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What can you say you accomplished in 10th grade? Me? Not so much: I beat a lot of RPGs, flirted with girls, and played piano for lunch money. Toronto 10th grader David Hu reminds us how much time we wasted in school as he's currently showing off his new game WarPong at X07.

Microsoft's XNA Game Studio is a hobbyist game development package that lets developers make games for both Windows and Xbox 360, and Hu did just that with WarPong, earning the privilege of showing off his work on the show floor of X07. Microsoft must be pretty proud to say that a 10th grader was able to make a dual-platform game using these tools -- that just screams "accessibility."

It's not that WarPong is a blockbuster title or anything (see footage above), although it does look like a lot of fun. It has more to do with showing off the capabilities and possibilities of XNA, and how the results can be playable on two popular platforms.

[Via BBPS -- thanks, Justin]

 

 


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winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 11:40
winojesus
i was busy at that age constructing my own "paper machee" out of anything lying around my bed.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 11:53
Snaileb
I have a XNA kit, but I don't have the key to use it on my 360.

Anyone intrested? My PC is too crappy for it.
smallkid's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 12:16
smallkid
Thats pretty awesome that he's there but what the heck is going on in that game.
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 12:20
Zero Iscariot
I spent the day with my girl at X07, please have a look at my community blog post, there is video, pics and impressions! Woot! Canada!
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 12:20
Zero Iscariot
I spent the day with my girl at X07, please have a look at my community blog post, there is video, pics and impressions! Woot! Canada!
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 12:32
Zero Iscariot
flippin' double posts... must close firefox just to avoid double posting ;/
DynamicSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 13:54
DynamicSheep
Let's see... 10th grade... well, I would've been doing one of three things: making sexy time with the girlfriend, smoking pot with the best friend, or playing video games by myself. Awesome!
Kinjiro's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 15:36
Kinjiro
So did he make the game battle pong? Because if he didn't, this is a BLATANT ripoff of that game. If the kid is making money because of it, I would be kinda mad if I had made battle pong.
divad12's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 18:35
divad12
Hey calm down dude. I made the game in 2 weeks, and unfortunately they still cut out the M4 assault rifle and shotgun due to an issue with copyrighted images :( My game was never intended to be a copy of or similar to Battle Pong; I can send you the Windows version if you like. Btw, since I'm not publicly distributing this I'm not making any money, so relax! :)
Live4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 19:03
Live4Life
Hey Snaileb, if you are not planning on using that XNA kit, I would really like to have it.
pm5k00's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/29/2007 21:52
pm5k00
battle pong? more like a ripoff of mortal pongbat for mac from 94.
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