I’m finally posting an update video on my efforts with XNA.
This is about a month and a half of work after my last video. What have I added/changed? Pretty much everything.
I completely dumped the Tile System that I was using from Nick Gravelyn’s video tutorials series. I just couldn’t stand the look of the repetitive Tiles. Perhaps [...]
Continue reading about Volcano Storm Update – Working on GamePlay
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add simple 2D shadows to your 2D game. My original blog post demonstrated that you can create simple 2D Shadows that are realistic, with no additional textures, no new lines of code and no math. I extend that concept by making the shadows dynamic relative to your suns position, adding a Sun Cycle.
Continue reading about Simple 2D Shadows Extended XNA Tutorial
In this example, I’ll show you how to add 2D shadows to your game with no new lines of code, no additional textures and no math. It turns out everything you need is already contained in Spritbatch.Draw.
Volcano Storm XNA game 012709 from Allan Chaney on Vimeo.
I’ve been struggling with perspective. My original intention was to mirror my work on Paladin’s Legacy and just create a Top Down game. The problem I’ve run into is, due to the current state of game graphics, even the simplest graphics don’t look good in pure Top [...]
Volcano Storm 2009 XNA 3.0 Game from Allan Chaney on Vimeo.
Continue reading about It’s not a game yet. It’s an XNA tech demo learning project.
So I finally made a decision regarding graphics applications for XNA game building. I bought ZBrush. The interface is a little non-standard but what I really liked about it when I first started the trial was that you can start with a 3D object and just start sculpting and changes occur real time on the [...]
I really liked this book. About half of the book will be valuable to a complete beginner. The second half delves into 3D and starts you down the path of shader development, terrain generation and a third person shooter. I found the third person shooter part to be a relief since most books deal in [...]
Here are my top picks so far for learning C# and XNA.
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C# for Sharp Kids – This starts at zero and teaches you c#
XNA Tutorials – This is a video series by Joran Omark. It’s excellent. I mean excellent!! If the link is broken, let me know in the comments. I’ll make these available from [...]
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