A New Book on the Block and A New Natur Beta
Sez the Chris G. Williams about the fruits of his collaboration with George W. Clingerman:
Weighing in at 552 pages and featuring a foreward [
sicObs.] by the legendary James Silva (Ska Studios, creator of The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, I MAED A GAME W1TH Z0MB1ES 1NIT!!!1, and more...) this book gives thorough coverage of XNA 4.0 as it relates to Windows Phone 7.
Continue reading more at Professional Windows Phone 7 Game Development: Creating Games using XNA Game Studio 4 (named in true Microsoft style and spirit…)
Via the forums comes the word that a new beta release of Natur is available. You do not know what Natur is? Well, neither do I so here’s the blurb from CodePlex:
Natur allows you to easily create and manage maps in 3D using the Xna framework. As you build your map, you can enter simulation mode at any time; this will activate bounds, physics, and any game logic such as animations and triggers. The following are currently supported:
- Animations
- Bounding Systems
- Interactive Objects
- Lighting
- Locations
- Physic Simulation
- Spawn Points
- Texture Palettes
- Triggers
February 22nd, 2011 - 13:43
foreward is actually the correct spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreword
February 25th, 2011 - 16:43
no its not. as your link proves.
February 25th, 2011 - 16:49
I have to admit that I am a little bit confused now: the introductionary chapter written by different person that is not the author of the book is a “foreward” and the link to Wikipedia’s “foreword” is a (sort of unrelated) proof that Wikipedia is not always right? On the other hand http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Foreward defines “foreward” as “ the van; the front”…