Gaming

In this walkthrough, we will create a table shuffleboard style game for Windows Phone 7 using Silverlight. Many bars feature these long wooden table games, in which players slide metal pucks down the length of the table, attempting to get as close as possible to the far end without sliding off the…

Can’t make it to the upcoming video game mecca that is the E3 Expo 2010? Not to worry, MTV Networks has you covered. According to this recent announcement, MTV is partnering with Microsoft to deliver coverage of the event’s key moments, including the premiere of Project Natal, the innovative…

This article provides step-by-step instructions about how to create a simple, yet interesting, augmented reality game called “domino knock-down game” using an open source framework called Goblin XNA. Introduction This is an advanced tutorial, and as such we expect that you are already familiar…

In this article, I'll demonstrate how to create a post-processing effect to turn 3D renders into ASCII Art. Louis Ingenthron FV Productions Code It: http://xnaascii.codeplex.com/ Run It: http://xnaascii.codeplex.com/ Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 1-4 hours Cost: FREE  Software…

I met with the folks from Carnegie Mellon who created the Dungeons and Dragons game on Microsoft Surface called Surfacescapes, which is a double helping of geek. I asked them about some of the challenges they faced, some of the decisions they made (like virtual dice), and where they hope…

At TechFest this year I met with Desney Tan and Dan Morris who showed me several very interesting systems, each of which allows your body to become the input device for hardware. Granted, this hardware was literally put together with tape and exposed wires (that just increases the cool,…

I met with the folks from Carnegie Mellon who created the Dungeons and Dragons game on Microsoft Surface called Surfacescapes, which is a double helping of geek. I asked them about some of the challenges they faced, some of the decisions they made (like virtual dice), and where they hope to go with…

At TechEd Middle East, Microsoft's Eric Rudder showed the potential of Windows Phone 7 Series when he demoed a game that could run on the mobile phone, Windows PCs, and the Xbox 360. The game, in this case Indiana Jones, was created using Visual Studio which allows developers to share 90% of the…

Just posted the updated source code to TweetCraft 2.0.  Head over to http://tweetcraft.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets to check it out.

If you like twitter and World of Warcraft, check out the Coding4Fun project, TweetCraft.  Version 2.0 brings some new features and bug fixes. Bug fixes Fixed: Twitter connection and authentication issues Removed: The Windows pop-up messages whenever Twitter's service goes down. You can…