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Our indie games related articles, not including articles covering our own games. See all articles at xona.com/articles.

 

Xbox LIVE Indie Games Should Be Doing More
2011/Jul/27 — Matthew Doucette
Should Xbox LIVE Indie Games do more? Yes!


Photoshop: How To Delete Off-Canvas Content
2011/Jun/08 — Matthew Doucette
How to delete excess canvas content in Adobe Photoshop.


Revolver360 Top Xbox LIVE Indie Game in Japan
2011/Jan/05 — Matthew Doucette
A new shmup, Revolver360, is the top XBLIG in Japan.


Vote to Include Indie Games in "Best of 2010" Xbox LIVE Dashboard Promotion
2010/Dec/30 — Matthew Doucette
Vote your say on including Xbox LIVE Indie Games in the "Best of 2010" Xbox LIVE dashboard promotion.


Indie Game Winter Uprising Featured on Xbox LIVE Dashboard
2010/Dec/29 — Matthew Doucette
Indie Game Winter Uprising featured on Xbox LIVE dashboard!


Indie Games Winter Uprising Quality Analysis
2010/Dec/21 — Matthew Doucette
Indie Games Winter Uprising quality analysis.


xWMA with XACT in XNA Game Studio 3.1
2010/Dec/08 — Jason Doucette
xWMA compression with XACT hangs up Visual Studio with XNA Game Studio 3.1


Microsoft, We Need More Than 50 XBLIG Tokens!
2010/Dec/06 — Matthew Doucette
A proposal issue for Microsoft to give Xbox LIVE Indie Game developers more than 50 tokens.


XBLIG Top Rated & Best Selling Country Lists
2010/Dec/01 — Matthew Doucette
All "top rated" and "best selling" country lists for XBLIG games.


Indie Games Winter Uprise Trailer
2010/Nov/30 — Matthew Doucette
Indie Games Winter Uprise trailer.


Indie Games Winter Uprising
2010/Nov/18 — Matthew Doucette
Introducing Indie Games Winter Uprising!


Improve Traffic Flow to XBLA and XBLIG: More Proposed Changes to Xbox LIVE Dashboard
2010/Nov/17 — Matthew Doucette
A proposal to improve the traffic flow to XBLA and XBLIG games on the Xbox LIVE dashboard.


Xona Proposal: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Draft)
2010/Nov/15 — Matthew Doucette
A proposal to Microsoft to change the face of XBLIG for the better.


Windows Phone 7 Emulator & Fraps Color Problem
2010/Nov/05 — Jason Doucette
Windows Phone 7 and Fraps.


Why We Should Encourage "Crap" XBLIG Games
2010/Nov/04 — Matthew Doucette
A rant on why we should encourage "crap" XBLIG games, and what we should do about it.


XBLIG Dashboard Worries Continued...
2010/Nov/02 — Matthew Doucette
XBLIG developers are upset with the new Xbox LIVE Dashboard hiding away XBLIG outside of Games & Demos and under Speciality Shops.


Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (First Draft)
2010/Nov/01 — Matthew Doucette
Proposed changes to XBLIG dashboard.


The 1st Annual "Who's An Indie Gamer?" Poll Survey
2010/Oct/22 — Matthew Doucette
The 1st Annual "Who's An Indie Gamer?" Poll Survey.


Game Rain #1 - Win 1 of 21 Xbox LIVE Indie Games
2010/Jul/29 — Matthew Doucette
Indienerds.com's first contest: Game Rain #1. Win 1 of 21 Xbox LIVE Indie Games


Mark Rein's Apology w/ Great Indie Advice
2010/Jul/20 — Matthew Doucette
Mark Rein's apologies to Cliff Harris and includes with it some great indie developer advice.


New Xbox LIVE Indie Games Roundup Show
2010/Jul/19 — Matthew Doucette
Introducing a new Xbox LIVE Indie Games roundup show, in German! They featured Decimation X in their first show.


Top 50 Xbox Forum Communities in XBLIG
2010/May/24 — Matthew Doucette
The top 50 Xbox Forum communities in Xbox LIVE Indie Games.


Great Indie Game Developer Advice
2010/May/04 — Matthew Doucette
Great advice from Robert Boyd of Zeboyd Games, the indie game developer behind Breath of Death VII.


Multidirectional XNA Games Control Tip
2010/May/03 — Matthew Doucette
A tip for all multidirectional XNA Games. Please share!


MIGS 2009 Wrap Up
2009/Dec/20 — Matthew Doucette
Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) 2009 Wrap Up.



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