College Lacrosse 10 for XBLA

[The GIGGAS]

Is it XNA or XBLA?

I may be an achievement whore... but I'd be willing to try this, as long as TPIR.

[ndhusker90]

Quote: Originally Posted by The GIGGAS

Is it XNA or XBLA? I may be an achievement whore... but I'd be willing to try this, as long as TPIR.

umm...it's in the title for a reason lol.

[The GIGGAS]

Quote: Originally Posted by ndhusker90

umm...it's in the title for a reason lol.

Well, Krioniq said it was an XNA game and it kind of confused me. If it's XBLA, I'll get it no doubt, because there'll be achievements. If it's XNA, I might not even realize it comes out because Major Nelson doesn't describe it, and there are no achievements.

Oh, I just checked their site, and it's indeed an XNA, or Indie game. The title should change to reflect that.

[Sausage]

Very curious about this game.

[MassNole]

Newest update, the game will be released this October and will cost just $10, or however many XBL Points that works out to be....

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RELEASE DATE - OCTOBER 2009 PLATFORM - XBOX LIVE VIDEO - COMING SOON! Thanks for the patience. PRICE - $10 Thanks for all the support guys. * Changed money awarded to match that in spreadsheet * Changed Equipment costs to that in spreadsheet * Fixed Forced Turnovers not being given to AI teams * Fixed Forced Turnovers money display * Changed setpiece taking to stop player running out of bounds with ball as he picks it up * Changed AI use of double teaming * Swap long stick pole whilst game is faded out at end of quarter to save time * Changed calculation of who will take face off * Made auto defend and highlight be set according to difficulty level chosen, removed individual settings from options menu * Made player speed 30 and removed option to alter it * Made it so keeper can't go in other crease * Made it so you can stick check the keeper * Stopped some commentaries that shouldn't play when it's a setpiece * Stopped keeper going into his net attempting to save shots * Fixed some saves that weren't being recorded in the stats * Locked off equipment so you have to buy the lower grades first * Added note to reset stats dialog that lets you know your upgrades will be cleared as well * Added option to display camera offsets on screen so you can let me know what you'd like * Fixed Away Team assists stat * Removed 30 sec penalties * Fixed bug with buying gloves * Start catch anims before ball is caught * Tweaked which catch anim is played * FaceOffs now playable by client in network game * Mirroring and proceeding past hold now sent to client – means anims play better on client * Changed network game packet send frequency * Clock now right on client * Pass highlight now added for client * Reduced frequency of commentary's all round * Greatly reduced offense comments * Fixed replays being shown in training games * Added stats at end of quarter * Fixed timing penalty playing endlessly in an indoor game * Removed wrong groundball comment * End of quarter stats added

[DXZeke]

Clearly says it's an "Indie Game" on the Facebook page.

*shrugs*

If it's good then it doesn't matter if it doesn't have achievements.

[The GIGGAS]

Quote: Originally Posted by DXZeke

Clearly says it's an "Indie Game" on the Facebook page. *shrugs* If it's good then it doesn't matter if it doesn't have achievements.

Yeah, but achievements are the way of the future, and I've already stated that I'm an achievement whore. I'll probably get it after a while, but I dunno, it seems like a good idea but I'm not sure if the execution will be there. How many sports games work out like this?

[Krioniq]

Quote: Originally Posted by The GIGGAS

Well, Krioniq said it was an XNA game and it kind of confused me. If it's XBLA, I'll get it no doubt, because there'll be achievements. If it's XNA, I might not even realize it comes out because Major Nelson doesn't describe it, and there are no achievements. Oh, I just checked their site, and it's indeed an XNA, or Indie game. The title should change to reflect that.

It looks like this has already been clarified but I'm chiming in anyway.

It's coming out for XBOX Live Arcade via Indie Games; XNA is the runtime program environment / framework (I'm not quite sure technically what it is) that the programmer is using to make this. Google "XNA Game Studio" to find out more, and if you're interested in using it to make your own games (which isn't that hard and pretty fun, actually, if you have a good handle on C++), then bone up on your C# (which, if you know C++, isn't hard to pick up at all).

Quote: Originally Posted by The GIGGAS

Yeah, but achievements are the way of the future, and I've already stated that I'm an achievement whore. I'll probably get it after a while, but I dunno, it seems like a good idea but I'm not sure if the execution will be there. How many sports games work out like this?

To answer the last part, I'm not sure how many true 3D sports games have been made in XNA; in my limited experience, compared to other genres, there's a TON of stuff in sports games that needs to work well in order for the game to succeed. The only game I can think of off the top of my head is FITBA, a soccer game in which the characters lack visible limbs (to save time on the animation and modeling ends). FITBA has received good reviews despite this, however.

As for achievements, I'm not sure why the decision was made to not allow XNA games to have achievements, but I'm guessing that it's so achievement whores don't buy a Creators Club account and make 80 jillion "Hello World" games, reaping the achievement point benefits from all of them.

[Krioniq]

Quote: Originally Posted by MassNole

Newest update, the game will be released this October and will cost just $10, or however many XBL Points that works out to be....

Rock Band 2 songs are supposed to be $2 and are 160 points apiece, so I'd guess 800 points.

Microsoft limits Indie Games' pricing options based on the size of the game file. If I recall correctly, if the game is over 150MB in size then the price must be $10; otherwise it can be priced as low as $5.

[The GIGGAS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Krioniq

It looks like this has already been clarified but I'm chiming in anyway. It's coming out for XBOX Live Arcade via Indie Games; XNA is the runtime program environment / framework (I'm not quite sure technically what it is) that the programmer is using to make this. Google "XNA Game Studio" to find out more, and if you're interested bone up on your C#.

Indie Games used to be called XNA games, weren't they? I understand the environment/framework part of it, I just was referring to the previous name of the program. Also, I'd rather not bone up on my C#, or .NET or anything crazy like that. Give me Java, PHP, and Python any day.

Quote: Originally Posted by Krioniq

To answer the last part, I'm not sure how many true 3D sports games have been made in XNA; in my limited experience, compared to other genres, there's a TON of stuff in sports games that needs to work well in order for the game to succeed. The only game I can think of off the top of my head is FITBA, a soccer game in which the characters lack visible limbs (to save time on the animation and modeling ends). FITBA has received good reviews despite this, however. As for achievements, I'm not sure why the decision was made to not allow XNA games to have achievements, but I'm guessing that it's so achievement whores don't buy a Creators Club account and make 80 jillion "Hello World" games, reaping the achievement point benefits from all of them.

I was generally referring to non-text sports games from smaller development shops, not only Indie games. I can't remember a good non-text sports game that wasn't from a large shop.

I certainly understand reasoning behind not allowing achievements from Indie games, but it would tip my decision a little had it been a XBLA game. Who knows, it might make it like Blazing Birds did.