XBox 360 XNA Game Programming

[Jordan]

Found this from a thread on pooq.co.uk's forum Here

This is a very interesting package that Microsoft has released. Here is a quote from the FAQ page

Q: What is XNA Game Studio Express?
A: XNA Game Studio Express is a new offering, targeted at students and hobbyists for game development. XNA Game Studio Express is based on Visual C# Express 2005 and lets developers target both Windows and Xbox 360. XNA Game Studio Express contains the following:

* The XNA Framework, a set of managed code development libraries that make it possible for game developers to be more productive when creating games for Windows and the Xbox 360.
* The XNA Framework Content Pipeline, which is a set of tools that allow developers to more easily incorporate 3D content into their games.
* XNA Game Studio Express also contains a full set of documentation, how-tos, and starter kits that demonstrate how best to use the content pipeline and XNA Framework.

The beta of XNA Game Studio Express has now been released, and can be found here. It currently supports Windows game development only.

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XNA Website

This is very exciting news for me! I plan on giving it a try, how about you guys?

[TcM]

So you are saying that in a few time all ppl will be able to program for Xbox? hmm cool!

[Jimbo]

Yup, wouldnt expect to be able to create anything like a commercial quality game though!

[Kaabi]

Are you saying you will be able to make a disc, playable on the Xbox 360? If you make something like that, I would like you to send it to me.

[TcM]

Hmm yeah I think so but if I understood exactly what Jordan said, for now the software can make just Windows games! is that correct?

[TcM]

I downloading it!! Lets see what it offers

[CheeseBurgerMan]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Yup, wouldnt expect to be able to create anything like a commercial quality game though!

I don't see why you shouldn't expect that. I won't expect many commercial quality games, mostly because most developers won't bother doing this unless they are making a commercial game. There's always a few freeware/open source games that are high quality, but mostly they are not as good as the games you pay for.

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by CheeseBurgerMan

I don't see why you shouldn't expect that.

Probably because most commercial games require a multi-million dollar budget and a small army of developers, something I have a feeling will be out of reach of pretty much anyone using this osftware

[TcM]

Hmm I un-installed it coz its similar to C# lool and i dont understand a thing from that! I will make windows games as I used to do! but now im seeking new programs to make games!!

[CheeseBurgerMan]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Probably because most commercial games require a multi-million dollar budget and a small army of developers, something I have a feeling will be out of reach of pretty much anyone using this osftware

Fair enough.

This isn't a limit of the software though, more of the developers.