Updated Website, Hello Disqus, and Ramblings
February 8, 2011 by UberMonkey · Leave a Comment
Got around and updated the site to the latest and greatest version of Graffiti along with replacing the comments with Disqus. I have to say, I really like Disqus so far, and was pretty simple to add to the website. All original comments are not lost, they just won’t appear anymore (there weren’t many, so it’s not hurting much). I do beleive I will be integrating said commenting system on my other sites in the near future.
Nothing really new on the project front just yet, been busy getting other stuff square away before I hit the ground running. I am going to at least try to get a nice demo or partially done first “chapter” of the story for the project wrapped up and submit it to DreamBuildPlay this year.
For those you think I have abbandoned my Platformer series of articles, don’t fret. I am planning on converting them over to XNA 4.0, and release the last few along with them within a few weeks after the updated versions. The plan for that is “as soon as I get to it” or probably towards the end of February or early/mid March.
Until next time…
Circuinator – DBP Entry
September 22, 2008 by UberMonkey · Leave a Comment
Ok, so I came up with this crazy idea during lunch at work on Friday… It was to try and create a game over the weekend and submit it for the Dream Build Play competition. The game is rather simple in nature, and I think it turned out pretty well. The play area has 4 colored bars that run right to left, a single bar in the middle that runs top to bottom. The left hand side, there is a turrent that shoots out bullets down the colored bars when the corresponding button of the same color is pressed. Enemies start from the right, and progress towards the left. You must kill the enemies before they hit the bar in the middle. If the enemy hits the bar that is in the middle, it progresses towards the left. If it reaches the turrent, it is game over. As the game progresses, the bars change colors, and the enemies spawn faster and faster.
Here are some Screen Shots of Circuinator:
And here is a vid from YouTube:
Dream-Build-Play Finalists Have Been Announced!
August 25, 2008 by UberMonkey · Leave a Comment
Microsoft has finally announced the top 20 finalists to the Dream-Build-Play competition. I would like to congrats the finalists, and say good luck to the lucky winners that will be announced at XNA Gamefest later this month. I’m hoping for another round of the competition later this year or early next year for the next release of XNA, or even make it a yearly event… To see the list of finalists, visit DreamBuildPlay.com.