Wednesday, September 12, 2012

NERD ALERT!!!!!

Most people get excited with a new Apple anything, but I'm excited today for the official release of Visual Studio 2012.  I've been using it for a couple of months now and it is eons better than 2010 which itself was a great package.  We've already been using next-gen hardware on computers with a major update this year with the market availability, now we finally have a software kit designed for next-gen hardware.  The new software Framework 4.5 is being released with this officially.  The beta version I've been using for the last 6 months doesn't have XNA Game Studio support and it doesn't at release, but it's Microsoft bread...it'll have support.  The XNA Game Studio is the framework that XBOX and Live! games are built on.  I'm hoping the extended wait is for a new XNA Framework.  This program will learn how you type.  It learns how you organize code.  You have to use it a lot to really see happen(it is noticeable).  I'm going to have to reteach Studio my style but that's okay, I always could brush up on basics.  Oh and for you people who know what that is.....that is plus a very easy Macro Interface.  The next-gen developers are pushing for a more efficient development environment.  Our graphics are not going to get any much better than they are now, at least for a couple more years.  Although really good graphics exist for people who can buy 16-core, multi xfire computers.  Being able to have a decent turnaround time with minimal support is going to be what gives us the "XBOX 720 or PS4" games.  The lowest version is like $499 all the way up to like $10k for the full developer "ULTIMATE EDITION".  XNA Game Studio is available to any registered user of Visual Studio for free, so is all the updates, and templates.  But that is what is getting me out of bed today, get school done so I can watch the Keynote.(told you nerd alert!!)

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