Hello all, brokenPlatypus here. I’ve been following the LD compos for some time now, but never joined in. Well, I think the time has come! I’m a web/flash/flex developer by trade, but always had a strong interest in game development. Unfortunately I haven’t taken that interest much past my subscription to game developer magazine since high school.

As a professional flash developer it would make sense for me to use flash, but this is a perfect opportunity for me to break into XNA, which I’ve been toying around with off and on for a while now. I’m going to dust off visual studio and give it a go.

I think XNA fits the rules. It runs on windows, but you need the XNA redist, which I believe is about 2 megs. XNA requires directX and .net, but if you’re running an updated windows xp or vista you should have those. Regardless, I’m doing it so I can develop cross platform for windows and XBox 360.

Depending on the idea I come up with I may use the Oops! 3D Physics Library, which I’ve never used before, but looks promising.

I’m looking forward to this weekend. Come what may, I intend to put in a good effort and have a good time. Only 9 hours to go..

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