AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft v2 Beta now available
Jul 30, 2008
For World of Warcraft developers looking to build AddOns, a BETA version of AddOn Studio is now available! Here’s an interview and demo with Attila Kisko and Gabor Ratky on AddOn Studio. Gabor Ratky and Attila Kisko: AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft There are some bugs and some content that still isn’t available, but we’re working on it :) All of it is made possible of course by the power of the Visual Studio Shell
Coding4Fun Talk at TechEd
Jun 11, 2008
At TechEd this year, I gave what can only be described as an overly ambitious talk given I only had 45 minutes: **Coding4Fun: **The Secrets to Programming YouTube, iTunes, Microsoft Zune, Windows Vista Peer-to-Peer APIs, and Even World of Warcraft I say overly ambitious as YouTube, Vista P2P, and Warcraft could easily have been dedicated 75 minute sessions so covering all of them enough to be meaningful in 45 minutes was….…more
AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft V2 in the works
May 14, 2008
I recently posted a high-level feature specification for version 2.0 of AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft on the projects Wiki which you can check out here. **Note: **If you’re new to Warcraft programming or are interested in getting started, I highly recommend getting World of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons (Wiley Page) my full 5/5 star review is here. Better yet, Gabor Ratky sent me some sneak peek screenshots of the new features in builds and it’s very cool stuff.…more
Panel: Future of MMOs
Feb 21, 2008
**Speakers: ** MC of event, Jon Wood - Managing Editor MMORPG.com * Jack Emmert - Founder, Cryptic Studios, Champions Online, City of Heroes/Villans * One other person, Mark Jacobs or “Matt” from Cryptic * Ray Muzyka - General Manager of Bioware, haven’t released one yet * Min Kim - Free-to-play, Cart Rider, * Rob Pardo - SVP of Game Design at Blizzard, Lead designer of WoW Format: Panel and audience questions…more
Session: Rules of Engagement: Blizzard's Approach to Multiplayer Game Design
Feb 20, 2008
Speaker: Rob Pardo, Blizzard Entertainment Rough notes below Game Balance solo to max level important role in a group, raid, and group PVP Starcraft - Race totally different Better players can win games fast Offense over defense (don’t want Starcraft 2 as a Sim City simulator) Creative strategies Every unit has a counter Be fun Game Balance…more
AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft now available!
Dec 14, 2007
I’m proud to announce that AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft is now available to download from CodePlex! This was one of those personal projects done in my “free” time, but its amazing to see how well it turned out, kudos to our extensibility team and to the amazing folks at EPAM for building a kick-ass IDE experience! **Video Demo **You can watch a video demo from TechEd Europe with me building a custom addon that uses Halo 3 game sounds into World of Warcraft here.…more