Ember Studios Blog

XNA Games

2009-06-21T00:38:00.000-07:00

Well, I have been working with XNA recently(creators.xna.com). It's a language that is really fast to create stuff in even though it's in C#. I always had this feeling that XNA would be complex and hard to use because there is so much typing involved, so many different functions, etc., but I soon figured out how well intellisense worked. I created my own level editor, since that is one thing missing in XNA that I have created, and I used xWinForms to create the GUI for the editor. For the physics in XNA I used Farseer physics, since most of my XNA games are 2d. I have been working on it nonstop for a week or so, just trying to create a good game. I am working on a prototype for the XBox 360 game we will be working on callde Force. The prototype will be 2d, and I'll release it to get feedback on how good it is and what I can improve, and to make a little cash so I can get 3DS Max. This is the best plan I could think up on how to make that XBox 360 game, make something relevant to the XBox game to make money(which will be an XBox game itself), and how to get 3DS Max with that money. I hope this works out, I can't think of a better plan, and this plan is pretty stable, so lets try it.

2009-06-10T06:32:00.000-07:00

The pain of fixing the website lingers. Also, starting a quick 2d game in C++ using SFML and Box2D physics. Guess i'll be making a level editor with it, probably will be specialized for this game. It is a free roaming action RPG, based off a nice little flash game i'll link here(not the same theme, and obviously come changes, mind you). http://r1pl1n.webs.com/FlashScape.swf

Site Redesign

2009-06-01T11:21:00.001-07:00

Well, after the site broke, I started thinking about how to fix it. I finally decided I would redesign the website in Flash, and then I would use a pre built forum program for the forums. This would make everything easier to manage and easier to use. Plus, it would look alot nicer.

Sort Mania Released

2009-05-24T21:21:00.000-07:00

Well, we put Sort Mania up on some sites using Mochi Ads, we might make a bit of money off that.

Website Dead

2009-05-20T08:34:00.000-07:00

Who knows what happened. As I went to post about this blog on the site, I noticed all the text was on the side. This never happened until I posted a new message. Maybe it didn't like my message? Anyways, I noticed it was not displaying 3 messages on the left either, only 1. Maybe I did that. Check it out.

Village Defense

2009-05-18T05:26:00.000-07:00

I got a screenshot of this Flash game, now dubbed Village Defense. The basic objective is to shoot down the attacking bombers and make sure their bombs don't land on the houses. I have created the menu screens, and most of the game, I should be done later today or tommorow.

New Flash Game

2009-05-16T10:40:00.000-07:00

I decided to start making a quick Flash game today. Don't have any pictures, but it's gonna be a turret based game defending the village of Azgaroth. Just about to finish graphics, coding is about half done.

Sort Mania

2009-05-14T10:42:00.000-07:00

Well, we just finished a Flash Game called Sort Mania. I will put it on the news at emberstudios.net soon. We are going to talk with Armor Games about getting sponsorship. It's basically done, we're polishing it up a little bit. We'll be trying to put it on as many sites as possible with Mochi ads, after we get sponsorship. I'll link it when I post about it on the website.

Blog created.

2009-05-13T12:12:00.001-07:00

Woot. Now it's ten times easier to share my current thoughts with everyone.