I've been discussing with an old team member the possibility of reviving our Starflight port to XNA, so I've been considering a shared engine between these two projects. But I constantly run into the problem (which might be just me, no one else) of where XNA's architecture tends to lead the programmer in a certain direction that results in mostly non-portable code. It's due in part to Microsoft's narcissism regarding their tools. I find that I can either spend 3x as long writing code in C# that won't port anywhere, or I can spend the normal expected time writing it in C++. About the only code that is compatible between the two are HLSL files. One possible workaround for this problem is to move XNA-narcissistic code into a separate library, so normal gameplay code remains in the main project, with normal engine code in its own project as well.

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I didn't think this was going to be anything other than a quick implementation of the game. If you want to set it up so that's it's a game engine that can be used in multiple games, that's fine. We should take a step back and design first in that case.

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Oh no, sorry if I didn't explain my thoughts better. What I meant was, while working on the game, it will make sense to contribute code to an engine library IN the project that can be reused for the others.

I'm on the subversion and going over the sources. Eager to make some progress on the game. I'll take a look at the class you mentioned and get the deed info to come up when landing on a space. Seems like a good place to start. I'm thinking for dev purposes, having two hard-coded players in the game, taking turns with their moves, will get things going...

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Really enjoying this project... I'll have to submit some changes. Last few days been very busy, and today just watching the rest of Fringe 3 before the new season starts tonight.

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