• Non-continuous rendering of puzzle tiles via texture coordinates
• Asynchronous asset loading
• Game state saving and loading
• Multiple gameplay modes
• Complex scene-description system for layered 2D scenes.
• Skinned animation system, from the Skinning Animation sample on the XNA Creators Club website.

Movipa will be released on Thursday (PST) and will be available to all creators. In the mean time, check out the screenshots below:

More screenshots to come during the week!

A few more screenshots before tomorrow's release!

See you tomorrow!

Jenkmeister:

See you tomorrow!

 Is it tomorrow yet? :)

Just kidding, I'm sure it will be up at some point but figured I'd post this just to let you know there are people eager to see the new samples (and thankful for them!).

Cheers,

- James

Movipa is now available for download here: http://creators.xna.com/en-us/minigame/movipa

Enjoy!

The layout tool doesn't appear to work, not under Vista at least. :(

Jim Perry:

The layout tool doesn't appear to work, not under Vista at least. :(

Clicking the OK button closes the window and nothing else appears to happen.

It tricked me too, what it does is "installs" the program to the directory in that dialog. If you got to that directory you will see a Layout tool folder with the real exe.

Sorry about the install issues - this tool is a 3rd party one that we linked to. We are working with the developers to get it fixed up.

The following has been added to the download page:

Please note that running the download of the tool will initially bring up a dialog which may not render all the buttons and characters correctly. This is actually an installation dialog. Select the path you wish to install the layout tool into and click OK. Then navigate to that path and you should find the layout tool installed. We are working to correct this installer and will update this page when it is ready.

The installer application that was available for download has been replaced with a zip file that you'll be able to extract to your desired location.

Thanks for your patience!

 I don't know weather to laugh or cry! haha

I'm getting a compile-time error:

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException was unhandled
  Message="Could not find a Direct3D device compatible with the current device preferences."
  Source="Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game"
  StackTrace:
       at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.FindBestPlatformDevice(Boolean anySuitableDevice)
       at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.FindBestDevice(Boolean anySuitableDevice)
       at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.ChangeDevice(Boolean forceCreate)
       at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.Microsoft.Xna.Framework.IGraphicsDeviceManager.CreateDevice()
       at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run()
       at Movipa.MovipaGame.Main() in C:\...\Movipa\Movipa\MovipaGame.cs:line 255

What are the min system specs for this game? I have dx 9.0c.

play  crash that seem to happen randomly .

"games for windows - LIVE proxy process terminated unexpectedly"