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Marc Miles's Blog

I've been doing software development and architecture for some time now, primarily C#, ASP.net and SQL. I'm looking at learning game development initially with MS XNA and then to move to C++ and hopefully AI.

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XNA Quicks - My First Game
Posted by Marc Miles on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:23:00 EDT in Game Design, Programming
Long time web app developer takes a shot at game development and finishes his first game, video and source available as well.
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Experienced Programmer new to Game Dev
Posted by Marc Miles on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:51:00 EST in
Gamasutra blogs, now what could be cooler than the timing of this with me diving into game dev. A long time C# programmer looking to get the basics down and then move into some serious C++.
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Marc Miles's Comments

Comment In: The Art Of Game Polish: Developers Speak [Feature - 12/22/2009 - 04:20]

Polish is getting the game ...

Polish is getting the game out of the Uncanny Valley of what the game is trying to be/achieve.

Comment In: Capps Defends Epic Quality Of Life: 'My Guys Ask To Crunch' [News - 04/23/2009 - 07:37]

Bob McIntyre hit the nail ...

Bob McIntyre hit the nail on the head to make this whole thing moot. Hire more of the right people to get the job done. Law firms need to do the same, their crunch time is all the time. Sometimes you cant afford to do that, and if you cant ...

Comment In: Developing AI in Darwinia [Feature - 04/18/2009 - 10:30]

Good stuff. I like the ...

Good stuff. I like the idea of leveraging the objectives for use by the human player as well.

Comment In: Forget Fun. Is It Engaging? [Blog - 04/04/2009 - 04:33]

Taking.. Fully occupying the mind ...

Taking.. Fully occupying the mind or attention is almost the same as saying Entertaining . They are MANY ways to entertain one through gameplay. Fun is a side effect of some games, and not all.

Comment In: XNA Quicks - My First Game [Blog - 03/31/2009 - 08:23]

The C64 was also my ...

The C64 was also my first computer. However, I didn't do much programming until about 10 years later when I was 20. I suppose it would be different starting out back then. Most are plagued with too many choices today.

Comment In: Welcome to Gamasutra Blogs!  [Blog - 03/04/2009 - 11:52]

That worked, not sure how ...

That worked, not sure how I got to that URL in the first place and it has happened more than once. I tested some links from the RSS and they seem to be fine. I'll let you know if I see a link formatted like that again.

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