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Entries from May 2007

XNA Game Development

May 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday I attended a seminar given by Microsoft Student Representitives. I forget their official title, but basicly they go around to Universities and show off Microsoft technology - evangelists maybe?
The topic was on XNA game development.
Usual presentation technology hickups aside (like trying to access the internet through the universities firewall via a wireless laptop connection […]

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Tags: Game Programming

Cross-platform Game Engines

May 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments

In my earlier post Is Crossplatform Development just a Myth? I mentioned the difficulty of creating truly cross-platform games. (And when we’re talking just Apple and Windows here, one could argue to what degree is that cross-platform anyway?) And I just covered a few api’s and programming languages. What I didn’t mention was game engines. […]

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Tags: Game Programming · Programming

I know what I’m doing next summer…

May 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Working on a new game that’s what.
Something a little retro with some modern sensibilities, I’ve been saving up my pay from my day job so I’ll be able to hire an artist and a musician to work with. It’s not going to be a huge project, more like an “in-betweener” job. Just to increase my […]

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