Hello all, brokenPlatypus here. I\u2019ve been following the LD compos for some time now, but never joined in. Well, I think the time has come! I\u2019m a web\/flash\/flex developer by trade, but always had a strong interest in game development.\u00a0Unfortunately I haven\u2019t taken that interest much past my subscription to game developer magazine since high school.<\/p>\n
As a professional flash developer it would make sense for me to use flash, but this is a perfect opportunity for me to break into XNA<\/a>, which I\u2019ve been toying around with off and on for a while now. I\u2019m going to dust off visual studio and give it a go.<\/p>\n I think XNA fits the rules. It runs on windows, but you need the XNA redist<\/a>, which I believe is about 2 megs. XNA requires directX and .net, but if you\u2019re running an updated windows xp or vista you should have those. Regardless, I\u2019m doing it so I can develop cross platform for windows and XBox 360.<\/p>\n Depending on the idea I come up with I may use the\u00a0Oops! 3D Physics Library<\/a>, which I\u2019ve never used before, but looks promising.<\/p>\n I\u2019m looking forward to this weekend. Come what may, I intend to put in a good effort and have a good time. Only 9 hours to go..<\/p>\n