XNA on Zune

Summary:

Questions about tutorials for XNA on the Zune

XNA on Zune

Anonymous (76.23.20.x) 28 Apr 2008 02:27

I've heard that XNA 3.0 is supposed to work on the Zune. First of all, does anyone know if that is true? Second, are there going to be any tutorials on this site for doing that?

Re: XNA on Zune

rbwhitaker 30 Apr 2008 17:02

XNA 3.0 is supposed to work on the Zune, which I'm pretty excited about. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_XNA.) I, however, do not have a Zune, so I probably won't be able to write any tutorials for it. If you or somebody else wants to write some tutorials for it (when it comes out) I'd be happy to put them on this site, though.

Re: XNA on Zune

rbwhitaker 04 May 2008 15:38

It appears that the Zune has a few limitations, but it looks to be pretty cool. Here's a few things that I found out about the Zune:

• The input acts like an XBox controller
• 3D isn't available on the Zune
• You'll have access to the music on the Zune - they also made it sound like they are going to make this available on the PC and XBox 360 eventually as well

Check out this link for more information: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=400948

The Community Technical Preview is going to be released soon - I didn't catch a date, but it sounds like before the end of May, so you'll be able to download it and play around with it soon.

Re: XNA on Zune

Anonymous (129.123.85.x) 07 May 2008 02:01

The club has enough money… maybe we can get ahold of a zune

Re: XNA on Zune

rbwhitaker 08 May 2008 17:34

That's true, and it might be worth it….