Designing beautiful windows phone games
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The document discusses developing apps for Windows Phone 8. It notes that Windows Phone 8 shares a common core and programming model with Windows 8, allowing for reusable code between the two platforms. It provides an overview of programming languages and tools used to develop games and apps for different versions of Windows Phone.
Designing beautiful windows phone games
- 2. Windows Phone 8 Shared core with Windows 8 Common programming model Reusable code Native games http://dev.windowsphone.com
- 4. So I am Dev what skills can I use to gets started on Windows Phone?
- 5. WP8.0 Games DirectX/Direct 3D & C++ WP8.0 XAML & C#/VB with Direct3D Graphics + C++ WP8.0 XAML & C#/VB + C++ WP7.1 XNA & C#/VB WP7.1 XAML & C#/VB .NET API for Windows Phone Windows Phone Runtime Managed Managed & Native Win32 & COM Native
- 6. tools So I am Dev what do I need to gets started on Windows Phone?
- 8. So I am Dev do I need to build to lots of devices?
- 9. WVGA 800 x 480 15:9 WXGA 1280 x 768 15:9 720p 1280 x 720 16:9
- 10. Supported operating systems Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions Hardware 8 GB of free disk space 4 GB of RAM (recommended) 64-bit (x64) motherboard Windows Phone Emulator Windows 8 Pro or higher (for Hyper-V) and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
- 26. Apps just in… More Downloads More Revenue More developers More apps
- 27. MO list: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windowsphone/help/jj215902(v=vs.105).aspx
- 29. Nokia Lumia 520 Nokia Lumia 620 Nokia Lumia 720
- 30. Nokia Lumia 1020 Nokia Lumia 1520 Nokia Lumia 925
- 31. This is all great news, but what does it mean for indie developers.. Developing for Windows 8 and Windows Phone?
- 32. Mudvark: Mortar Melon. More than 450,000 downloads... Windows Phone 8 version just released 750,000+ Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
- 33. Yippee Entertainment: Chimpact – #1 Paid App worldwide in Windows 8 store during the first half of March 2013. Available on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 No.1 App WW Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
- 34. Joy Bits: Doodle God Over 1 million downloads within 9 months of Windows launch, Significant code re-use from Windows Phone to Windows 8. “Together, Windows 8 and Windows Phone are more meaningful both in terms of revenue and total downloads. As a result we are more bullish than ever on gaming for the Windows platform.” – JoyBits CEO Paul Baldwin 1,000,000+ Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
- 35. Rebellion: Dredd vs Zombie Over 1 million downloads within 9 months of Windows 8 launch, Significant code re-use from Windows Phone to Windows 8. 1,000,000+ Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
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