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Game Design: The Tools You Need - The odd ramblings of a geek pretending to not be "all grown up" In my last blog post about Imagine Cup, I mentioned that we provide you all the tools you need to get started on your own Game Design, so I thought I’d fill you in on what you need, and where you can get it all from. XNA Game Development Building games in XNA is incredibly easy, and getting the technology set up is just as straightforward. Firstly, you need a PC – preferably with a decent graphics card. Particularly when talking about 3D games, where we take advantage of Direct 3D shading and other capabilities, you need a card supporting DirectX 9 and up (I just don’t want someone puzzling over why their shading isn’t working like I was when I ran a hands on lab with a laptop with a not-so-great graphics card). Next up, you need Windows. Yes, the developer tools you’ll need only run on Windows.

Shock, horror. <edit>(Ah, and this is why you shouldn't write blog posts at 2am on a Saturday... thanks to one of my awesome student buddies back in Oz, I have been corrected. Getting the Tools. Brainable | Download Brainable software for free. Generation5 - At the forefront of Artificial Intelligence. Source SDK.

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