Coding4Fun Articles
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Coding4Fun articles detail interesting applications we created using a variety of programming languages. Most articles assume a basic understanding of the utilized language, but if you need help, please ask—we’ll do our best to help out.
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Fall Fury: Part 4 - XAML InteropJan 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM| 445 views this month
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As mentioned earlier in the series, FallFury does not solely rely on DirectX to display content to the user. As a Windows Store game, FallFury leverages the new Direct2D (XAML) project template, available in Visual Studio 2012. Check out the video for this article at… -
Fall Fury: Part 3 - Basic Rendering and MovementJan 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM| 437 views this month 0
Continuing the FallFury series, in this article I talk about basic game element rendering and character movement. As you already know, the FallFury user experience stack is split across two layers—native DirectX and XAML. Here, I will only be talking about the native DirectX component. Check… -
Making Mayhem with Volume ControlApr 30, 2012 at 2:22 PM| 432 views this month 4
Why, hello there! We are going to pick up where we left off at the end of our Coding4Fun video. In the video we built a reaction that increments the volume level on the computer. We are going to expand from there to make a reaction that enables you to set the volume level to a specified volume. … -
Project Detroit: Lighting SystemMay 21, 2012 at 9:00 AM| 429 views this month 4
In this article, we give a detailed look into the external lighting system of Project Detroit, the Microsoft-West Coast Custom Mustang creation. If you're not already familiar with this project, you can find more information here. OverviewThe external lighting system for Project Detroit is run on a… -
Fall Fury: Part 6 - Rendering Level ElementsJan 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM| 429 views this month 0
Rendering Level ElementsIn the previous article, you learned how to build level XML files in order to create playable levels. This article discusses how the internal parser works and how XML nodes become items on the game screen. Check out the video for this article at… -
Fall Fury: Part 5 - Creating LevelsJan 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM| 415 views this month 0
Creating LevelsOne of the goals set when developing FallFury was making the game extensible in regards to playable levels. Furthermore, I thought that it would make sense from the development and testing perspective to have levels as a completely separate entity that can be modified as necessary.… -
PicFx – Windows Phone Picture Effects Application – Part 1Aug 09, 2010 at 10:00 AM| 383 views this month 20
At the MIX 2010 conference, Microsoft announced its new mobile strategy with the Windows Phone 7 platform. Windows Phone 7 is a completely new mobile OS, and the best part is that Silverlight is THE technology for Windows Phone 7 application development. Apps are written with a special version of… -
Upgrade Your Game: TinyTennis (C#)Oct 31, 2006 at 2:50 PM| 349 views this month 25
This article is a part of Upgrade Your Game series of tutorials. It walks you through the game architecture components for our tribute to Pong!, which we'll call TinyTennis. The Z-man Andy Dunn The Z Buffer Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual… -
Using the Amazon Web ServiceOct 31, 2006 at 6:24 AM| 312 views this month 15
This article demonstrates consuming a Web service. It uses Amazon Web services to build an application that searches for books, music or movies based on keywords. Peter Bernhardt Difficulty: Easy Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Studio Express Editions, Amazon… -
Tron Disc with .NET MicroframeworkDec 13, 2010 at 8:24 AM| 308 views this month 9
Harford Hackerspace wanted to make our own Tron Identity Disc using the Netduino, allowing us to quickly load different versions of code to change the disc's functionality. David Powell, Gary W. Cygiel, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Paul King, Jason McMahon present a simple lightshow in this…
