Windows Phone 7 Unleashed Hackathon
Via Chris G. Williams comes the word of an upcoming Windows Phone 7 hackathon in Atlanta, Georgia. Quotes the Chris:
This is a "hands on" hackathon where you will learn from Windows Phone 7, XNA and Azure experts how to build, scale and publish your Windows Phone 7 app or game. If you are just a beginner, or already have apps in the Marketplace this event will should not be missed. BYO Laptop!
RSVP early, space is limited to 300 attendees: http://bit.ly/RegWP7Hackathon [Ed.: The unshortened URL for the event details is here]
(YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TECHED ATTENDEE TO COME TO THIS!)
Posting a Clingerman to Stay Relevant
Due to the lack of updates recently we’re going to do an XNA Notes inspired round up on this very Monday, and we also like to post a photo of the original author of the XNA Notes to shout yet another Vote for George!
With that out of the way here are the nominations for next Friday’s XNA Notes (in no particular order):
Jim “Still Not Evil” Perry shares an updated XNA 4.0 for Windows version of the Game State Manager sample.
Nick “MVP” Gravelyn breaks the word about a “solid way to handle trial [Ed.: not trail, as initially stated] mode on the Windows Phone 7” written by Dean Johnson.
There’s a new Ad SDK for XNA on Windows Phone 7 in town, seeking help for a very closed beta.
And last but not least, Jason Swearingen still participates in the #AltDevBlogADay, this time covering Spatial Partitioning. Part 1: Survey of spatial partitioning solutions.
A closing paragraph with the sole reason to have the text flow below the photo and bear no real content. The same can be said about this link to The ZBuffer. However, this The cake is a lie does have a meaning…
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
Words And Pages
The Great Quiet is over in XNA MVP land as Chris G. “Avatar” Williams and George W. “Vatara” Clingerman break the news about their collaboration on the pamphletupcoming bestseller aptly titled “Professional Windows Phone 7 Game Development: Creating Games using XNA Game Studio 4”.
Meanwhile Andy “Ratava” Dunn ponders self publishing, asking for feedback.
Silent And Quiet
It’s been some time since the last MVP Watch and it doesn’t seem that much has been missed…
Anyway, George W. “Bugbear” Clingerman feels unhated and so did Vincente “Bête Noire” Cartas, Chris G. “Daggers Drawn” Williams started something, Andy “Jealous as a Barbary Pigeon” Dunn likes to do the opposite, Charles “Demoniacal” Humphrey ain’t impressed, Jim “Philophilosophos” Perry reviews movies.
Bacon And Blood
Catalin “Belgian Blue” Zima reflects about his 2009. Glenn “Gloucester” Wilson samples the touches, George G. “Dølafe” Clingerman touches the samples and Joel “Gloucester” Martinez touches smoothly.
Meanwhile, on a Saturday night at 2:20 Pieter “Dajal” Germishuys talks about drinking coffee. The day after Andy “Blonde d'Aquitaine” Dunn runs 50 miles.
Chris G. “Red Angus” Williams fears small people, frags for charity and Goerge W. “Dølafe” Clingerman downplays his contribution.
[Ed.: Somehow the relevance of the subjects actions of this very series is not what it used to be, resulting in a sort of dilemma of what to actually share here. Today's nick names ain’t the most inspired either…]
Depth And Games
Matt “Blitzkrieg” Pettino fights with the depth buffer and Charles “One” Humphrey flags bits in XNA.
Meanwhile, George W. “The Frayed Ends of Sanity” Clingerman stares at walls, not goats and Chris G. “Fade to Black” Williams says Good Night.
Glenn “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” Wilson installs the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP finally, Jon “Escape” Watte releases a beta of kW X-port 1.4.5 for 3DS Max 2010 and in a desperate move Andy “Harvester of Sorrow” Dunn begs for common sense to be applied during peer review. Following the lead of desperation, Iñaki “Whiplash” Ayucar fulminates against clones, strongly.
John “Motorbreath” Sedlak has a new jacket, with a back, plays games, writes cryptic code. Joel “Ride the Lightning” Martinez loves LINQ and threats to release a game. Finally, Chad “Hit the Lights” Carter is a happy daddy.
The Sheep And The Butcher
Joel “Desperation” Martinez fears the loathing in FarmVille. Chad “Rage” Carter discovers that all men are created unequal, while Jim “Thinner” Perry doesn’t. In between Chris G. “The Gunslinger” Williams ponders alternative careers and recommends Dead Girl.
Catalin “The Colorado Kid” Zima is impressed by the hidden gems in talks performed by The Shawn, which raises the interests of one Andy “The Regulators” Dunn. Pieter “The New Lieutenant's Rap” Germishuys is happy about the current evolution of the software industry.
Richard “Roadwork” Thomson will be presenting 3 sessions during the upcoming Utah Code Camp (free, upcoming being March 27th, 2010).
Meanwhile, John “Stationary Bike” Sedlak gets spiritual and George W. “Dreamcatcher” Clingerman is asleep.
Jekyll And Hyde
The week starts off with Catalin “Dan Briggs” Zima not being amused about the lack of support MS shows for Romania, followed by a Charles “Rex Rupert John George Robert Andrew Sinclair Earl of Mannoc” Humphreys in excitement, which finds an abrupt ending and Joel “Sandy Ricks” Martinez living on ancient hardware.
Ignoring the misery of his fellow champs Jim “Red Forman” Perry mourns the loss of ancient arts, this time The Art of Debugging, which Andy “John Steed” Dunn wonders how to apply to the wandering to off-topic Kinder on the forums.
Meanwhile, George W. “Dr. David Banner” Clingerman goes mean. Yep, that’s right: the “group hug, peace and love” MVP is the bully MVP now. And then he shows off. At least he ain’t meaning his kids…
Suffering from external mischief Chris G. “Bosco Albert Baracus” Williams is totally amazed and disappointed. He’s also giving strange hints about his whereabouts…
MVP Weekend
George W. “The Desperate” Clingerman plans something spectacular XNA related for this weekend. You have to see the excitement here in the barracks: everyone’s running around, waving the arms in the air, the Sarg’s hyperventilating and Catalin’s worried about the peer pressure to counter the outcome…
Meanwhile, Chris W. “The Fool” Williams doesn’t like to be called a tool and Jim “The Tool” Perry still pretends to be the Evil MVP, without actually pulling an apple.