Game Development

I recently had a call with Unity Technologies (http://unity3d.com/) CEO David Helgason where he graciously gave me 45 minutes to geek out with him on Unity, on Unity v4 (http://unity3d.com/#unity4beta), which is in beta, and how Unity fits in the Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 world. Before we dived…

(A short version with all the highlights is here available.) Windows 8 metro-style apps are a huge new opportunity for all developers. Learn about the core components of the Windows 8 platform specifically provided for metro-style games and how you can assemble them into your ideal game experience.…

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Clint discuss the week's top developer news, including; [00:33] XBox Event May 21, 10AM PDT [01:10] Windows AzureConf 2013 [02:07] Introducing: Code Digger, an extension for VS2012 (Nikolai Tillmann ) [03:06] TypeScript Announcing 0.9 early previews (Jonathan Turner)…

Today's Fun Wednesday project is one that's going to help you great cool games, free! These HTML5 games can be exported to Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and other platforms as well. Construct 2 PhysicsAdd realistic physics effects to your games in a few easy clicks. Special EffectsOver 70 visual…

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…

For our Wild Wednesday project it's time to get into the wayback machine and not only play a little Doom 3 but play with its source too. I thought this a great series that walks you through getting the source, compiling it, walking you through its structure and more. Doom3 Source Code Review:…

Today's project by JP Duplessis, Scott Marison, Mohsen Agsen, Jacob Meyer, Justin Goshi and Roberto Sonnino was something Brian Peek suggested you all might find interesting, cool and fun. I mean what's more fun than a VS2012, C++ with XAML, DirectX, Direct3D, Windows Store... Update: This…

You all know I have a soft spot in my heart for XNA. Since it first came out and let me create games for my XBox 360, I've been a fanboy of it. You also know that I'm a fanboy of gaming engines, like Unity3D. So when I saw the two mixed in this proof of concept, a example of running XNA inside of…

Today's project is a kind that I don't usually highlight, one that relies on a commercial third party SDK, but I really appreciated the author's intent and goals with it. I just can't get enough of people taking their hard learned lessons, packaging them up and then sharing them freely…

Monday we talked up a Physics Helper that is based on Farseer Physics, Getting physical Windows 8 Modern UI XAML with the Physics Helper XAML. In another recent post we highlighted GLEED2D, What we need is an updated GLEE, No... not that Glee, instead a GLEED2D for XNA 4. (That's besides all the…