XNA Workshop - Friday, 15 June 2007

Microsoft is (finally) organising an XNA workshop here in Singapore - so those of you interested in getting your hands dirty and feet wet in programming for XBox360 Live, check out the following email.

Game developers can now see their visions come to light in a matter of minutes instead of months. The XNA Framework Hands-On Lab is your ticket to know more about game development using the XNA framework.

This session features key insights on how to develop 2D and 3D games using the XNA framework. Sign up for the Hands-On Lab now to get one hour of training on the XNA Framework. What's more, you will also walk away with the coursework and Visual Studio Express CD. Choose your suitable one hour slot anytime from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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RSVP to Andrea for the XNA Framework Lab. Send an email to : andrea@techmexeventsasia.com or Call 6550 8963

DreamBuildPlay by Microsoft

Microsoft is conducting an Game Development competition, DreamBuildPlay, with a closing date of 2 July 2007.

I attended Microsoft's events at GDC and got to see the games the 4 teams built in 4 days. Quite impressive - simple but still fun.

Take a look at the following article, and follow the link to www.dreambuildplay.com and let me know if you'd like to join. I strongly encourage you to sign up for this.

I also attended MS's hands-on session for XNA Game Dev. As you might know, XNA uses C#, so if you're comfortable with Java, you should be able to start building real quick.

You can sign up for this as individuals or as a team effort. As the closing date is in July (closer than we feel), I suggest kick starting development ASAP. Think of an original game concept and start working on it for the Windows platform. If you do decide to port over to XBox 360 (which is quite simple), we can test it out using a Creator's Club license (which you don't have to get yet).