A few XNA questions.

Now with XNA will you be making the game right in XNA, or do you like make it with another program using different code and then just use XNA to make it playable on the 360? Thanks!

[181 byte] By [Jimi4] at [2008-2-5]

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# 1

Hello, Your game must be written using C#(At least for our first release) and using the XNA Framework to run your game on the Xbox 360. You could use a different IDE to do this but not different code, you'll still need the IDE to deploy(copy) the game to your Xbox 360.

MichaelKlucher-MSFT at 2007-8-30 >

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# 2

but do i make my game in XNA or somewhere else?

Jimi4 at 2007-8-30 >

# 3

You would be using XNA Game Studio Express to develop your game. XNA is a framework, not a development environment. You might want to check out the FAQ

JimPerry at 2007-8-30 >

# 4

So I am using it to make my game?

Jimi4 at 2007-8-30 >

# 5

Correct. You use XNA GSE to code (on your PC) and debug (remotely on your 360 or on your PC for a Windows version) your game. The assumption, I believe, is that you have a network in your house that both your 360 and PC are hooked up to.

JimPerry at 2007-8-30 >

# 6

Jim Perry wrote:
Correct. You use XNA GSE to code (on your PC) and debug (remotely on your 360 or on your PC for a Windows version) your game. The assumption, I believe, is that you have a network in your house that both your 360 and PC are hooked up to.

yupp. Got a network and a wireless router and bridge for my pc and 360. Ok, thanks alot for all of your help. Just one more question, what is XNA "GSE"? Thanks!

Jimi4 at 2007-8-30 >

# 7

Game Studio Express, which is the name of the product that allows you to do all this. You may want to check out the FAQ for it at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/faq/ Hope that helps!

MichaelKlucher-MSFT at 2007-8-30 >

# 8

lol, I get tired of typing out Game Studio Express.

JimPerry at 2007-8-30 >

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