hope you enjoyed and I hope I win! XP (^_^)y
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...this whole post to another site Dust: An Elysian Tail, an entry in Microsoft's XNA Dream Build Play competition, is not only the best looking video game we've seen from the contest, it might be the best looking downloadable Xbox 360 title ever. In fact, I'm...
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Kotaku
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Horn Swaggle Islands and Gum Drop Celestial Frontier round out this mega-sode of XNA Roundup featuring news and reviews of all the best Xbox Indie games. This is part 2 of 2. Carlos from mevio is our guest, check out the mevio tech blog here: www.meviotech.mevio.com . Episode sponsored by Godaddy, use the code XNA20H when you check out to get 20% off hosting.
Indie games are hip, community games are gone, Skwug makes us go weee!, and Crescendo Symphony brings some international flavor to the Xbox Indie games catalog. This is part 1 of 2. Carlos from mevio is our guest, check out the mevio tech blog here: www.meviotech.mevio.com Episode sponsored by Godaddy, use the code XNA20H when you check out to get 20% off hosting.
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...and careful movement to supply additional differences. The result? One of the most simple but effective concepts I've played on XNA in quite a while. If you haven't quite grown tired of shooters yet, definitely give this one a shot. Hell, do it even if you...
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IGN
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Nebulon is a retro styled space shooter in the vain of geometry wars, definitely worth a purchase. Lotus Stellar Conflict is a tactical top down space shooter. Subscribe to support the show. Episode sponsored by Godaddy, use the code XNA20H to get 20% off hosting.
Biology Battle, Air Legends, Duotrix are all games XNA Roundup missed the first time around. Nickthedude and Carlos Rodela give you their thoughts on all the best Xbox Community Games. Episode Sponsored by Duality ZF. Support the XNA Roundup by subscribing via Youtube or iTunes.
This week on XNA Roundup we look at Kodu Game Lab a product from Microsoft Research Labs. Kodu is a programming environment allows players to easily create, edit and share games with friends, without learning a written programming language. Subscribe! Now!
Chalked, Plows in Hell, Light's End and Revenge of the Evil Aliens reviewed on this special episode of XNA Roundup. Nickthedude and Special guest Carlos Rodela from Mevio.com and Press Pause share thoughts about recent community game releases.
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A Moron's Challenge
Challenge Accepted! ...Aw Crap
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Cost: 200 MSP
Okay, I'll admit it, being constantly berated while trying to solve simple little puzzles that require fairly decent amounts of concentration and
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IGN
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Rocket Riot is a great new xbox live arcade game with an extremely cool retro 8-bit art style. We also look at ezmuze+ Hamst3r Edition. Subscribe to the show via Youtube or iTunes to show your support. Sponsorships available, email us for details.
Avatar Custom Animation XNA version 1.0 www.codeplex.com
XNA 3.1 Custom Avatar Animation, new Content Pipeline. Comming soon... xnacommunity.codeplex.com
Still recovering from last weeks episode, we slow our roll and take a look at just 2 games, Unrevolutionary & Angry Barry. Subscribe to the show via Youtube or iTunes. Sponsored by Godaddy.com, use the promo code xna7 at checkout to get a .COM domain name for just $7.49.
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...gamers and keeps gamers connected before, during, and after a gameplay session, persisting across title switches. Video Playback: XNA Game Studio now supports the ability to play back video that can be used for such purposes as opening splash and logo scenes,...
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Early version of our ToonTank game build in Microsoft XNA 3.0
The second tutorial from the XNA Advanced Techniques series is now available to the public! The tutorial is called Advanced Movement. In the tutorial, you will learn an advanced way to move your sprite using a physics formula and a time component. A diagram has been added to the video to help you understand the formula. Enjoy the tutorial, and stay tuned for more! Part 2 of 2
The second tutorial from the XNA Advanced Techniques series is now available to the public! The tutorial is called Advanced Movement. In the tutorial, you will learn an advanced way to move your sprite using a physics formula and a time component. A diagram has been added to the video to help you understand the formula. Enjoy the tutorial, and stay tuned for more! Part 1 of 2
You asked us for another top 10 community game list, but heck! we figured why not just do 21. It made sense at the time:) Subscribe to the show via Youtube or iTunes to show your support. Sponsored by Godaddy, use the code xna5 to get 10% off your order.
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...Ark. -- The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting is over, and many Wal-Mart associates are heading home by plane. Officials from XNA said they saw about 3,000 extra people pass through the airport this week. That's why the airport teamed up with Wal-Mart to make...
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...an Elvis impersonator and a Vegas showgirl had tickets. Thursdays flight piggybacked on the success of Allegiant Air's new XNA to Los Angeles flight, which made its debut just a few weeks ago. Airport director Kelly Johnson said traveler response to these...
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XNA Rpg 002, added so much more since my last update :) see for yourself
This week on XNA Roundup we travel back in time to review some of the best early community games. We look at Weapon of Choice, Blow and Carneyvale: Showtime. Subscribe to the show via Youtube or iTunes to show your support. Episode Sponsored by Blazing Birds.
This week on XNA Roundup we examine the politically themed adventure game, Clover, as well as the bare bones arcade racer Streamline. Subscribe to the show via Youtube or iTunes to show your support. Want to sponsor an episode? Email us!
OMG!!! This episode is HUGE! Tons of gaming goodness for all our XNA Roundup viewers out there looking to get their xbox 360 community game fix. We've got reviews of Trino, Karnn Age and Halfbrick Echoes. Subscribe to our show, you'll feel better.
A Pre-Alpha build of Elysian Tail: Dust, created in XNA. © 2009 Dean Dodrill www.noogy.com ... Dust XNA Xbox 360 Dream Build Play
A Pre-Alpha build of Elysian Tail: Dust, created in XNA. © 2009 Dean Dodrill www.noogy.com ... Dust XNA Xbox 360 Dream Build Play
On this episode of XNA Roundup we check out the peggle like community game, Orbyx : Mystic Orbs of Chaos , a fun new pachinko style game available on xbox live for 400 points. Support XNA Roundup by subscibing via iTunes or YouTube.
Episode 16 brings you reviews of 2 new community games on the xbox 360, Tank Strike and A Great Easter Egg Hunt. Also, find out how you can win some awesome xbox gear including: You're in the Movies, Gears of War 2 and a Rock Band t-shirt! Good luck!
Episode #13 of XNA Roundup brings you bite sized gaming morsels found in the community games section on the xbox live marketplace. games reviewed include: NextWar, Dromedary, The Exterminater (sic), Halfbrick Blast Off, BeatBlox, SuperCow, Little Racers.
Episode 12 of the XNA Roundup podcast leaves the confines of community games and reviews the xbox live arcade release The Dishwasher : Dead Samurai. An XNA Dream Build Play Winner, Ska studio's Dishwasher proves 2d beat-um-ups aren't just an NES thing.
In this, the 10th episode of XNA Roundup we give the people what they want, a list! Yes, because everybody loves a list we present you the top ten xbox live community games! Feel free to leave your personal top 10 in a comment. Hey U, subscribe already!
Need for Speed:XNA is a ground-up remake of the original Need for Speed game. It uses the original data files from the game but the code is all completely new c# and XNA. See more and download here: www.1amstudios.com This is not affiliated in any way with EA or Pioneer Productions, and is completely unofficial.
Episode 8 of the xnaroundup podcast examines 3 new xbox 360 community games, Mithra, ZP2K9 & TWP Spine of the World. Featuring: aliens, zombies, machine guns, flame throwers, and grinding. Support the show by subscribing via Youtube or iTunes. Thanks!
Particle Systems in Xen: Graphics API for XNA www.codeplex.com/xen
In this tutorial, I will show you how to add a sprite to your game and display it to the game window. Part 1 of 2 Sprites resource can be found here - www.phstudios.com
Due to requests, I have brought the basic training tutorials back with the absence of C# intros. Here is the first tutorial out of a series of 6-8. In this tutorial, I introduce you to the basic game engine provided to you when you start a new project. To get XNA, go to www.microsoft.com You need C# 2008 Express, or the full Visual Studio 2008
Thanks for tuning in to XNAroundup podcast no. 4. This week we take a look at Miner Dig Deep, a great new game available through the xbox live community games tab. Support the show by subscribing via youtube or itunes (tr.im
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...those of us without any programming talent will be able to start designing simple games to play on Xbox 360. So why hasn't XNA taken Xbox 360 owners and the mainstream press by storm? The answer is the superior platform, the iPhone. The fact that the iPhone...
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Eric Havir with the Microsoft Surface team visited InterKnowlogy recently to see what they've been doing with Surface. Rodney Guzman of InterKnowlogy shows a demo of one interesting interaction created in XNA. It's a simple app that demonstrates how the virtual blocks can be interacted with hands and other real-world objects.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This video should be viewed in High Quality since the Lower Quality video becomes blurred, if you are interested in seeing the code - which is sort of the idea of this video. High Quality Version www.youtube.com (I don't know why it keeps throwing me the LQ one since I have "always HQ mode" in my settings) Hi! My name is Hampus and I feel that XNA is darn easy to work with and I know there might be people out there who have been thinking "I'd like to make a game, but it's ...
A lot of people from InstantAction and Xbox 360 (MBU) asked for a video of MBU XNA which was over a minute; here it is. Sorry for the three week delay.
XNA c# credit www.hardworkerstudio.com
My XNA Submarine Gameplay video. Development still in progress ... maybe one day it will be released ...
Update: I made a tutorial for this effect - Visit: www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de This is the first version of my sun effect, which is planned to be part of my space shooter I'm coding in my spare free time. Looking through the web, I didn't find any good-looking sun-effect, so I copied the style from the movie "sunshine". The effect isn't finished yet, I want to add crepuscular rays and heat-refraction. for questions feel free to contact me.
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