June 2009 Blog Posts
The recordings for the session I gave on XNA Game Studio 3.0 and the XNA Framework to the Facebook .NET Programmers Group have now been posted. In this session, I give an overview of XNA Game Studio 3.0 and the XNA Framework while building a simple Space Invaders clone named Alien Attack. This game is gone into even greater detail with more features in chapter 1 of our Coding4Fun book. You can find a quick, low-res, streaming version below, or you can download and play the recording at a higher resolution in Microsoft Office Live Meeting. I had...
Update: See this post for a beta release Ok, I get about 10 emails a day on this, so I figure a status update is in order. The Wii MotionPlus extension for the Wiimote was released last week. Since then, I and others have been working to figure out how the device works. Unfortunately, it does NOT work as every other extension controller has worked up until this point, mostly due to the fact that the Wii MotionPlus accessory has an expansion port of its own so all of the other extension controllers can plug into it....
The very first episode of my new Coding4Fun Show is now up on Channel 9. This is a show I plan on doing monthly, interviewing developers creating fun and interesting projects, and showcasing what they’re doing. In this first episode, I interview Andy Beaulieu and we discuss his Physics Helper for Silverlight, Blend, and Farseer. You’ll learn a bit about how he made the library, and how you can use it in your own applications for some pretty cool effects. You should see the video below if you have Silverlight installed, otherwise head over to the episode on...