While making progress with the new Torque X book update, I have a 2D game in production that desparately needs art help. My philosophy is always to build out game prototypes with very crude placeholder artwork. This way, I can focus on the gameplay rather than the glitz of attractive art. But now, I've reached that point where there's enough gameplay in place and I just need great artwork to add the visual polish.

Author John Kanalakis Date 02/05/2011 (5:21 pm) Comment 11 comments

For several months now, I've been recieving requests and queries about updating my last book, The Complete Guide to Torque X. That book was a great resource for learning how to create Torque X 2.0 2D and 3D games for Windows and XBox 360.

Author John Kanalakis Date 01/27/2011 (11:36 pm) Comment 16 comments

Development is wrapping up with Torque X 3D as we start preparing for the next release. That means getting final bug fixes in, preparing installers, and lots of testing. Here's a quick update with what's going on in the world of Torque X 3D. I'll post a similar writeup relating to Torque X 2D soon.

Author John Kanalakis Date 01/18/2010 (2:23 pm) Comment 23 comments

Over the last couple of years since Torque X was introduced, it has come a long ways. And Torque X is still marching forward with a steady development plan. This post will help to shed some light on that development plan and share the vision around the future of Torque X.

Author John Kanalakis Date 12/21/2009 (4:02 pm) Comment 42 comments

Torque X is becoming the easiest way to create games for Windows and Xbox 360. Today, a new release of Torque X, version 3.1.4, becomes available for download with lots of new features and fixes.

Author John Kanalakis Date 11/06/2009 (4:20 pm) Comment 19 comments

SpriteWorks2 is an fast and easy solution for creating animated sprite sheets for 2D games from existing 3D models and it's now http://www.garagegames.com/products/spriteworks.

Author John Kanalakis Date 11/03/2009 (1:43 am) Comment 28 comments

An interesting question came up about creating an RTS camera for Torque X. Instead of a simple response, I decided to write a detailed How-To posting for all those Torque X followers out there. I'm an author, I can't help it. ;)

Author John Kanalakis Date 06/23/2009 (9:25 pm) Comment 6 comments

Here is a a simple ocean shader effect for Torque X. It is composed of a single shader effect file that is then wrapped by a custom material class.

Author John Kanalakis Date 06/12/2009 (12:23 pm) Comment 2 comments

Yay! XNA 3.1 is now available and can be downloaded here. How does it affect your Torque X project? Here's the details...

Author John Kanalakis Date 06/11/2009 (5:05 pm) Comment 5 comments

FINAL INSTALLMENT. Join me as I create a Torque X game over a couple days, from design to coding, to release on Xbox Live Community Games. I'm sharing techniques, code, and personal experiences.

Author John Kanalakis Date 06/05/2009 (3:04 pm) Comment 4 comments

Join me as I create a Torque X game over a couple days, from design to coding, to release on Xbox Live Community Games. I'm sharing techniques, code, and personal experiences.

Author John Kanalakis Date 06/04/2009 (12:20 pm) Comment 13 comments

Join me as I create a Torque X game over a couple days, from design to coding, to release on Xbox Live Community Games. I'm sharing techniques, code, and personal experiences.

Author John Kanalakis Date 06/02/2009 (4:07 pm) Comment 8 comments

Join me as I create a Torque X game over a couple days, from design to coding, to release on Xbox Live Community Games. I'm sharing techniques, code, and personal experiences.

Author John Kanalakis Date 05/31/2009 (3:11 pm) Comment 5 comments

In the Torque X Forums, I've seen a few questions come up about creating 3D terrain. Since it's not an easy process, I thought an easily searhable posting here would help.

Author John Kanalakis Date 05/19/2009 (10:18 pm) Comment 11 comments

The wait is over. Torque X 3.0 is now available with new features and new opportunities for XNA game developers. There are many new enhancements to the Torque X engine to better help you create and sell games for Windows and Xbox 360. Here's an overview of what's new for Torque X 3.0.

Author John Kanalakis Date 05/09/2009 (1:42 am) Comment 30 comments

Microsoft is now releasing sales data to creators of Xbox Live Community Games. Here's my game's sales data.

Author John Kanalakis Date 03/28/2009 (12:39 pm) Comment 33 comments

SpriteWorks is a utility that converts 3D models (DTS,X,FBX) into static or animated 2D sprite sheets. This is an ideal tool for any 2D game from RPG/RTS to arcade shooters - you can find free 3D models on TurboSquid and drop them into your 2D games very easily. SpriteWorks creates animated sprite sheets based on shape animation, axis rotation, or both.

Author John Kanalakis Date 01/29/2009 (5:19 pm) Comment 21 comments

Creating Animated Sprite Sheets from 3D Models [b]Rather than Spam the forums with an update blog... See the new images posted with the comments below. Now featuring new alpha correction ...

Author John Kanalakis Date 01/06/2009 (4:10 am) Comment 25 comments

Torque X Game for Public Testing I've just completed a 2D puzzle game, named Solicheck . It's a Torque X 2D game for the Xbox 360 LIVE Community platform and I'm interested in getting...

Author John Kanalakis Date 12/15/2008 (6:07 pm) Comment 10 comments

AirSpace Community LIVE Arcade Game If you like faced-paced action games, I hope you'll enjoy AirSpace for Xbox360 and Windows by EnvyGames. A demo version of AirSpace was quickly pulled tog...

Author John Kanalakis Date 10/18/2008 (4:41 pm) Comment 7 comments