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| X360 Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | 11:47 PM

XNA launched on the Marketplace

XNA launched on the Marketplace

Microsoft also announced an XNA Creator section of the Marketplace, where the users will be able to try out upcoming XNA created games - for free! First out here is a video of the USA-created JellyCar.
Update: Added some gameplay for the very funny Little Gamers.
Update 2: Next up is the Dodgeball game; Rocketball.
Update 3: And here is the garden simulator rising, Culture.
Update 4: The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai gets its own video. What an awesome game!


Quoting Microsoft press release:
· “JellyCar.” Created by Walaber from the United States, this game is about driving a squishy car through squishy worlds, trying to reach the exit.

· “Little Gamers.” This is a 2-D high definition action side-scroller based on the famous Web comic “Little Gamers” created by Loïc Dansart, a 24-year-old software developer from Belgium.

· “Dishwasher.” An intense 2-D action platform game created by James Silva from the United States, “Dishwasher” has a unique, highly stylized look and fast and fluid action.

· “TriLinea.” This puzzle game created by Edison S. Prata Jr., Renato Pelizzari da Silva and Davi da Silva Prata from Brazil mixes fast-paced action with strategy.

· “RocketBall.” Created by Tyler Wanlass, Patrick Murty and Todd Barrons of the United States, this neighborhood game of dodgeball explodes onto the street with fast-paced multiplayer action.

· “ProximityHD.” This game, created by Brian Cable from the United States, takes the essence of strategy games — battles for control of territory and armies — and distills it down to a simple, easy-to-understand set of rules for casual players.

· “Culture.” Created by independent game development company Hidden Path Entertainment from the United States, “Culture” contains challenging games and puzzles based on beautiful flowers.

Jellycar: Demo gameplay
Download: WMV | MP4 | AVI |
Little Gamers: GDC demo gameplay
Download: WMV | MP4 | AVI |
Rocketball :Demo gameplay
Download: WMV | MP4 | AVI |
Culture: Demo gameplay
Download: WMV | MP4 | AVI |
Dishwasher: Demo gameplay
Download: WMV | MP4 | AVI |

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Commented on 2008-02-20 22:20:36
Sort of original, funny style. But.. yea, not much :P
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:21:57
Tomorrow after school I am going to check this out.
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:24:21
Is this the creators club thing? Like, you have to pay to be able to partake in these festivities?
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:24:54
Posted by Megido
Is this the creators club thing? Like, you have to pay to be able to partake in these festivities?
Sounds like it
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:32:01
Everyone can go online now and play these demos, they are all up on the Marketplace "for free".
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:32:30
Nope. Just download the game launcher and you can download them.

EDIT: Beaten by a Ninja named Manager...twice! It was in his original post too!
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:38:46
Posted by Phaethon360
It was in his original post too!
It was ninja stealth edit
Commented on 2008-02-20 22:47:31
free for 17 days.

Jelly car is kind of cool, not something people would pay for. I like the sound effects, and the physics reminds me a lot of locoroco.
Commented on 2008-02-20 23:01:42
Where is it on Marketplace?
Commented on 2008-02-20 23:04:49
Go to all games and it should be the last one in the list.
Commented on 2008-02-20 23:13:53
Nice :)
Commented on 2008-02-20 23:20:49
Wow that jellycar is a bit of a copycat of that superb PC motocross game but at the same time its the only arcade game I'd totally buy if it were made available. It actually makes use of the hardware on offer with the funny physics!

edit: found XNA launcher on marketplace under new arrivals -> games -> scroll down to 24th entry. If MS actually made these XNA demos freely available like this as standard it would be a fabulous thing. The general public is completely oblivious to XNA, as they should be, but MS isnt making good use of it PR wise.
Commented on 2008-02-20 23:33:45
Isn't JellyCar available free on pc?

I got it off of a game disk from a magazine...
Commented on 2008-02-20 23:34:10
Posted by Joergen
Wow that jellycar is a bit of a copycat of that superb PC motocross game but at the same time its the only arcade game I'd totally buy if it were made available. It actually makes use of the hardware on offer with the funny physics!
Elast Mania! It gave me many hours in the army, kick-ass game.
Posted by Haig07
Isn't JellyCar available free on pc?

I got it off of a game disk from a magazine...
Yeah, I just read someone else playing it on PC.
Commented on 2008-02-21 00:14:35
Oh yeah Elasto Mania which was formerly called Action Supercross :D
Commented on 2008-02-21 00:27:55
Oh great my 360 just had to give me the darn RROD the 20th, and now I could have tested these games out, I'm really liking the way the Dishwasher looks. guess I'll have to borrow my bro's 360 till I get my new one back, my 360 is a launch system so I was kinda expecting it to break down rather soon anyway..just not right now.
Oh and keep up releasing these awesome quality videos they're the best on the net
Commented on 2008-02-21 00:47:49
The Dishwasher is one fantastic game, brilliant effort by the creator!
Commented on 2008-02-21 01:11:56
"Free"

Nice.
Commented on 2008-02-21 01:56:08
ok theirs definitly a few dgood ones so far, dishwasher has style and looks wicked i hope he does a few chapters at least.....

culture isn't my style but the designer had some wicked design skills

rocketballs got good graphics but kinda silly game but still silly works my brother would play it for sure if they have xbl multiplayer it would be wicked.

and by far the only one that really suprised me was jellycar its so silly and simple i love it it made me crack up laughing at the sound effects, the concept of growing and shrinking the car is wicked, if he can build on it and make like underpasses and stuff to duck under and shrink and then stuff like that i'd love to see where it goes.
Commented on 2008-02-21 01:57:15
i see their time limited though will they be uncapping them or is that the choice of the developer? cause some of these games i can see being featured ones that people will really like longterm like dishwasher
Commented on 2008-02-21 02:10:45
i tell you what, i would pay atleast 40 bucks for Dishwasher. That game is awesome. Like the other person said, i like Jelly car too, just wouldnt pay for it(but id cop if someone gave me the points to cop it.lol). I like little gamers too.
Commented on 2008-02-21 02:22:58
Posted by GangstaNip
i tell you what, i would pay atleast 40 bucks for Dishwasher. That game is awesome.
AND it has a ton of combos, loads of levels and Co-Op locally and over XBL, this game is gonna be amazing!
Commented on 2008-02-21 02:58:59
dishwasher is by far the best out of the bunch. very good game, i dont know if i'd buy it (yet to buy any of the overpriced crap on XBLA yet) but it is very well made.
Commented on 2008-02-21 03:13:20
Not bad, it's like playing games on Newgrounds.com
Commented on 2008-02-21 22:59:51
We've only been waiting since 2005 :D

Damn you J Allard! Always aluding to the future!

Glad to see its finally, properly, on the marketplace though.
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