THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSITIONS

Shawn Hargreaves has published a nice post about the importance of transitions.

From Shawn's post: "... While I was writing the menu system, the lead artist, a grizzled young man named Johnny Christmas, gave me a piece of advice I never forgot. "Listen here, young lad", quoth he: "the secret to making a game feel polished and professional lies in the transitions ...".

Stay tune to Shawn's blog for upcoming articles on the matter.

Now, that's it! It's late and I'm tired soooo ... hoooawmmn ... I need to sle .. ep, can .. nnot ... re..each .... my ...bb.. ed ... zzz ... zzz ... zzz ...

RPG ZERO: LEVEL SEGMENT'S NEW PALETTE AND BADGUYS

New update available for the "RPG Zero" series.

Man, the eyecandy included in this game -which is under development- is quite amazing.

You can read what's going on with this project here (as well as watch a demo video of the cave).

Cannot wait for a demo build!

I DID MY HOMEWORK ...

... so what about you?

The ZMan is calling for "burning issues" related to DirectX and XNA.

The reason: he'll be attending the upcoming MVP Summit so he's kindly offering, for those of us that cannot be present, his help to make sure that your questions reach the DirectX and XNA teams. Of course, the abovementioned help is subject to availability of time.

From ZMan's post: "When I return from GDC I have the pleasure of attending the MVP Summit. This is a chance for all the MVPs (and a few special guests) from around the world to meet up (some of us only know each other via email) and get some face time with the product groups. Most of the internal discussions will be under NDA so don't expect any big announcements. However I do get a chance to have Q&A with the DirectX and XNA teams. So if you have any burning issues then send me an email and if I have time I may be able to bring it up. I think I know all the MVPs who will be up here, but if you are coming and want to have a beer then also drop me a line and we can arrange to meet up.".

As I say, I did my homework and sent 11 "burning" questions ... at least, for my concern.

Well, Zman, thanks a lot and enjoy those beers!