F# With XNA Game Studio

I’m currenly trying how to create XNA game with F# and the result is quite interesting :)  This experiment  was using Windows 7 x64, .NET 4.0, and XNA Game Studio 4.0 First step is creating F# Application using Visual Studio 2010 Then in your project expoler add references to XNA 4.0 libraries Write code below [...]

Farseer Physics

Farseer a open source physics engine which can be implemented in .NET Framework. Farseer can be implemented in XNA (sadly only for 2D Application), Silverlight/WPF, and brand new mobile patform Windows Phone 7. This engine is quite interesting, it has many features of physics simulation , for examples,  collission, rigid body, ragdol, dynamics, friction, etc. [...]

Developing AR Application using Goblin XNA

Goblin XNA is an open source platform for creating 3D user interface especially for augmented reality application. It has BSD licence and written using C# language under .NET Framework. Currently, Goblin XNA ver 3.5.1 just supports .NET 3.1 and XNA 3.5 (Goblin XNA ver 4.0 for XNA 4.0 will be released in this year). Goblin [...]

XNA 4.0 CTP Released

Hot news !!! Microsoft has released Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP, The same powerful and easy to use Visual Studio integrated developer environment (IDE) handles from design to testing of Windows Phone 7 Series phone applications. Of Cource, it is also include XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP The Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP includes the [...]

Developing Game with XNA ? How to Deploy It into Xbox 360 ?

Okay, in this article, I will discuss about how to deploying XNA game into Xbox 360 console >:) As you develop your Xbox 360 games, it is convenient to deploy your executable to your gaming console for testing purposes. We will begin these steps: 1. You MUST have an original Xbox 360 with a hard [...]

A.R.M. Card, Dream Build Play 2010 Entry

Here i want to share my experiences with my team when developing games for the Dream Build Play 2010 competition. Our team total of seven people (In fact there used to be ten people and six other people resign themselves because of their final assessment, now left only four people and there are three new [...]

XNA 4.0 Will be Available in Fall 2010 ?

I get a fresh news in this morning, Microsoft will be launch XNA 4.0 in this year, rumor says it will be relased in (or after) Fall 2010, however, XNA 3.x will be released in few weeks. For now, Microsoft still not announced it officially and the information about XNA 4.0 is still very little. [...]

How to Get 12 Months XNA Creator Club Trial Membership

Untuk membuat game Xbox dengan menggunakan XNA, kita harus memiliki membership khusus di XNA Creator Club. Tingkat membership yang dibutuhkan ada dua, yaitu Premium Membership atau Trial Membership. Daripada membayar $$$ untuk premium membership, lebih enak kalau kita daftar trial membership saja,  cukup dengan trial membership, kita bisa menikmati game buatan kita di Xbox 360 [...]

XNA – Skydome

Skydome, is a simple sphere that representating virtual sky. Skydome have better realistic looking than skybox but it need advanced texturing. In this article, i’m using simple .x model file (full sphere)  and a sky texture to creating skydome. First, we need these fields :

Implementing XAct in Our XNA Code

To play a sound without using XACT, you will use the SoundEffect or SoundEffectInstance classes. Using these classes is simpler than using XACT and the classes required by XACT. Because XACT is not available on Zune, the SoundEffect and SoundEffectInstance will be the only option for Zune games. SoundEffect and SoundEffectInstance are also available for [...]