April 4, 2009 at 17:392D games on XNA can now be launched through the browser!
If you write 2D games for PC, Zune and XBOX using Microsoft XNA tools, then I have very good news for you: now you can play your games through the browser!
On Codeplex (hosting for opensource projects from Microsoft), a library has appeared that emulates XNA functions on the Silverlight platform, it is called XN4SL .
At the moment, XN4SL is in beta already at number 2. A
working example of a game ported to Silverlight can be found here .
Help:
Microsoft XNA is a set of computer game developer tools developed by Microsoft that aims to facilitate game development.
Microsoft Silverlight is a browser plug-in that allows you to run applications containing animation, vector graphics and audio-video clips, the main competitor to Adobe Flash.
On Codeplex (hosting for opensource projects from Microsoft), a library has appeared that emulates XNA functions on the Silverlight platform, it is called XN4SL .
At the moment, XN4SL is in beta already at number 2. A
working example of a game ported to Silverlight can be found here .
Help:
Microsoft XNA is a set of computer game developer tools developed by Microsoft that aims to facilitate game development.
Microsoft Silverlight is a browser plug-in that allows you to run applications containing animation, vector graphics and audio-video clips, the main competitor to Adobe Flash.