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I am no way an artist though my wife is. Looking around on the XNA forums tonight I found this video of someone modeling a ship in ZBrush . All I can say about it is WOW!!!...

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Getting assets you can use free and clear in your game is always a little tricky and an area where lots of independent game makers mess up. For Raptor Revenge I am lucky that I can get all the art done in house. But that leaves me with two other asset types I still need to buy or find free royalty free...

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Sorry this is about a week late but last Tuesday Raptor Revenge hit what I consider it's Alpha state. That means all the game play elements are in, they may not be skinned and it may currently only have 4 levels and one placeholder cut scene but code wise all the major parts are in. Other than the platformer...

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The game has a name Raptor Revenge. All I have to say is revenge from what? Also the progress is going well on this even though we are only a two person team living under one roof we still use source control and a ticket/bug tracking system. This has helped us track our progress to the first alpha milestone...

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Well I have started making good progress on another side project game that I may release on Community games. All I can say about it is it has Space, Raptors, and Hamsters. I have a very good proof of concept done and I'm currently working with my wife for the art and level design. Stay tune on this blog...

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Gamasutra has posted some of the numbers different small developers have given them concerning the revenue they have gotten for the games they have made on the Xbox Community games. I can's say that I am surprised by how small the numbers are because I don't think a lot of people know about them and...

XNA Community Games Numbers →

I know it has been a while since I last posted on this site, with the hunt for a new job and them cramming tons of new information into my head so I can do the new job has keep me from writing on here at all. So were does this leave me and what have I done on my projects. Nothing really sadly My Space...

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I love what Microsoft is doing with XNA, I remember sitting in the front row of the Seattle convention center the day that Microsoft announced that they where releasing a game development framework that would allow home hobbyist the ability to build games that would run on the Xbox console at home. At...

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I welcome any one who stumbles upon this site, my name is Brent and I have decided to start writing about my insights, experiences, about games and the games industry. I may also go into other subjects from time to time but this will mostly be about games. I also am planing on making this a site that...

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