First game on Windows Phone 7: Kinito!

Here is a screenshot of my first game on windows phone 7. It is currently being tested, but it should be available on the marketplace soon (I hope).

The kinito is a very funny drinking game, playable with dices. On the other hand, it’s usually easy to find friends to play with and alcohol to drink, but dices are less common than smartphones, hence this app.

I’m now thinking to port it to Android.

Gametools suite

I was asked several times to update GXView to support XNA 3.1. And these days, I’ve a little more time, so I decided to check/update the tools I made and to release a package of those.

Gametools 1.0 should come in a couple of weeks now, and will contain:

  • – GXView (.xnb viewer/converter)
  • – HMEdit (improved since last release)
  • – Spritemapper: a tool to create spritemap from images sequence
  • – ScreenBuddy: An handy tool to capture screen (images/video), and other functions related to the screen.

More about it soon.

Aerial Heroes follow up

Things are going a bit slower on the project, but I’m glad to say the dev didn’t stop. On the contrary, I could work on the side editors, and really improved the heightmap editor.

Now, aside from the common features (such as raise/lower, add noise/smooth), the editor can compile your map directly into an XNA 3.1 asset (.xnb), generate a TeapotWare compatible world (xml), and run the world player to give you a better idea of what you’re designing. The UI also changed a lot, and it’s now much easier to use the tool.

There are still things I need to fix, but I’m now considering to sell it online. There will be a fully functionnal trial version, and the price should not be higher than 10 euros, so it could be affordable for any indie.

However, I’d like to run a beta before the first official release. If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll send you a version. Of course, every beta-tester will get their own licence key.




Download the trial version