I got my Xbox 360 yesterday. Picked up Assassin's Creed to go with it. I have to say, that game is pretty good.
Now, onto the XNA Game Studio stuff... I followed the instructions on the App Hub site on how to connect the Xbox to the development environment only to find out that I need a subscription to App Hub to do it. App Hub costs $99/year. So, I decided not to do that. I might as well wait until I have a working Windows game to port to the Xbox before signing up. The reason... I have never completed a project that I've started to date. I figure if I do finish writing a game, then would be the time to start up an App Hub membership.
So, when I develop my Windows game (to port to the Xbox 360) I will only be supporting the Xbox 360 controller. No keyboard/mouse etc. Basically, I'm going to write an Xbox 360 game without an App Hub subscription. Then, if I do actually complete the project, I'll purchase an App Hub membership so I can try it out on the game console.
I suppose. This is enough of a post for now. ttyl.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Quick XNA Post
Well, I have a little time before I have to get out the door, so I thought I'd tell everyone what I'm going to be working on in the up-coming months.
I'm going to be writing a game for my Xbox 360. I don't have it yet, but I'll hopefully be getting one either this weekend or next weekend.
Microsoft has a free development package called XNA Game Studio. With this you are able to write Xbox 360 games. I thought it sounded fun, so that's why I'm getting a Xbox 360.
I only have a couple more minutes left before I have to be out the door, so time to wrap it up...
I had a game idea a year or so ago that I'd like to write. For the past year I've been playing around with writing 2D computer games. I dabbled with SDL and SFML. I stayed away from XNA however. But, recently (last weekend) I decided to give XNA a try. So far, I like it. And the best part is that I'll be able to play the games that I write on an actual game console.
Well, that about does it for this post. ttyl.
I'm going to be writing a game for my Xbox 360. I don't have it yet, but I'll hopefully be getting one either this weekend or next weekend.
Microsoft has a free development package called XNA Game Studio. With this you are able to write Xbox 360 games. I thought it sounded fun, so that's why I'm getting a Xbox 360.
I only have a couple more minutes left before I have to be out the door, so time to wrap it up...
I had a game idea a year or so ago that I'd like to write. For the past year I've been playing around with writing 2D computer games. I dabbled with SDL and SFML. I stayed away from XNA however. But, recently (last weekend) I decided to give XNA a try. So far, I like it. And the best part is that I'll be able to play the games that I write on an actual game console.
Well, that about does it for this post. ttyl.
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