Apparently Space Giraffe will be finally launched in the next week or two. I like Jeff Minter games, so we'll see how good this is. Only 400 points as well...

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Steve

 

I've been following his web blob on stinkin' thinkin' and the game is looking every bit as mad as you'd expect. Looking forward to it

 

made my eyes sore and I can't see wtf is going on .... explain pls

 

erm.

 

It is a Tempest type game from Llamasoft for the Xbox 360...

Video: YouTube - Space Giraffe WIP tutorial level "Rinsin" by Llamasoft

Steve

 

The programmer, Jeff Minter, goes back to days of yore, programming on the early 80's computers, through Atari Jaguars, Nuons, and god knows what else, up to present day, where he programs Xbox360

He's a self-confessed Llama lover - read into that what you will

From the look of his games, you could almost say he codes whilst out of his mind on assortment of substances(!)

 

From the look of him, you could say the same thing

He is a coding god though

 

Out of the two geeks in the photo, can you guess which one he is ?

 

No need to guess

 

And what an amazing plethora of pictures that directory brought up!!



Steve

 

this one's from there too

lets play "moderate this"

 

Apparently it's being released this week (i.e. tomorrow)

 

Just how many times can you release the same game and still get kudos for it?

 

As far as I'm aware, it's the first Giraffe based game he's released

Besides, Bioshock is just another fps, GT5 /Forza are just more driving games but they seem to get kudos too...

 

Yep a gaming god and christ he's got as hairy as hairy thing from hairysville! But wow what software he's done, great work from 'the yak'.

 

So is the game any good ?

 

It isn't available for download yet (at 9am).

Steve

 

I wonder if he wrote it all in ASSEMBLER !!!

 

Would have taken a bloody looong time! I know he used to 6502 back in the days of Vic20/C64 and 68000 on the ST but I would have thought he might have gone for something a bit more productive now like (relatively speaking!) C.

Anyone used XNA at all? You can do stuff with c# cant you?

 

I've played with XNA a bit. Yes, it's all c#, and very easy to use

 

And it is here. Just downloaded it. It is pretty good if you like Tempest, weird sound effects and very confusing visuals. Still, having fun and good for 400 points!

Steve

 

Ah yes, I have fond memories of Z80 and 68000 assembler!

Never bothered with XNA - is it completely free ? I'm currently writing some homebrew on....wait for it...Game Boy Advance! Hugely rewarding to see your little app running on a cartride in a GBA

 

Yes, completely free (it uses c# express). They are going to release a new version before xmas, (also free) with a load of new features, and the ability to work with vs2005 as well as c# express

 

So whats the procedure for code testing on an Xbox360 ? Or can you only target the PC ?

 

A bit dodgy that. You can only target the PC for free. If you want to run on the 360, you have to have a "creators club" license which costs about £50 a year. You can then send stuff to the 360, and remote debug etc (I think).

The whole distribution of the 360 xna stuff is a bit naff at the moment, which is why I've not bothered with it much so far, but it is worth keeping an eye on

 

p.s. Space Giraffe rocks. Best live arcade fun I've had since Geometry Wars

 

That's what I wanted to hear

 

Yeah, right, course it is.. It absolute dross*...
















*Maybe a childish claim due to me not being able to play it cos my 360 is with MS

 

I met Paul Shirley at a computer show once...

he was demoing a game he,d coded for the CPC464 ,,, just walked up to the

Amtix stand bunged the disk in the drive and said what do you think,,,


Parralax scrolling on the CPC

when pushed for the name of the game and a release date...

he said it was called "zap the bast*rds"

sure enough when it was released... it was called ZTB


Got his autograph somewhere


Mart

 

wtf