Is the uniform location that you get invalid? Or does it just not bind to that location properly?

I assume that you're checking shader compilation errors as well, since both binding problems are occurring in the same shader file.

Are those render times?!

So I had an issue with my Paralax layers, they're working now!

I'm now setting up level loading and how I'm going to do collisions in the side-scrolling part, the easy way would be set it up with tiles, but I think I want a system similar to Aquaria. I've been harassing cool dude, Owen Deery, about how he's done it in the past.

Your best bet is to hardcode them into your .cs files.

I prefer to have a more central draw method that can call all the other game entities draw methods. So you would have something like.

GameScreen::Draw
{
  background.Draw();
  player.Draw();
  enemy.Draw();
}


But it really depends on the complexity of your game. At a deeper level you could have all your drawable game objects within a scene manager and call the managers draw function to handle all of that...

In terms of your second question, you are setting two different regularly used blend states. The first is usually used for alpha blending sprites and the second is used for additive blending. Depending on what kind of content you're drawing and what you're drawing them on top of, they may look identical but most of the time will make things look very different.

Not as an entity, but you can follow us independently as @owendeery and @gabrielverdon.

Sorry but it's just sooo boring to play, it looks nice but right arrow + x combo doesn't entertain me much 

Yeah, we've gotten a lot of similar feedback on the game. Live and learn. Thanks for trying it out.

For everyone who didn't get a chance to play it, the awesome Kevin Gadd just ported it to The Internet using computers!

You can go an play it here (http://hildr.luminance.org/Lumberjack/Lumberjack.html) and talk to him about it here (http://hildr.luminance.org/Lumberjack/Lumberjack.html)!

Fixed, thanks for pointing it out.

Planned for an official PC release, but considering the response so far on Xbox we may just hand off an unsupported PC build to anyone who wants it.

I think he's saying you aren't patriotic enough.

[DIPIDI-DADA]

DIPIDI-DADA

DIPIDI-DADA

This is usually an often cited resource: http://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/programming/features/2dsoftshadow/index.html

[Bytown Lumberjack!]

Bytown Lumberjack!

Hey! Remember that game in the Devlog section about a lumberjack? It's released!

Bytown Lumberjack is now available on Xbox Live Indie Games, and you can check out our website here: http://www.lumberjackgame.com/

A PC release is incoming shortly for those without Xbox's''s, and if you give me a good reason I can probably slip an almost entirely complete PC download your way TODAY, fo free!

Art by Gabriel Verdon!
Code by Owen Deery!

Also, the music was done by HyperDuck, so you know it's amazing. You should go get it just for that. I would.

http://www.lumberjackgame.com
MARKETPLACE LINK
http://www.gabrielverdon.com
http://www.owendeery.com
http://hyperduck.co.uk/

Alright well that's cool.

The main thing is trying to get it back up on the New Release list.

Because somehow Microsoft managed to remove all traces of the game from the marketplace right after it got released.

Raging a little bit right now, but working on it.

[Bytown Lumberjack!]

Bytown Lumberjack!

Hey! Remember the game which this Devlog you're reading right now is about? It's released!

Bytown Lumberjack is now available on Xbox Live Indie Games, and you can check out our website here: http://www.lumberjackgame.com/

A PC release is incoming shortly for those without Xbox's''s, and if you give me a good reason I can probably slip an almost entirely complete PC download your way TODAY, fo free!

Art by Gabriel Verdon!
Code by Owen Deery!

Also, the music was done by HyperDuck, so you know it's amazing. You should go get it just for that. I would.

http://www.lumberjackgame.com
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Bytown-Lumberjack/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258550ada
http://www.gabrielverdon.com
http://www.owendeery.com
http://hyperduck.co.uk/

What I've found from attending IGDA meetings in both Ottawa (where I live) and Montreal (which is s short drive from here) is that it really depends on what chapter you are attending.

The last two I went to in Montreal were massive events with hundreds of people including plenty of indies, whereas with the Ottawa meetings I've stopped attending because they were pretty anemic.

Yep, and it's now called Bytown Squiddy-Humber-Jumpin'-Shack. Look for the new devlog soon.

Hmm.

The backdrops looks gorgeous, while the sprites..well. 

* Cellusious Games wishes for the same quality on the sprites as the backdrops.

Also, the poster thing looks awesome! :D

Remember that sprites need to be animated and backdrops don't  

Actually we changed it so that all the backgrounds and environments are in constant jelly-like motion and the players and enemies do not animate or move at all.

Owen speak to @noogytweet on twitter. Dean is a good friend of mine and I imagine he probably has that membership, say HyperDuckChris sent you and hopefully he can help you out!

Thanks for hookup, but the game just got passed. I'm sure Noogy doesn't bother toiling in the bowels of XBLIG these days anyway.

So yeah, awesome! Game is all set for release, just need to gather together a few 'promotional' resources in the next few days. Then, is game.

The game is SO TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

We are currently in Peer Review on Microsoft's AppHub nonsense and are one review away from being cleared for release. So this is a call to anyone who may be reading this and has an AppHub membership, be a pal and toss a review our way!

Game soon, end near.