Comments on: Will Steam Publish XNA Games? http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/ Joel Martinez' weblog Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Zag http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Zag Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:54:29 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-1283 Hi there, (Also posted this on the redux, and I know the topic is old, but hey...) Geoff from Sandswept Studios. We just released DETOUR awhile back on Steam. It is built in XNA. We sent our C# wrapper dll to Valve and told them they could send it to Steam developers who might need it (since we noticed no one else before us gave one out) Hope that helps some of the XNA-to-Steam devs who might be wondering, or save them a bit of work anyway. (We’re not really offering any support for it though, so you’re own your own from there.) -Geoff sandswept.net Hi there,
(Also posted this on the redux, and I know the topic is old, but hey…)

Geoff from Sandswept Studios. We just released DETOUR awhile back on Steam. It is built in XNA. We sent our C# wrapper dll to Valve and told them they could send it to Steam developers who might need it (since we noticed no one else before us gave one out)

Hope that helps some of the XNA-to-Steam devs who might be wondering, or save them a bit of work anyway. (We’re not really offering any support for it though, so you’re own your own from there.)

-Geoff
sandswept.net

]]> By: Timo http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Timo Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:46:16 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-1264 Eufloria is written in C# and partly used SDL. So I do not see any problem in writing a game in C# and publishing it on Steam. :) Eufloria is written in C# and partly used SDL. So I do not see any problem in writing a game in C# and publishing it on Steam. :)

]]> By: Erik Schulz http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Erik Schulz Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:41:43 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-911 C++/cli interop isn't hard. It is however time consuming boilerplate code that isn't interesting to write. I imagine as the demand for language bindings grows they may release something. If they make their header files publicly available someone will make an interop project. C++/cli interop isn’t hard. It is however time consuming boilerplate code that isn’t interesting to write. I imagine as the demand for language bindings grows they may release something. If they make their header files publicly available someone will make an interop project.

]]> By: X-Tatic http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-910 X-Tatic Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:42:44 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-910 I don't see the problem. You can still interop with steamworks, XNA still uses D3D.. As for XNA framework based games, there are already some sold via steam, I just don't think they have the steamworks integration. I don’t see the problem. You can still interop with steamworks, XNA still uses D3D..

As for XNA framework based games, there are already some sold via steam, I just don’t think they have the steamworks integration.

]]> By: Alex http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Alex Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:33:49 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-909 That's really a shame that Steam doesn't seem to have a C# API supported already! I like making games in C# and XNA -- the only thing that doesn't seem to be there is online awareness of stuff like leaderboards and achievements - it would be rad to have those available, and Steam has a nice system for doing that sort of thing. That’s really a shame that Steam doesn’t seem to have a C# API supported already! I like making games in C# and XNA — the only thing that doesn’t seem to be there is online awareness of stuff like leaderboards and achievements – it would be rad to have those available, and Steam has a nice system for doing that sort of thing.

]]> By: Nick http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Nick Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:04:17 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-908 This also just means the Steamworks stuff isn't there. I know for a fact that a few XNA games are already available on Steam such as Blueberry Garden and Lucidity. This also just means the Steamworks stuff isn’t there. I know for a fact that a few XNA games are already available on Steam such as Blueberry Garden and Lucidity.

]]> By: Björn http://codecube.net/2010/02/will-steam-publish-xna-games/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Björn Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:21:48 +0000 http://codecube.net/?p=261#comment-907 That doesn't mean anything: writing a (simple) C++/CLI wrapper aroung the Steamworks stuff won't be hard -- and I would be available to do it :) That doesn’t mean anything: writing a (simple) C++/CLI wrapper aroung the Steamworks stuff won’t be hard — and I would be available to do it :)

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