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Anatomy of a Silverlight Game

Posted: Feb 25, 2009 at 9:53 PM
By: Adam Kinney
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Nikola Mihaylov has written a game in Silverlight called Shock. This is not just a "fun project over the weekend" game. There are multiple game modes, music playlists, leaderboards, reflex tests, source code available and a whitepaper. Yes, Nikola is sharing his code along with a whitepaper entitled Anatomy of a Silverlight Game. 33 pages of the lessons he's learned while building his successful Shock game.

Enjoy and send him your feedback!

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John3210

Feb 26, 2009 at 2:17 AM

Nikola,

You are a star for giving us this.
Now I have a way into Silverlight.

Thank you.

John
Koogle I'm a Terminator - Astalavista, Vis7a!

Feb 26, 2009 at 11:52 AM

my first flash game was a breakout clone.. but not as fully featured as this one, I like the coin/skills element.
JTNichols

Apr 09, 2009 at 5:55 PM

Just wanted to say thanks, the white paper is a great resource, appreciate it greatly.
rebelBodhi

Jun 04, 2009 at 11:04 AM

Very cool game, thanks for the details on how you implemented it and the code, nice work!
staceyw Before C# there was darkness...

Jul 04, 2009 at 12:44 PM

Like it. Anyone know what music that is or artist?

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