I'LL BE OUT FOR THE EASTER'S WEEKEND

Hi guys! I know I've been a bit hidden in my ultracave these days but as you may have guessed I just taking this week-end off to enjoy Easter with my family.

Still, I'm aware that there have been some great news lately so next Monday check out this blog for the cascade of news I'm going to publish.

In the meantime, I leave you with 2 great links:

• John's list of links to XNA resources (thanks for " ... My favorite XNA News Blog ...").
• Abi's easter bunny ... ;)

Cheers!

[Also check the new design of my blog: on top part of the page you will find a dynamic news banner and on the left side you will see some random links to YouTube's videos related to game design, XNA GSE, xBOX360 and so on ...]

CLASSIC-GAMES' THEMES ORCHESTRATED

Turn the volume of your speakers up and enjoy!

TUTORIAL: SIMPLE PARTICLE SYSTEM

John Sedlak has published a nice 3-page tutorial about setting a basic particle system in XNA, with source code included.

From John's tuto: "... This tutorial describes a simple way to render particles using simple rendering techniques, and a custom vertex format in a 3D world ...".

Read on!