Monday, March 12, 2007

XNA Comic Player Preview

I always liked the graphic novel segments of the Max Payne games so I decided to build an XNA Game Component that lets you create your own. I'm hoping to have it ready for release soon.

Here's a screenshot of the default navigation menu:



Information about Comic Player:
  • Works on PC and XBox 360
  • Supports these resolutions by default: 800x600 (PC and XBox), 1024x768 (PC only), and 1280x720 (XBox only). But you can add your own image files and a small amount of code to support any resolution.
  • Navigation menu/"Comic VCR" appearance can be customized to match any game.
  • Custom ".comic" content processor lets you load a comic in about the same way as loading a Texture2D from a file.
  • Panels can be any shape and appear in any place and in any order you want. So if you like complex interlocking panels read right to left (Japanese manga style) that's fine.
  • The default navigation menu graphics were all drawn by me except the green A button. Those were made by this guy.

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