header
XNA Creators Club Game On! Sweepstakes 6/17/2008 9:28:47 PM
"Ever dream of designing video games? Ever want to be a game tester and then to be able to share your experiences with the world? Well, XNA Creators Club gives you that chance every time you review or submit a game!* With your participation, you will be entered into a sweepstakes to win $5,000 in cold, hard cash! Plus, there are big weekly prizes that include everything from cash to gaming gift cards to an Xbox® 360 Elite when you enter the XNA Creators Club Game On! Sweepstakes!"

Weekly prizes include
Cash Prizes
XBOX Live Credits
Zune 80
XBOX Elite
Other great prizes!

Filed Under : XNA



XNA HLSL (High Level Shader Language) Tutorials 6/12/2008 10:56:27 AM
So, during the conversion phase of MDXInfo to XNAInfo we have converted the HLSL Tutorials 1 - 3 over to XNA Game Studio 2.0.
The tutorials cover a simple shader, then a diffuse (Color) shader and finally a texture shader.
Have a look and tell us what you think!

Filed Under : XNA



XNAInfo is coming very soon 6/11/2008 11:20:19 AM
Together with Rim van Wersch, we are going to revive MDXInfo as XNAInfo.
In the interim we are busy converting all the tutorials/samples and resources from MDXInfo to XNA Game Studio.

So, without further a due, click on the tutorials section and you will find some of the converted tutorials from MDXInfo's the basics in XNA Game Studio 2.0 format.

Let us know what you think!

Filed Under : XNA



Dream Build Play 2008 6/10/2008 12:10:07 PM
Yesterday Dream Build Play 2008 was launched by the XNA team. It's really exciting to see what the other game developers in the world get upto in their spare time and Dream Build Play 2007 also saw the rising of James Silva creator of the awesome XBox Live Arcade - Dishwasher Dead Samurai.

"In Dream-Build-Play 2008 you can build your dream game to compete with other game developers around the world. This year’s contest will feature Xbox360 development only and to ensure that everyone has access we will be giving away one free 12-Month XNA Creators Club Trial membership to everyone that registers. Contestants will compete for $75,000 in prizes and the bragging rights to say their game was the best. Additionally, one of the top ten finalists will win an opportunity for an Xbox LIVE publishing contract. For more information log on to www.dreambuildplay.com"


Let me know if you are entering!

Filed Under : XNA



Podcasts - Learning while working 6/9/2008 10:26:27 PM
Podcasts are pretty cool for listening to while you are working.
I recently downloaded a few podcasts such as the ones on Garbage Collection and Vista for Developers and I must say that i'm quite enjoying listening to them while i'm working.
It's a bit different from the music that I listen to, but I sometimes catch myself concentrating on what they are saying instead of properly paying attention to the work I am doing. It's definitely worthwhile checking out some of the podcasts on Channel9.

Filed Under : Personal



So a CMS is born! 6/9/2008 7:34:30 PM
I am still in the progress of developing my custom CMS for this site. I think it will be give me some good experience as well as alot more flexibility in terms of what I want to do with this site.

Filed Under : Personal



XNA /Zune 6/9/2008 11:04:56 AM
So, I am going to try and get some XNA / Zune coding done since I got my zune just the other day.

Filed Under : Personal



footer