SwinGame 3 Alpha

Over the Winter break we've been working on a new version of SwinGame - SwinGame 3!

This version aims to consolidate all the previous SwinGame code incorporating a new, more consistent, coding style and naming convention. The distribution mechanism has also undergone a large number of changes which will make it easier to maintain SwinGame and distribute it to a number of programming languages.

SwinGame 3 is scheduled to be launched in January of 2010 in time for the SwinGame 10 Programming Competition. At this stage we are releasing an Alpha version for testing purposes. Please be aware that things are likely to change between now and the full release of SwinGame 3.

Download SwinGame 3 Alpha from SwinGame.

If you encounter any issues with the Alpha version of SwinGame 3 please let us know!

Get started Programming VBugs

Over the summer we were very fortunate to have two Swinburne students help us create a new tutorial on using SwinGame and Visual Basic .NET to create small arcade style games. The first version of the tutorial is now available on the SwinGame web site. It walks you through the process of creating a game called "VBugs" and shows you how to use sprites, sounds, mouse and keyboard input, along with developing procedures and designing your own classes.

Teachers interesting in using this as a teaching resource can request an additional pack containing solutions to the various work sheets from Swinburne's school resources page.

We hope you enjoy this new tutorial.

SwinGame 09

The SwinGame competition for 2009 is now open!

This year the competition is open all students from secondary schools in Australia. The competition theme is on developing Arcade games using the SwinGame API.

Check out the SwinGame 09 Competition page for details.

We look forward to seeing what you can produce this year!

SwinGame 2.0 Released

SwinGame 2 is now available for download!

New features include:

• Alpha blended primitive shape drawing
• Sound and music volume control
• Triangle drawing
• Image and Sprite rotation and zoom
• Simple text drawing, using pixel fonts

The version also includes a number a fixes to existing bugs.

Download version 2 now...