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In part 7 of their Windows 8 Tips and Tricks series, Kevin Remde and Principal Technical Account Manager Lex Thomas  give us a quick introduction to some of the new File Explorer (formerly “Windows Explorer”) features and capabilities. [2:01] Demo: Quick Access Toolbar [7:38] Demo: Advanced…

Get familiar with the GameMaker: Studio IDE from YoYo Games and the basic functions you can use to build your Windows 8 game easily and quickly. Game On Virtual Event On-Demand Videos: (Part 1) Welcome & GameMaker 101 (Part 2) Building your First Basic GameMaker Game (Part 3) Windows 8 Features…

In this session, Daniel Egan will take the learnings from the previous session(GameMaker 101) and build the beginnings of a platformer game using GameMaker: Studio for Windows 8. Game On Virtual Event On-Demand Videos: (Part 1) Welcome & GameMaker 101 (Part 2) Building your First Basic…

Enhance the user-experience for your game and create and immersive gaming environment.  Daniel Egan will show you how to integrate Windows 8 features into your game to provide a rich experience for users. Game On Virtual Event On-Demand Videos: (Part 1) Welcome & GameMaker 101 (Part 2)…

Your game can be better with your own custom assets and believe it or not, you can create these yourself! Bret will show you how to take on this challenge. To augment the assets you create, we'll show you some other great (and free!) assets you can use in your game.Game On Virtual Event On-Demand…

Time to pull it together!  Bret will walk you through how to piece components together in a methodical and simple way with GameMaker: Studio for Windows 8.  You've almost completed your game...Game On Virtual Event On-Demand Videos: (Part 1) Welcome & GameMaker 101 (Part 2) Building…

How about monetizing that game of yours?  Dave Bost gives you the 411 on how to add advertising to your Windows 8 game through GameMaker: Studio from YoYo Games.Game On Virtual Event On-Demand Videos: (Part 1) Welcome & GameMaker 101 (Part 2) Building your First Basic GameMaker Game (Part…

You're not alone, we're here to support you!  Daniel Egan goes through how and where to find help while building your GameMaker: Studio game for Windows 8 and additional resources you shouldn't miss out on.Game On Virtual Event On-Demand Videos: (Part 1) Welcome & GameMaker 101 (Part 2)…

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