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Oh,  , haha, That comment was just me throwing in something to test the comment box with. ..Guess it works! I'll delete it right away. Sorry, it was never meant to be seen!

@TonyX...Hope ta see ya back in 2010! I need your XBOX expertise!

Oh, hey Vincent. Yeah I'm still gonna do it - for sure. But 'tis the season to not have much time on the computer!
I'm hoping the rubber will hit the road in January. (That's my new years resolution!)

I have all my ducks in a row, and I've got some plans drawn up (I have a big stack of papers here in my desk with sketches and scratches!). I haven't actually done really anything with the SGDK project itself. I've been evaluating and gaining experience with some of the other utilities that SGDK-X will use. It actually has taken more time than I originally thought to go over these utilities with a fine tooth comb and make sure the capabilities I require are complete and bug free, and play nice with all the other stuff.  (And just when you get comfortable - they release a new version..!)

But most of that is done. So once the HO-HO's over it's time to throw down.

(Actually I've been busy playing little big planet too. Just looking at that game gets my creative juices flowing!)

Any questions or ideas/feature requests? ...I'm still very open to ideas!

Meantime - I guess it's not too early to say... Merry Christmas to all you hard working scrolling game developers! I hope Santa brings you a million dollar game idea!

Hey, MJRNightmare:
   I just wanted to welcome you to the forums. Glad to see you're getting a good start. I'm sure someone more qualified than myself will be along to answer your questions shortly.

Meantime I can throw $.02 in on:

Also is c# Express the way to go as far as editing .cs files? I see you can open projects in Express, can you compile them as well? Any special setup required?

Unless you really plan to grab sgdk by the horns and write some heavy custom code, you'll probably not need to be concerned about using c# express. (IMHO).  ...But c# express does offer a very powerful code editor for anyone doing alot of coding. Also, one of the main reasons to use c# express may be to have a debugger.  There should not be any special setup required. Just install c# express and double click the .csproj file.

I'm sure there's more to the story, but that's a quick two cents for ya!
Good Luck!

If it was me I'd find a frame to fit them. Should be able to fine one big enough out there somewhere.

Good luck.

If not a good idea - it's a fresh idea! I can't find anything to hate about it. I'd have to wait for a desktop edition before I can get excited though.
The fact that it's free helps!
Should do well - but only as well as NetBooks...

It's an interesting start for the goog though - in their quest for world domination! ..Fire the "laser"   

LOL, I just love it! Thanks Tanja. This is what excites me most about my post! I love how there's such strong opinions against doing everything online. We all know it's what the future is heading toward, but it's not for everyone, is it!?? (I'm mostly talking about online activity/storage/backup now.. in general., not just g,ho.st)

Tanja, would you mind elaborating on what exactly makes you uncomfortable about it?

Is someone gonna jack the Amazon .com building with ski masks on and physically steal or damage the machines that our data is stored on?
Is someone gonna bust the encryption and hack in via software?

..or..

Is your physical backup gonna get lost stolen, broken damaged, burned, "dog ate my homework", etc?
Is someone gonna hijack your personal computer via software?


Hummph, You tell me!!?? I don't want to form an opinion. Nothing's 100%, but online backup is fantastic  in addition to traditional physical backup.
I don't feel safe anywhere really. Everything we do with our computers is risky?! Would it be safe to say that our login info when we log into sgkd forums is at a similar risk?  It's not exactly the same, but its you keying in sensitive data and sending it "out there" on the web. ..If I wanted it I could get it..! (well not me, but someone qualified!) ...(similar risk meaning --not much risk..!)

I'll be as bold as to say that I feel Mac computers are only considered more secure because they don't have a huge windows (popularity) sign on their backs. I can't help but feel that if Mac was *flip ...reversed market share with windows, I feel it'd only be a matter of time before people figure out how to hack a Mac. ...or any other operating system for that matter. ...Essh, that's a bold statement I know! Don't hurt me too much for saying it...! :scared:

Any-who, my little hacking theory could fill a book (or, two, or three, etc), and people could (and have) had a back and forth about it for ages!

Anyone else feel as negatively about it all? <-Cloud computing? Storing Online? 

LOL, yeah I should expect that it's not for everyone. That "some internet company" happens to be Amazon in this case (they host the storage)
While I can't blame anyone for not wanting to use online "things" like this. If you read into it more you may find that it's just as secure or more secure than your local system - but with different pro's and con's I guess. Nothing is 100% I suppose! (That youtube link I gave with the CEO has him talking briefly about the security of it all).

As for the passwords, of course, using their browser is optional and storing your passwords is optional too. Actually it may not even be supported - it's more about the cookies i guess. (I haven't payed much attention to it yet).

But thanks for the opinion! Its neat to know just who is and who isn't happy about this "way of the future".

Yeah, That's awesome stuff! I've been drooling over it for a little while now, but my computer doesn't have enough horsepower to run it 

I sorta feel bad mentioning competition on sites like this, haha, but, while we're at it the amazing Unity is now free (with a few asterisks here and there!) http://unity3d.com/  ...Oddly they both went free at about the same time...!?

We live in exciting times!