Understanding Zune Development

published 2 months ago, submitted by ElementCy 2 months, 1 day ago

nazspace.com — Nazeeh has a new article up on game development on the Microsoft Zune using XNA Game Studio 3.0. In this article Nazeeh covers the device specifications, limitations, optimizations and lots of great information. read more...

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RaycasterX

published 5 months, 17 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 5 months, 17 days ago

codeplex.com — RaycasterX is an MIT-licensed project geared towards the creation of a full raycasting engine for XNA. Currently RaycasterX is built against the XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP providing support on both Windows and Zune. Xbox 360 support will be added when a version of XNA Game Studio 3.0 is released that supports Xbox 360 building and deployment. read more...

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Zune Games with XNA - Understanding Game State Management

published 5 months, 23 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 5 months, 23 days ago

blogs.msdn.com — Dan Waters has covered Game State briefly in the past, but he has always used complex switch statements to handle different logical scenarios within the game. This works for small, simple examples, but is not optimal for more complex projects. With this in mind, he is starting a set of video posts on how to use game state management for more complex applications. read more...

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Rendering in Landscape Mode on Zune

published 5 months, 29 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 5 months, 29 days ago

nick.gravelyn.com — Nick has pointed out that in the XNA GS 3.0 CTP there is no built-in mechanism for rendering in landscape mode. There was a bug filed for this, but it’s still up to the team to decide if it makes it in for the XNA GS 3.0 RTM later this year. So he decided to create a nice work around for this until it is fully implemented in the XNA release. read more...

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Your First Zune Application in XNA

published 6 months, 18 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 6 months, 18 days ago

virtualrealm.com.au — Mykre shows us how to get started with a blank project for the Zune using the XNA 3.0 CTP. read more...

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XNA Games on the Zune - A Brief "How To"

published 6 months, 24 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 6 months, 24 days ago

blogs.msdn.com — Dan Walters has a nice "How To" video on how to publish and run a game on your zune. read more...

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Sponsored Feature: Games for Zune with XNA Game Studio 3.0

published 7 months ago, submitted by ElementCy 7 months ago

gamasutra.com — At the Game Developers Conference this year, we announced our launch of Microsoft® XNA® Game Studio 3.0. We talked about an exciting new feature – the ability to develop games for your Zune® device! In this article, we’ll summarize for you the capabilities of running XNA Framework games on Zune, and explain how you can make the most of gaming with your Zune. read more...

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