Time to submit!

Interest in the SwinGame competition has been great, and we are looking forward to seeing what you have been able to create. Its now time for you to finish that final polish for your game, in time to submit. Remember that all entries must reach us by 5:30pm on Monday the 11th of August. Check the competition details for instructions on what needs to be submitted, and how you can submit.

Thank you to everyone who has shown interest in this competition. We hope it has been a fun and rewarding experience, and we look forward to meeting you on Open Day.

Forum Goodness and New Version

The forums are back online! Yay... Once again sorry for the inconvenience caused.

To celebrate the return of the forum we have created a new version of the SDK. This one has some minor additions, and now allows you to end text input, a feature requested several times in the forums. Hopefully this will help you guys out...

Anyway. Thanks for sticking with us, and we look forward to seeing what you can create with the SDK.

Forum Issues

We are currently experiencing issues with the forum software. We are working to rectify the issue which appears to be with the forum permissions.

Version 1.1.4 Released

There has been a lot of activity on the SwinGame forum lately, and this new version corrects several issues that have been raised. Version 1.1.4 includes a number of corrections that mostly effect the .NET and VB 6 versions of the SwinGame SDK. If you are developing with the .NET or VB6 versions of the SDK you are strongly encouraged to update.

Year 7-10 and SwinGame08

Only Year 11 & 12 students that submit entires to SwinGame08 are eligible to win the major prizes. However, we want to encourage all school students to participate! If you are interested in learning more about software development please feel free to submit an entry into the competition. All non Year 11 & 12 submissions will be judged accordingly, and students who submit entries of high quality will receive a certificate of excellence from the judging panel. Some of your games may even be showcased on the web site, and during Swinburne's Open Day.

The creators of SwinGame 08 would like to encourage all students not in Year 11 & 12 to participate, in preparation for formal entries to SwinGame in the years ahead!

Version 1.1.3 Released

A new version of SwinGame has been released. This version includes some important bug fixes and everyone is recommended to upgrade to this version. Read the instructions of each SDK for details of how to upgrade between successive versions of the SDK.

Python is on the way!

Work with Python is progressing really well. At this stage we have a functional Python port of the core SwinGame functionality. Clinton has also ported the AirHockey game from VB to Python. These new extensions are going to be used in the AI for Games subject here at Swinburne, and we should be able to make them available sometime in the future.

We are also making progress on making SwinGame capable of embedding Python scripts within your game. This will allow you to embed code that controls aspects of your game - such as scripts for AI. Progress is looking hopeful, but it is very early days at the moment.