The XNA guys have just released the XNA GS 3.0 beta. You can read more about it on the XNA Team Blog, and on the 3.0 beta page. I also recommend checking out Zman's comprehensive list of API changes from … Continue reading
I just found out about the new Zune update going online from Mykre and went ahead and installed it. An interesting thing after updating is the presence of two prepacked games in this update. These are Hexic and Texas Hold'Em. … Continue reading
The submission process for the Dream Build Play 2008 competition has begun. You still have until September 23rd to finish your games and submit them. Meanwhile, the DBP site has a nice new feature, the Gallery, where you can see … Continue reading
I'm sorry to say this, but due to time restrictions, I won't be able to provide a sample for the month of August. The whole August has been really busy for me, and it looks like the first half of … Continue reading
Microsoft has just released the source code for the two most popular shaders used in the XNA Framework. Go to the Education Catalog on the Creator's Club site, and see them for yourself: the SpriteBatch shader and the BasicEffect shader. … Continue reading
Michael Morton (Ziggy) has just put up the first version of the Ziggyware Community Games Review system. Obviously, this will be a place to find out about new community games, read reviews, and rate them, so good games get noticed, … Continue reading
Ziggy is looking for judges to vote on the articles in his Summer Ziggyware Contest. The vote count has just been reset, since Ziggy forgot to add 3 entries to the voting list, so you have until August 8 to … Continue reading
I'm going to go on vacation soon, so I'm putting the July sample online. It's not much, since I've been busy writing the Fur Rendering Tutorial, but I think it's a nice effect. The sample is dedicated to Rim Lighting, … Continue reading
My fur rendering article just went online on Ziggyware. It is an entry for the Summer Ziggyware XNA Article Contest, so if you like it, vote for it when voting begins, in a few days. The article explains how to … Continue reading
I introduce to you my new best friend. I made him yesterday and today, and he's my first organic creature modeled. I still have some work to do on him, mostly texturing and tweaking (and maybe sometime in the far … Continue reading