Getting Started

Charlie Calvert has created great post covering the XNA Role Playing Game Starter Kit from the XNA team. Charlie talks about the tile engine and the quest engine.  The tile engine supports several layers to create a complex final level.  The first layer allows you to define a basic…

The XNA team just released a wealth of information on developing for Windows Phone 7.  This is the first of 4 releases for this series on WP7 game development by this team.  They'll talk about the actual platform, to performance to adding in the final polish to make your game really…

You may have heard that Microsoft announced a new streamlined web development tool recently called WebMatrix. In this devnugget, the first in a series on WebMatrix, I walk you through locating and installing WebMatrix.Here's what I have in mind for future installments: What the various options are…

How to create functions in C# using Forms and Events! This is a video for people who are trying to figure out how to use functions and where to put stuff in the Visual Studio IDE.  This example does not use the normal approach of console input and output, it uses a form, event (button…

With Silverlight 4.0 just announced, here are some great posts / helpful tips on getting started with Silverlight in general. Channel9 has a training course. Tim Heuer has a 7-part series “Getting Started with Silverlight”. Shine Draw is an awesome “Flash vs Silverlight” repository that can…