May 2008 - Posts

XNA Skeletons are in my closet
30 May 08 08:41 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

I came across this on CodePlex today, an XNA Animation library creatively called XNAnimation . It provides classes to do skinned models, skeletons, animation clips, keyframing and much more. It works on both Windows and the Xbox 360 too! Read More...

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Zune game programming
29 May 08 06:54 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

As a massive Invader Zim fan, I was shocked to see that a community member, Paul Oliver, made a game called N.A.M.E. Paul has a few hints he posted such as: No render targets. In a quick hacky attempt to get the game rendering horizontally instead of Read More...

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Why are there bugs all over the food?
28 May 08 11:07 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

BugAttack is a game developed by two Austrian students from the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg Austria. Michael Hurnaus and Daniel Hartl developed the game to learn about new Microsoft technologies such as c#, WPF, XNA, and DirectX. They Read More...

Let them eat <Cake />
24 May 08 12:01 AM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Someone likes XML a bit too much.  On the upside, it is well formatted and localized. Read More...

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Home Automation with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008
23 May 08 11:56 PM | Coding4Fun | 20 Comments   

Typically we think of robots as machines from science fiction or as industrial robots such as those that build and paint cars. In the world of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, anything that has sensors and/or actuators can be considered a robot. In Read More...

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Just gimme a second to put words in your SQL statement
19 May 08 08:14 PM | Coding4Fun | 3 Comments   

Do you have your application hooked up to a database? Do you do stuff like string sql = "SELECT * FROM Products" + "Where Id " + userInput; .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier, monospace; Read More...

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Jedi mind trick your applications
15 May 08 05:59 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

With a flick of your wrist, make your applications do your bidding. Daniel Camenzind created an API to add in mouse gesturing functionality within seconds to your applications. Looks like I may have to start using my mouse! Read More...

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Welcome to the gaming social with XNA 3.0 CTP
07 May 08 10:45 PM | Coding4Fun | 0 Comments   

Want to develop games for your Zune? The XNA Game Studio 3.0 Community Technical Preview has been released ! Dave Weller talks about a few hit points to pay attention to. You must use a Visual Studio 2008 SKU. You don't need to uninstall Visual Studio Read More...

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Maker Faire 2008 – This weekend!
01 May 08 12:09 PM | Coding4Fun | 1 Comments   

Do you Make?  I do.  You should too. As always, we’re attending Maker Faire .  This year we’re showing off some neat technology and if you’re in the Bay Area, I highly suggest coming down.  The Coding4Fun team will be down there and Read More...