So in about two weeks time is a 48hour game programming event held at Waikato University. Which is about 2 hours drive south of my current residence. I’ll be attending along with a couple others I know from AGW.
It looks like the two primary tools being used are Game Maker and XNA – I might just have to have a play around with XNA before I go, just so I don’t spend the first 4 hours working out how to go into full screen mode and get a sprite moving on the screen.
48 hours is a ridiculously short time frame to make a game. Usually I take 48 hours just to decide what resolution to use, but now I’m going to have to do all that and thensome along with sleeping, eating and showering – I have a feeling its going to be a very, very unhygenic event as one or two social decencies may fall by the wayside as the deadline looms.
#1 by Erik Hogan on January 19, 2009 - 5:10 am
The computer labs have XNA and Gamemaker, but you’re allowed to bring your own Laptop – I’m bringing mine so I don’t have to try and learn a language that isn’t by Mark Sibly!