Many people have been happily enjoying the current zune game lineup, created by users themselves, but finally the Zune XNA team has taken it upon themselves to release a game. And the title they released is.... Alien Game! Many people may have seen this game in one of the CTP demonstration video's, but here it is to play.
Check out our first Mini Game for Zune, Alien Game. In Alien Game, you control a tank with the sole purpose of defending the earth from an alien invasion! It's a simple yet addictive game that is both fun and educational.
Alien Game has several features that you can learn about and integrate into your game such as:
- Media Integration, which enables you to start songs directly from the game!
- Support for both Zune input types (Zune Pad and Dpad)
- Menu and state management system
From the article over at XNA
7 Responses for "XNA releases their first game"
sweet! i’ve currently got a score of 5525
Haha, nice, my high score is 9900 atm… it’s a pretty fun game, maybe a boss every now and then would be a nice improvement though.
So I’ve been thinking about doing the games thing, but I’ve been a bit hesitant with tinkering with my Zune. Is there anything that you do to add the games capability that seems…irreversible? I love my brown 30 and would hate to do anything to harm it. I normally have no problem tinkering or installing things on my computer and WinMo smartphone, but for some reason I’ve been holding back with the Zune. Tell me everything will be ok so I can sally forth and have a gaming-good time with my Zune.
Well jonathan… nothing should happen. I had a zune issue after a few days of gaming(my back button started malfunctioning), and although it seemed like it may be an issue caused by the new games.. I really doubt that’s possible. I’ve heard just about no other story’s with anyone having issues, so it seems pretty safe. The only concern I have is you do have to restart your zune to quit a game, and if your like me and switching through games constantly… my zune is forced to reboot over and over, which may not be the greatest. Overall though, the only irreversible thing would be the zune games icon showing up in your menu, the actual games can be easily deleted though while using the zune.
Thanks soccerfreak. I think I’m going to go for it. I’ll let you know if I beat your high score
Sounds good, my new ones 11k.
i love this game, but the worst part is that i get a big giant score like 30,000 points and all of a sudden, theres a zune update and it wipes out my high score, but it’s ok cuz i take a picture of it as proof (;
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