You can listen to the podcast here. Designer and musician on Pillar, a collection of minigames, each with unique personalities and challenges, which his headed to PS4. Previously, Michael and I had coordinated the third Indie Games Summer Uprising in 2012, which was a showcase for XNA developers on Xbox 360. Additionally, Michael had created…
That’s usually the first question I get asked, when working with folks who have not programmed before. This is immediately followed by “which language do I start with?” There is no right or wrong answer, but I can tell you what worked for me. Starting off I started with C#, using Microsoft’s XNA gaming framework…
Charles Humprey (@NemoKrad) was kind enough to help me get his 2D side scrolling shooter sample working in C++ / DX 11 this morning. You can find the source code to the project here. He’s a fellow MVP who has been extremely active in the XNA community, and provided numerous samples in the past. You can…
Recently, I’ve been dabbling in various gaming frameworks and learning new languages as a means to understand the pros and cons of each. Along the way I felt it was necessary to document my findings, in hopes that it’ll prove useful for other aspiring game developers out there as well. Last month Microsoft began hosting the New…
The practical parts of my Windows Phone children’s app is complete, so now I’m working on cleaning up the code and adding details to refine it and make it appear like a professional product. In particular, I wanted to add sound effects. I wanted to add a clicking sound when a user navigates to and…
Xbox LIVE’s Indie Games Uprising, the marketing campaign that I’ve been helping coordinate with teams of other XNA/XBLIG developers for the past 6 months, is finally visible on the dashboard! Turn on your Xbox to see the the promotion on the front page of the dashboard! Our goal is to promote Xbox Live Indie Games in the…
So it’s been a long time coming, but my first Xbox Live Indie Game, Piz-ong, finally appeared on Xbox Live this morning. It took me a few attempts to get it through peer review, and it was always for something silly, like forgetting an “if”statement for the trial mode (which I later found out from James…
It’s an honor to be a part of the third Indie Games Uprising on XBLIG. We’ve got a lot of great things coming up, and can finally make all of our announcements today. In addition to the games hitting the service, including the bizarre qrth-phyl today, we’re pleased to announce that the XBLIG companion has hit…
In the 4 months since I started using XNA and learning C# I’ve come a long way. I’m about to release my first XBLIG, Piz-ong, and it’s a great feeling. Is it an amazing game that’s going to forever shape the industry? No, It’s a Pong clone. But it’s a personal accomplishment that really laid…
I’ve decided to finally release my game. And by release, I mean submit it to playtesting, take some brief feedback, and then finally place it into peer review. Once it passes that it can be released on XBLIG. I’m doing this for a few reasons: 1) Learning It’s nice to have feedback from other…