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| "Little Gamers" is available on XBOX Live! |
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Epsi
Member #5,731
April 2005
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Hey guys, It was announced yesterdayat GDC 2008: Microsoft is opening the XBOX360 console to all XNA hobbyists-made games! (for free in a first phase) My game, Little Gamers, is one of the 7 games chosen to serve as a "preview" of the kind of content that will arrive soon on Live. {"name":"LGXbox.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/d\/fdf93bae53c186bfeb9cf92ca6f1ceb3.jpg","w":800,"h":600,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/d\/fdf93bae53c186bfeb9cf92ca6f1ceb3"} So you can now download and play the game for free on your XBOX 360! I'm pretty sure that this will boost XNA as one of the best game dev library ever made! (Oh and you can make XNA games on Zune now {"name":"lg_screen2.png","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/b\/fb67fb0c85a404515962df009c1402ec.png","w":1024,"h":640,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/b\/fb67fb0c85a404515962df009c1402ec"} ___________________________________ piccolo: "soon all new 2d alegro games will be better. after i finsh my MMRPG. my game will serve as a code reference. so you can understand and grab code from." |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Yeah, after I heard about MS finally opening up the Community Arcade, I might get a 360 afterall. Give me an excuse to work with C# (I've been meaning to, but haven't have a reason). -- |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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I just saw the LG comic, actually. You really need to comb your hair. Pretty awesome stuff, dude. -- |
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Epsi
Member #5,731
April 2005
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Kibiz0r
Member #6,203
September 2005
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That's awesome. My team and I are using XNA for our current project, so I guess this is good news for us, too! --- |
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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That's awesome. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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Congratulations. That's an achievement to be on the big screen. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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blargmob
Member #8,356
February 2007
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Whoa, that's pretty cool man..good job! --- |
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FrankyR
Member #243
April 2000
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Congrats! I've been considering using XNA for a game project...maybe I actually will now. |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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It's on the BBC webpage too.. Congrats! Have you been asked to join a developer yet? |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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By the way, you based the game in that comic... shouldn't you pay royalties whenever it goes on sale? (that is, if you are not the author of the comic, or if you are planning on selling it) -- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Well since I don't think its ever going to be sold. I don't think that's an issue. He just had to get permission for using the likeness.. And IIRC, the artist of the actual comic provided the character artwork at least. -- |
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Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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It's funny because, as I was looking over xbox live stuff yesterday, a tangent from searching for N+, I read the gdc wrapup and saw your title on the XNA section. I was like, "oh, it's Epsi's game and it's free!" Unfortunately, I don't have a hdd on my 360, so I can't play XNA games. [edit] ------------ |
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Onewing said:
It's funny because, as I was looking over xbox live stuff yesterday, a tangent from searching for N+, I read the gdc wrapup and saw your title on the XNA section. I was like, "oh, it's Epsi's game and it's free!" Unfortunately, I don't have a hdd on my 360, so I can't play XNA games.
Then how do you play N+? -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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Quote: Then how do you play N+? I can't play XNA games (created by the community), but I can play Arcade games (created by developer). N+ is an arcade game, which is due to the success of N. ------------ |
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Onewing said: I can't play XNA games (created by the community), but I can play Arcade games (created by developer). N+ is an arcade game, which is due to the success of N.
Is this a technical limitation (lack of hard drive) or a Microsoft rule? -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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I'm not sure, but the XNA games have to run through the Microsoft XNA Launcher. The size of the launcher seems to be small enough to fit on my memory card, so I'm not sure why it requires a hdd. Could just be a Microsoft thing. ------------ |
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le_y_mistar
Member #8,251
January 2007
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i'll be sure to download it during my 5 days off coming up this weekend. ----------------- |
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Epsi
Member #5,731
April 2005
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the download link is removed on Sunday midnight PST so don't wait too long ;-) Onewing: the launcher is 9MB but LG is 91MB, do it depends of you card size :/ ___________________________________ piccolo: "soon all new 2d alegro games will be better. after i finsh my MMRPG. my game will serve as a code reference. so you can understand and grab code from." |
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ImLeftFooted
Member #3,935
October 2003
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Congrats! |
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le_y_mistar
Member #8,251
January 2007
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if you ever release a full version, i will buy it. ----------------- |
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Epsi
Member #5,731
April 2005
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Quote: if you ever release a full version, i will buy it. coming from you, that means that the game is really worth it then ___________________________________ piccolo: "soon all new 2d alegro games will be better. after i finsh my MMRPG. my game will serve as a code reference. so you can understand and grab code from." |
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Elverion
Member #6,239
September 2005
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Configulations, Epsi. I'd get a copy if I had an XBOX360, but we went the PS3 route instead. I, for one, do not approve of all this Microsoft-product-locking technology. Why can't Microsoft ever just produce a compatible API so that it reaches more customers, rather than back people into a corner and continue to beat them with sticks? -- |
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m c
Member #5,337
December 2004
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Quote: Why can't Microsoft ever just produce a compatible API so that it reaches more customers, rather than back people into a corner and continue to beat them with sticks? Because they don't feel like it? (\ /) |
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Epsi
Member #5,731
April 2005
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Quote: Why can't Microsoft ever just produce a compatible API so that it reaches more customers, rather than back people into a corner and continue to beat them with sticks? For once MS isn't doing something for hobbyist, I don't see the need to bash them as a reaction. They do not need (business-wise) to promote Linux or MAC as far as I know, but the XBOX360 platform. ___________________________________ piccolo: "soon all new 2d alegro games will be better. after i finsh my MMRPG. my game will serve as a code reference. so you can understand and grab code from." |
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