Game Development

Todays' project by Christer Kaitila is a kit that will help you quickly and easily build Windows 8 Platform games. Almost painfully easy to create games... If you've ever wanted to create your own platform game, and you've got a weekend, this kit is just for you... Windows 8 Platformer Game Starter…

Game developers attending GDC this week will get a first look at the latest version of the XNA toolkit – XNA Game Studio 4.0 – which provides the technology to create games for Xbox 360, Windows, and now, the Windows Phone 7 Series. Shawn Hargreaves posted on his blog about what’s new with this…

At the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft has been giving attendees a deeper look at the Windows Phone 7 Series platform, specifically as it relates to gaming. Already we’ve seen how games can be developed using Visual Studio to run on Windows PCs, the Xbox 360, and Windows Phones.   Now,…

I flew to Boston last week and sat down with Dr. Ian Davis, the Mad Doctor himself, CEO and Founder of Mad Doc Software to talk about their upcoming game "Star Trek Legacy" for the PC and the 360. We chatted about Star Trek games, Artificial Intelligence and Bulldogs... not in any…

In this part two of my visit to Boston, Gary Conti from Mad Doc Software walks me through the skirmish mode of Star Trek Legacy... the mode that offers hours and hours (and hours) of replayability and will be the source of all light and joy in my life for quite some time.

This video went up a few days ago onto the marketplace, but here it is for those of you that don't have a 360 or just would rather see it on your PC/Zune/iPod/PSP...Here is the official description (from Major Nelson's post):"In the second Bungie “Vidoc” we take a long hard look at the…

In this Open Space session, Patrico Jutard of Three Melons gives a demo of their Silverlight game engine. Watch the video to see some of the possiblities for developing casual internet games using Silverlight.

Boris Jabes is fun guy to talk to about C++. He has the distinction of being the first guy to share the news about the removal of C++/CLI intellisense support in VC10. He also has a great perspective on why the decision was made and understands the complexity of intellisense…

Today's [I can't think of anything W related to it] project is one that I've followed and played for years. Do you remember the old MicroProse Transport Tycoon Deluxe game by Chris Sawyer? I don't know about you, but I spent many hours (as in many many hours) playing that game. There was just…

(A short version with all the highlights is here available.) This is a unique moment in the history of game development. Never before has it been so easy to create a new game, distribute it to 100s of millions of potential users, and get paid. Here is what you need to know to create an entertaining…