10 things to do while waiting for XNA Game Studio Express
1. Read every single blog and forum post trying to find something new about it
2. Refresh your emails every 20 seconds hoping for a new mail from Microsoft
3. Stare at the wall
4. Make Content for your to be games ( lots and lots of content)
5. Design a game that will soon be forgotten about when the download is ready
6. Run to the fridge and stock up on supplies for when you start your game making
7. Make some more content ( there is no such thing as too much)
8. Read a book ( Book??? )
9. Think about how awsome this is going to be
10. refresh your email again
If all else fails repeat step 3 until step 2 is sucessful
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11.Write a game sdk better than XNA studio express.
12. watch movie Kill Bill 1
13.watch movie Kill Bill 2
14.make a movie Kill Bill 3
- 15. Have a wank
16. Write game code so you can just plug it into your GSE project.
17. Check other gaming web sites (yes, there are more sites than just these forums)
18. Have another cup of coffee
19. Install 360 for windows controller
click google ads on my site...
Oh I mean download visual studios express on your work computer so you can play with it all day and not work, and mess around with new web host trying to get domains to work the right way.
- 20. Work because you have a day-job. :-(
- 21. Work on my C++ engine
I'm not really sure about jumping on the wagon or not. - 22. work on "Caligari gameSpaceLight"
when do u want to start woking on your grafics Jeff Weber wrote: 20. Work because you have a day-job. :-( 20a. Multi-task and still check the forums (which is what I'm doing).
- 23. Consider learning C(hash)
24. Stare at wall
25. Browse amazon for C(hash) idiots guides
26. Start on the content for another game
27. Stare at watch
28. Change computer clock to that of LA (-8 GMT)
29. Get back to work..... :( - 30. Be thankful you have Poser 6, ZBrush 2, 3DS Max 8, and Maya 7...
31. Learn Spanish
32. Olvídese el español que usted había aprendido.... - 33. Convince wife that XBOX 360 is now somewhat a business expense and can be written off. Spend the next few hours (while waiting for the download) on ebay....
- 34. Go to phsysics class and hope when you get back XNA will be available for a fast download.
Cheveyo wrote: 23. Consider learning C(hash)
24. Stare at wall
25. Browse amazon for C(hash) idiots guides
26. Start on the content for another game
27. Stare at watch
28. Change computer clock to that of LA (-8 GMT)
29. Get back to work..... :(Or you could say CSharp, anyway.
35. Create an XNA wallpaper that interacts with you.
36. Create an XNA BootSkin.
37. Play on your 360 thinking up some cool concepts for when the real thing is released.
Cheveyo wrote: 23. Consider learning C(hash)
24. Stare at wall
25. Browse amazon for C(hash) idiots guides
26. Start on the content for another game
27. Stare at watch
28. Change computer clock to that of LA (-8 GMT)
29. Get back to work..... :(Or you could say CSharp, anyway.
35. Create an XNA wallpaper that interacts with you.
36. Create an XNA BootSkin.
37. Play on your 360 thinking up some cool concepts for when the real thing is released.
- 35. Finish level 3 and tighten up the graphics.
Promit wrote: 35. Finish level 3 and tighten up the graphics. Oh no, you didn't just post that! (I wonder how many people will get it
)Stephen S. wrote: 33. Convince wife that XBOX 360 is now somewhat a business expense and can be written off. Spend the next few hours (while waiting for the download) on ebay.... Already bought the wired controller for my laptop and planned to write it off.
Stephen S. wrote: 33. Convince wife that XBOX 360 is now somewhat a business expense and can be written off. Spend the next few hours (while waiting for the download) on ebay.... Already bought the wired controller for my laptop and planned to write it off.
I missed it the first time, the Mitch Walker pointed it out, and Tom Miller follower up with the obligatory classical reference. Woot!!!
