DirectX

Continuing the FallFury series, in this article I talk about basic game element rendering and character movement. As you already know, the FallFury user experience stack is split across two layers—native DirectX and XAML. Here, I will only be talking about the native DirectX component.  Check…

Rendering Level ElementsIn the previous article, you learned how to build level XML files in order to create playable levels. This article discusses how the internal parser works and how XML nodes become items on the game screen.  Check out the video for this article at…

As mentioned earlier in the series, FallFury does not solely rely on DirectX to display content to the user. As a Windows Store game, FallFury leverages the new Direct2D (XAML) project template, available in Visual Studio 2012.  Check out the video for this article at…

Creating LevelsOne of the goals set when developing FallFury was making the game extensible in regards to playable levels. Furthermore, I thought that it would make sense from the development and testing perspective to have levels as a completely separate entity that can be modified as necessary.…

Shaders are the core part of many modern video games. This video covers the fundamentals of the High Level Shader Language as well as its application in creating vertex and pixel shaders for a Windows Store DirectX & XAML hybrid project. Check out the article for this video at…

This video covers the creation of a particle system that is able to generate a texture-based particle layout in different parts of the visible screen, with different geometric and displacement conditions. Check out the article for this video at…

In this video, Den Delimarsky summarizes his experiences building FallFury, highlighting the lessons he learned as a software developer on the Coding4Fun team at Microsoft. Check out the article for this video at http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Fall-Fury-Part-12-Conclusions For the…

This video covers the basics of character movement through a variety of controls, such as the accelerometer, keyboard, and mouse. The fundamentals of object rendering through a DirectX implementation of SpriteBatch are also covered. Check out the article for this video at…

In this video, Den Delimarsky shows how the DirectX and XAML hybrid applications available in Visual Studio 2012 were implemented in FallFury and discusses what should be considered when working on an app that leverages these capabilities. Check out the article for this video at…

This video covers the creation of basic animations in FallFury with the help of the core game update loop and additional timers capable of switching object states. Check out the article for this video at http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Fall-Fury-Part-7-Animations For the source code,…