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Galactic Wars 3 v1.2

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:18:29 GMT

New release of GW3 with high scores support, new level, new game difficulty and numerous bug fixes!

Galactic Wars 3 v1.1

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:38 GMT

An update for Galactic Wars 3 (Zune) has been released today with numerous fixes, changes and additions.

Visual Studio 2008 / .NET 3.5 SP1 Betas

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:45:48 GMT

Microsoft has released a beta of VS2008 and .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1. It includes several fixes and enhancements across the board.

XNA Game State Sample for the Zune

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:40:59 GMT

Mykre has converted the Game State Samples from the XNA Creators Club over to the Zune and XNA 3.0 Platform.

Writing a Kick-Ass Script 2: The Opening Scene

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:36:42 GMT

A good story must hook you from the beginning. Games aren't just about story, however, they are also about game play. Great controls and an intuitive interface can disguise a bad story, and a terrible interface and poor controls will wreck even the greatest story-line.

Generic XNA - 3D Fire

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:10 GMT

Have posted a simple example solution using my flame shader. This should give you a decent base to create your own implementation. There is a link to the source at the bottom of the post.

New Version of FGF (Thrust)

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:10 GMT

A new version of Thrust has been released for download which fixes some issues with StateManager and StateObject and adds better support for localized content management and piecewise content removal.

Xna Course 1 - Introduction

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:25:49 GMT

Crash course on XNA part 1.

Xna 3.0 - Nueva Versión Disponible para bajar!

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:45:13 GMT

Acaba de lanzarse la CTP del framework XNA en su versión 3.0, debutando con la capacidad de construir juegos para toda la familia de dispositivos multimedia Zune.

Spatial Sorting with kd-trees - Part 1

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:26:46 GMT

Justin Olbrantz has written a presentation on spacial sorting and partitioning with KD-Trees in XNA. His paper convers various spacial partitioning methods and comes with an implementation in XNA 1.0 and 2.0.

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

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:34 GMT

Dan Walters has a nice "How To" video on how to publish and run a game on your zune.

Generic XNA - Fire

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:52:48 GMT

Nemo Krad is working on a new XNA sample showing how to render fire using the NVIDIA flame shader. This sample will generate volumetric fire using billboarding techniques when it is released.

Visualization Library alpha 1

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:08:45 GMT

Visualization Library is an open source C++ middleware for 2D/3D graphics applications based on the industry standard OpenGL, designed to develop portable applications for the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux/X11 operating systems.

NVIDIA PhysX SDK 2.8.1 - Now Available

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:16:32 GMT

The latest NVIDIA PhysX SDK (Free for commercial and non-commercial use) -- version 2.8.1 -- is now available. The new version improves joint performance, Vista support, and includes updated demos.

GameDevKicks - WordPress Plugin

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:39:18 GMT

Casey has just finished creating a nice and simple little plugin for WordPress that replaces any instances of "<!-gdkkickit->" into a GameDevKick "Kick It" image and link.

Alien Aggressors: Zune Edition

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:54:23 GMT

Nick has ported Alien Aggressors over to the 3.0 CTP so it works on both Windows and Zune.

The Cg Tutorial - Now Readable Online

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:04:02 GMT

10 chapters of the Cg Tutorial are now available online for free. The Cg Tutorial teaches you more than just the Cg Shading Language. It serves as a lucid introduction to all the basic concepts of the modern graphics pipeline - from vertices and polygons, and the building blocks of shader programming, to more advanced topics like bump mapping and toon shading.

Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:10 GMT

Microsoft XNA Game Studio is a toolset which makes creating great video games for Windows-based PC's, the Zune digital media player and the Xbox 360 console (with an active XNA Creators Club subscription) easier than ever. This release represents the Community Technology Preview of Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0.

Ocean II

Mon, 05 May 2008 21:27:21 GMT

Nemo Krad has a fix to his original Ocean class. He found a few errors in the class. The performance is better and is comparable with Anirudh S Shastry's shader he posted last time.

A-Star Pathfinding in C#

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:31:32 GMT

Here is a good example of an A-Star implementation in C#, the author has used a Windows Forms application, but could be ported to any other language/application.

A new "Sharky's Air Legends" release is out! New features & bug fix

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:55:41 GMT

Sharky has just released another version of Sharky's Air Legends containing a great new multiplayer feature, enhancements & a bug fix for those in other Regions that were experiencing a crash.

Eternal Lands' MMORPG Postmortem: Mistakes and Lessons, Part I

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:44:37 GMT

Radu Privantu, the creator of the MMORPG Eternal Lands writes about how it all started, and challenges he faced after it became popular.

XNA Code Generator for Tile Studio 2.55

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:39:13 GMT

The guys over at Fragmented Code have an article up on how to load a tile map generated from Tile Studio 2.55 in XNA. Currently Supported Features: * Export Tile Sets to BMP and place in 'Content' sub-directory * Export CS File containing all Maps * Export TileStudioMap.cs containing MapDefinition and Tile helper classes * Easy Map instantiation, just pass a reference to the Map's Texture2D containing the Tiles * Easy Map Rendering, just call the Map's "Draw" method and pass the SpriteBatch

Cut-Scene Animation and Water Rendering, Part II