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Teaching angles with Kinect Angles 2.4Today we revisit a popular project, Kinect Angles Version 2 - Learning angles by doing, that has just been updated and officially kid tested... Kinect Angles v2.4This release features a new camera sound when the game takes a picture, improved keyboard entry for high score names and other minor bug… -
Welcome to the IGF, Indiefreaks Game FrameworkToday's project is a kind that I don't usually highlight, one that relies on a commercial third party SDK, but I really appreciated the author's intent and goals with it. I just can't get enough of people taking their hard learned lessons, packaging them up and then sharing them freely… -
"Game Development with XNA and Microsoft Technologies: Kinect Development"Teaching resources have a special place in my heart and in seeing this course, 34 class rooms sessions, with all the lesson plans, resources, labs, etc for learning to develop with the Kinect, well, how could I not share it? Game Development with XNA and Microsoft Technologies: Kinect… -
Real-Time Motion Capture using Kinect, XNA and the DigitalRune EngineReal-time motion capture is one of the more common requests I see for the Kinect so when I saw this... Do note that this requires a third party project, the DigitalRune Engine, but you can get a free 30 trial for it AND if you're using this non-commercially you can get a free license too. Real-Time… -
See? Farseer is easy to see (in your next game)The second in our game theme week is a topic that's a favorite of mine, physics (well game physics anyway). It's another tutorial that shows that adding physics to your game doesn't have to be hard and isn't scary... Farseer tutorial for the absolute beginnersThis post is inspired (and somewhat a… -
The Kinect gives you (or a loved one) the ultimate Barbie dress-up experienceToday's inspiration project is a cross between augmented reality and a girl's dream experience... Make sure you check out the second post below, where some details about how this was created with the Kinect, Kinect for Windows SDK and XNA were used... Kinect for Windows Helps Girls Everywhere Dress… -
Escape the fear of writing XNA games for Windows Phone 7.5 and XBOX 360This week we're going to be doing a gaming theme, mostly focusing on getting started writing games (Pretty much in the hope that all of you that aren't already writing games, start doing so and thereby give us something to blog about here... see how that works? I'm tricksy… -
Making some magic with XNA with Mage Defender DeluxeToday's project is cool little C# XNA 4 game. Not only is there the game, but also a couple "editors" too. This game shows off a number of things, from creating games with custom content to particle engine usage and more... XNA 4.0 Game with Source: Mage Defender DeluxeMage Defender Deluxe… -
Getting the Kinect under your skin... Kinect XNA Skinned ModelWhile this project is a little rough around the edges, the output looks to be worth the effort. It's also something I've seen asked for a number of times, the mapping of Kinect gestures to a character model... XNA Skinned Model - Kinect RigThis is a XNA application, written in C#, using the Kinect… -
Bizzy Bees - A XNA for Windows Phone 7 game building walkthroughToday's Mobile Monday (note: in the future, there might also be Metro Monday projects too... but that's for the future...) is a simple, straight forward and very educational series for creating a XNA based game for Windows Phone 7 XNA for Windows Phone Walkthrough–Creating the Bizzy Bees gameThe…
