This thread will be used for local (or non local) individuals (or possy, what ever you call your teh tarik crew..) to discuss on the XNA Dev tool.
I hope all you wise men Update this thread with latest news and info on XNA, and for curious cats, do post your questions here, as the regular know it all heroes will answer your question with the best of their abilities.

If you do not know what XNA is, i recommend you google it. Wikipedia helps too.

Here are a few sites that will Help you on your XNA journey!

to get the latest news: http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/
some tips and tutorials : http://creators.xna.com/

anyways, I hope you guys use this thread wisely. constrictive comments / criticism only please.
tq.

This post has been edited by Automatic Kalashnikov: Aug 11 2008, 12:30 PM

i've registered to the beta. have yet to commit the 99USD fee.

from what i know they will provide you with demos and codes that you can leverage from.

xna is a development tool when you sign up you gain access to a library of useful tutorials and code samples. one thing to know is that you don't create games via drag and drop you have to write actual code. but the framework will help out emenssly great if you want to learn or do hobbyists game programming

anything to do with dollars,forget it

it's called "investment" kid..
out of interest.

some ppl here wants to develop games and sell it and make money (more dollars!!)
some like you, are totally clueless.

oh no wait, u said anything to do with dollars?
i thought u gotta pay for your Xbox Live? isn't that in dollars too?

im guessing you never bought anything from the XBL catalogue...

god have mercy on your soul..

This post has been edited by technophile: Aug 6 2008, 02:06 PM

no its just i heard that it takes alot of money not just the starter fee and then there's the problem of getting the game up and running on live when malaysia isn't even registered on xbox live it may not work,xbox live gold card is a sure thing

Huh? it's USD99 per year, and it gives access to some pretty nifty sample code and tutorials. if you want to learn it's quite a good package.

Of course.. being able to compile and run the game on a 360 also is a plus.

dude, it's a BUSINESS. of coz it takes a lot of money (it's called an INVESTMENT). i dun see a problem getting the game up as they (XNA ppl) will provide their help since you've paid the fee.

it's like MSDN la. my company used to subscribe to that and we used to bug the MS tech line everyday for our problems.

pls speak something you have knowledge of.

take my advice, stick to "being good" in fragging ppl.

plus, who said of selling it JUST FOR MALAYSIANS? xbox live is available thru out the world la!
aiyoh!!!

This post has been edited by technophile: Aug 6 2008, 02:24 PM

okey,who knows you may end up creating your own company if so i hire me

in the words of Vince McMahon..

"NO CHANCE IN HELL!!!"

in the words of booker t
can you digg it sucker......

wtf wei, do you have a "please F*** with me sign" on your forehead or what. chill dude, the more you dis people the more ur life will suck.





I'm currently just doing amature Html( hell, i use Dreamweaver CS3 to make my life easier, but I study the codes as a hoby ) and currently reading stuff about java and C++.
waiting to get my Macbook pro before I commit to this. Need a good workstation.
here is a stupid question, can it run on a macintosh OS? or do I need to install a MS OS via bootcamp.?

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Added on August 6, 2008, 3:59 pmwhat about if we do eventually ,make a great game from XNA, and decide to sell it.
ANyone know what legal/contracting process we need to go to?
What about royalties? How much of the money will come to us? 20%? 50%?

This post has been edited by Automatic Kalashnikov: Aug 6 2008, 04:03 PM

Technophile: were you in Xfresh a few years back?

yes. the one and only Technophile. and you are?

anyway AK, i read somewhere that MS is keeping 30% from the sales with additional 10% - 30% more if your game are featured in storefront's special sections.

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/892/892494p1.html

Developement has to be done on a Windows XP/Vista machine, using the freely available VS Express tools. So... bootcamp or errr.. watchamacallit Parrallels? should work. Remember, the USD99 is to join the creators club to get more tutorials and samples, and the ability to run on the 360. If you are not ready to take the jump yet, you can still run everything on your PC, and still have access to some of the content from what I can see.

This is supposed to be answered AFTER the new update, so... just go practice first.

One thing to note though... I must emphasize that XNA is NOT a game developement enviroment, it's a framework. So don't expect to be able to just drag and drop a game out ala Flash. This is true to life game developement so you're writing code for EVERYTHING.. but the starter kits are nice samples for you to take a look at.

IC, you've never change one bit yeah my friend. As laser as ever...

it's my nature la. cannot stand stupid ppl who talk with no brain.
heheheh...

do i know you?

who are you referring to?

This post has been edited by Automatic Kalashnikov: Aug 6 2008, 07:41 PM

moi

http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/

Please check out the xna blog for updates and news... its ok a good place to get a feel of things as a whole...