Friday, March 09, 2007 10:01 AM
by
johnporcaro
Final XNA Games Studio Express Challenge Games Available
The final versions of the four games created in the XNA Games Studio Express Challenge were unveiled to the development community at the XNA party last night, and now you get a chance to check out the work! You can download the games for free from http://creators.xna.com/. Anyone with XNA Game Studio Express (also free) can play the games on a Windows PC.
Download XNA Game Studio Express at msdn.xna.com.
We just sent a media alert out with details:
The four games include:
“DungeonQuest,” a 3D action RPG from independent game developers Benjamin Nitschke and Christoph Rienaecker from exDream in Germany. Benjamin and Christoph managed to include two player co-op multiplayer in this expansive dungeon crawler.
“Simian Escape,” from independent game developers Jonathon Stevens and Patrick Glanville from the United States, is a 2D run-and-jump game in a prehistoric setting built with the help of Torque X.
“Damage Control” is a game created by hobbyist game developer Josh Butterworth from the United Kingdom with the remote assistance of Maher “m0dus” Al-Samkari and the NeoGAF community. Perimeter is a four player multiplayer siege game where you must defend your base from wave after wave of invading aliens.
“AbduX,” from graduate student game developer Andre Furtado from Brazil, is a zany action game that turns the tables on the classic humanity vs. aliens formula. This time, the player assumes the role of an alien and pilots a flying saucer through the countryside to abduct unsuspecting earthlings while trying to avoid detection. What’s impressive about AbduX is how it incorporates voice recognition commands to control functions of the spacecraft.
For more information about the “Dream-Build-Play” game design contest, visit www.dreambuildplay.com.