Category: News

The AnimationEditor just got a big update this weekend with the release of version 3.0. Most FlatRedBall developers have used this tool to create Animation Chain files (.achx), but a number of productivity issues have been around for many years. Version 3.0 directly addresses these issues. Now you can create animations much faster than ever…

Continuing the tradition of month-long starter projects, we’ve released our latest which is titled Legend of Dodgeball. What is Legend of Dodgeball? Legend of Dodgeball is a multiplayer (local) coop or competitive sports game. It can be played with up to 4 players, and the AI difficulty can be adjusted to provide a greater challenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHH3LTYS6g…

Our latest starter project titled Anfloga is now available for download. What is Anfloga? Anfloga is a starter project developed over the course of one month. It’s a story-rich game where you, a submarine pilot, must explore a remote planet to mine crystals, survive, and ultimately discover the secrets of the Anfloga Mining Corporation. How Can…

Today brings the release our the fourth (and largest) FlatRedBall starter project called TownRaiser, nostalgically named after the SNES classic ActRaiser. What’s is TownRaiser? TownRaiser is a RTS/town builder hybrid game. Players can build a town, train troops, and explore the map to fight enemies. How Can I Play TownRaiser? Unlike previous starter projects, you…

Starter projects are a great way to begin your journey as a game developer or to learn about FlatRedBall. As of today Glue includes a new starter project called BrakeNeck, a top-down endless shooter which can be played by one or two players. BrakeNeck focuses on a few technologies and patterns: Extensive use of code-driven…

I wanted to give a quick update in order to showcase a new page added silently (in the shadows!) to the content section: game assets On that page, we will be attempting to keep a curated list of our favorite free and cheap (i.e. worth it) visual art and sound assets for use in your games.…

As part of continuous improvement efforts, we are excited to announce a new starter project: Star Blaster. You can get started right away by updating FRBDK through the Glue update menu. Clicking file, new project, and then you will notice a difference in the new project creator: Select Star Blaster, a path, and then click…

  A new feature in Glue enables developers and designers to build and launch a game directly from Glue by just clicking a button. The feature, which requires Visual Studio, makes it easier to test a change made in Glue without the need to open the IDE at all! Just press play!  

After much anticipation, the often discussed event affectionately titled FRBacon (FlatRedBall Convention -> FRBCon -> FRBacon) took place over a gorgeous extended weekend in April in the hills overlooking Lehi, Utah: Festivities began on Thursday, March 31st when the first of the FlatRedBallers arrived: These handsome gentlemen above, from left to right, are: Adam, Victor, and Justin Most…