Need an advanced shader creation tool for your 3D projects? ATI has what you need. RenderMonkey is available here. You’ll know when you need it :). 

On Gamasutra you can find an interview with GarageGames talking about TorqueX, the version of their toolset compatible with the XNA Framework. I’m reading it now!
Also FiringSquad published today an interview with Dave Mitchell about XNA Game Studio Express. Worth a read as well.

What next? Open the HELP! Seriously, check it out. In the XNA section of the help you will find a “Programming Guide” with pointers to get you started making your first game. It talks about the game loop, 2d, 3d and many other things and it has code samples.

The beta for XNA Game Studio Express is now available! Get it now! And don’t forget to give us your feedback, it’s really important.

At Gamefest, a few days ago, Rico Mariani did a presentation on real time applications with managed code. He has now posted the slides from the presentation and a few comments. Very interesting.

On our team blog, Mitch gives us more details about the XNA Framework. What are its goals and features. It even has a little sample code of the default “Hello World” empty game. Very cool.

In French: Le 13 Septembre je me trouverais sur Paris pour une présentation sur XNA Game Studio Express et le XNA Framework! Je pense que c’est aussi une bonne occasion de rencontrer quelques lecteurs de mon blog Parisiens (et plus loin!). Si le devel amateur de jeux, .Net, C# et/ou dire bonjour vous branche, c’est […]