Welcome to the XNA Calgary User's Group
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Prairie Developer Conference 2010
The Prairie Developer Conference is the conference event for software professionals in the Canadian prairies!
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Featuring 50 sessions in 4 subject tracks over 2 days, and including sessions styles such as hands-on coding, chalk talks, panel discussions, and lectures, Prairie Developer Conference is an exceptional learning opportunity! Register today! http://www.prairiedevcon.com |
Next meeting is May 12th, 2010.
Topic: Intro to rapid game development using Flat Red Ball
This months meeting is an extension of a previous meeting and will place further focus on the development of games using 3rd party engines and tools. Primary focus will be on a game development tool set named Flat Red Ball but will also include other useful tools. Flat Red Ball was the engine that was chosen to create "Legend of Morph" a game written by the XNA Calgary User group and some talented local artists for the Calgary Global Game Jam 2010 earlier this year.
Thanks to the guys over at JetBrains! In an agreement with JetBrains we will be able to give away a license 4 times a year! This is awesome news and with that news I am pleased to announce that we will be giving away a license to a lucky attendant to this months meeting. This lucky individual will have their selection of a single license to either the Resharper or dotTrace products created by JetBrains (sorry not both.)
The Calgary XNA User Group is an association of people in and around the greater Calgary area who are interested in developing games for Window, Xbox 360
Zune, Zune HD and recently announced Windows Phone 7 Series using the XNA 4.0 Framework and Visual Studio 2010 for Windows Phone technologies. In 2010 the
user group is proud to include Silverlight to the topics of discussion as the technology relates to the development of video games.
The group is always on the look out for new members and is open to all interested parties with the desire of creating** their own
video games to play on their Windows PC, Xbox 360, Zune/ZuneHD and Windows Phone 7 Series devices.
Our meetings are held on the second Wednesday of any given month at SAIT Polytechnic Main Campus, Heart Building - Room MD321 @ 7:00PM.
Currently we use the Facebook social network to handle announcements and facilitate group contact. If you are interested in joining the XNA Calgary User's Group
then simply head over to Facebook and either
log into or create your Facebook account. Once you have logged into your Facebook
account then head over the
XNA Calgary Facebook group and select the menu link to join
the group.
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The SAIT Main Campus is located on the corner of 16th Avenue (Trans-Canada Highway) and 14th Street NW. The SAIT Main Campus can easily be accessed by C-Train and also
has onsite parking available for a small $4.00 charge. Additionally there is free 2-hour offsite parking available located within minutes walking distance.
**Due to the nature of game development and programming in general, there is a reasonable expectation that everyone has at least some understanding of basic
programming principals or the desire to learn.
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