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Xbox 360 homebrew: Particle Wars

Posted Sep 25, 2006 at 11:01AM by Anna S. Listed in: Homebrew Games
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Particle Wars - Image 1 Particle Wars - Image 2


The homebrew scene for the Xbox 360 can still be considered as unchartered territory. So those brave enough to crossover the dark side like Matt Stum, deserve some mad props.

His homebrew, started out as a technology demonstrator but then evolved into a game he named Particle Wars. All of the graphics were made from scratch on Paint Shop Pro 9. He says he chose circles because they make for easy art and collision detection (good tip for those that are also starting out); it is playable by up to four players. Here are some technical details:

Controls (Xbox 360 controllers required):
  • Back button: exit game (Player 1 only)
  • Start button: start game (Player 1 only)
  • Left stick: movement
  • Right stick: emit particle weapon
  • Right shoulder: select RWB emitter (fast but weak)
  • Left shoulder: select GY emitter (slow but powerful)
  • DPad Down: turn off background (Player 1 only)
  • DPad Up: turn on background (Player 1 only)
To do:
  • Add two more emitter types that have splash damage, map the resulting 4 types to the DPad
  • COMPLETELY reorganize the code
Download: [Particle Wars]

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   by Mr. Common Sense (Unregistered) - 2006-09-25
 » sweet
How do you install this? Do you just put it on a cd or do you need to buy a memory card reader or something?

   by Mr WTF (Unregistered) - 2006-09-25
 » How do you pliznay the hiznomebriznew
Awesome, but how do you play "homebrew"?

Please tell us how to put it on there is just a bunch of messy files.

Do you have to purchace a XNA dev kit or can anyone make these games/applications?

Does this mean we may see someone make a web browser or media player? How about an snes emu or other emus. Do you have to licence and get what you do approved from Microsuck?

And oh yea how do you play homebrew on the 360? I thought it was going to be implemented into a future dashboard release.... omg rofl

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   by . (Unregistered) - 2006-09-25
 » .
YEAH!!! What they said...
That's what I freaking want to know....

   by 71M - 2006-09-25

You can only play on the PC with a wired 360 pad at the moment.
Soon you'll be able to download XNA games to your 360 and I guess you'll have to be subscribed to do that...

Cheers,
71M

   by yee (Unregistered) - 2006-09-25
 » #s 1, 2
You need to wait for the Creators Club to come out. Then you pay $98 for a yearly membership and you can download the game from a special section of the Marketplace.



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