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No matter how hard I resist, I’m again drawn to the latest TIGSource compo, this time with the theme Procedural Generation. And surprisingly, something good has come of it.

What would it feel like to surf on a sine wave? The initial idea came up while I was working on a game for post-orthopedic surgery patients (more on that later), and since then I’ve been sitting on it for nearly half a year. Then I got a call from Raph, antsy for gamedev action, and I couldn’t refuse.

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Sadly, this might be my last XNA project as the horrors of XNA PC distribution are too strong to ignore anymore. Sure, it’s a blast while you’re making the game, but when it’s time for release, nobody but other XNA devs will be able to run your game without considerable trouble. How much trouble?

A basic PC XNA requirements list

1. The XNA Redistributable - all right, makes sense
2. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - for C#, beats downloading both 2.0 and 2.0 SP1
3. DirectX Runtime - unless you’re already up to date (you probably aren’t)
4. A graphics card that supports pixel shader 2.0 - no shader effects for you! or game for that matter…

Good luck! (You’ll need it.)

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