When XNA 1.0 beta came out, I started off by working on a game called Zombie Smashers X4: Guitarpocalypse. It’s a knock-your-enemies-off-the-platform arena game (I shall not be mentioning any successful Nintendo franchises here) with a pretty crazy Guitarpocalyptic Power Chord mechanic worked into it–knock guys off the world (or… Read More
My friend Ziggy’s throwing another XNA-article-writing contest, giving you a chance to prove your XNA-article-writing skills! If your kung fu is strong, you win an Xbox 360 Elite. I’d try to compete but (a) I’m really not that good at programming and (b) I’m supposed to be hard at work… Read More
Well, not quite that exciting. But thing are moving along pretty well, albeit a little delayed (I think I’m 2 weeks off schedule currently, but who’s counting?) One interesting little bit of fun is localization. The Dishwasher is coming out in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese. … Read More
I get lots and lots of emails asking how I made The Dishwasher, which is cool, so I wrote a book (with the help of John Sedlak) on pretty much everything I did when making The Dishwasher so that others could benefit from the experience. The book is pretty straightforward… Read More
Seems like Peter Molyneux is starting a sweet new trend where developers review their own games. This sounded like a lot of fun, so I decided to take a short break from bug fixing to review The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai. Behold, your review, after the break:
