http://www.dennissasse.com playing virtual god Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:38:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the past few weeks, Oliver Scheer and me have worked on a framework that aims at easing the development of casual games for Windows Phone 7. The Framework provides standard-functionality required by many games - such as managing the game menu, as well as game ressources such as lives, ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/windows-phone-7-gaming-framework Since joining Microsoft, I have been pretty busy with work and therefore had not much time for this blog. Whenever I have a few minutes, I try to squeeze in some Windows Phone 7 Game Development and I'm planning to write a few things about it in the future... You can ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/long-time-no-write Interesting! I just found a video-playtrough for one of the cenarios, I designed for Dawn of Discovery: Venice on YouTube: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfT1RMWD6Ew&feature=BF&list=PL473B45F0DC6AEFE7&index=1[/youtube] http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/istars-labyrinth Gaze based interaction could be a gread addition to graphical operating systems (such as Windows 7). [slideshare id=2360894&doc=dennissassepresentation-091027162413-phpapp01&w=425] http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/gaze-based-interaction-future-os ANNO 1404: Dawn of Discovery was awarded in five categories at this years German Game Developer Award. It won the audience award for "Best German Game 2009" and jury awards in the categories "Best German Strategy Game", "Best Game Design", "Best Graphics" and "Best Soundtrack". Since the German Developer Award is regarded ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/anno-1404-best-german-game-2009 Some time after its completion, Tjuhl's master thesis is garnering some attention by online world researchers at http://virtual-economy.org. Throughout his thesis, Tjuhl developed a framework and mechanism for an online world economy free of goldfarming. Those pesky goldsellers have become a major annoyance to the players, but also to virtual gods, ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/goldfarming-free-online-worlds-are-possible Yet another of my recent projects gone gold: Thanks to the combined effort of Tjuhl and me, I am happy to release version 1.0 of Capture the Egg to the public! Be assured that's not the last you will see from CtE, we have planned some hot new features and ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/capture-the-egg-10-released It's done! The production of ANNO 1404 (international title: Dawn of Discovery) is finished and the game will ship June 25th. Time to go on a 2 week vacation! http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/anno-1404-dawn-of-discovery-goes-gold Teeworlds is a free retro multiplayer shooter and a nice litte game for lunch break. It features deathmatch and capture the flag game modes, looks like an old NES platformer and plays like Worms in realtime - including mad ninja rope action! Since it's such a fun little game and has ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/teeworlds-map-dm_pinnacle Good news for everybody who kept asking what I am currently working on: At this year's Games Convention in Leipzig, Ubisoft announced Anno 1404. The sequel to the successful Anno series offers a richness of features never before seen, including the ancient Orient and it's technology. The GC 2008 Trailer is ... http://www.dennissasse.com/index.php/anno-1404-announce