VACATION!! Didn’t learn much, but did read up some more on XNA programming in general. Rode a wave runner (jet ski) for the first time and that was exhilarating! (Although it was extremely tiring, and very hard work!) Rode lots of rides, ate like shit, and had a great time!
XNA 4.0, Kinect, UI Labs
This week and the past have been spent a lot with XNA 4.0 (Xbox Live Indie game development). I did a little bit of work on a project and started looking for good sprite assets for a test game. My idea is to create a DayZ type game but overhead 2D using Zombies Ate My Neighbors! style graphics (in fact the actual sprite sheets from that game itself). Found some great resources for the sprites.
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