Just as impressive as the games in my last post, here are the ten finalists headed to Sydney to compete for the Game Design Phone category of Imagine Cup . You’ll see a great variety of countries, game concepts and pretty much everything else, and...

Here we are again! Another year and another brilliant batch of games that have wowed the judges. This year we only have two tracks, recognition of the increased quality of games built in HTML5 and Windows 8 providing native support for HTML5 development...

I’m totally excited for this weekend. It’s the annual GlobalGameJam where hundreds of places all across the globe all spend 48 hours creating video games for a multitude of platforms. I love GGJ because it grows organically – each...

Normally I like to write my own text for my blog posts, but my team mate, Peter Laudati , has done a great job of telling you what’s going on so, in his words…   Week #3 of the Rock Paper Azure Challenge ended at 6pm EST on 12/9/2011. That means...

I am constantly discovering super cool apps for the Windows Phone and a team mate suggested I should start highlighting them so that others might find them too. Parcel Tracker is an application that does one simple thing, and does it well. It allows you...

One question that crops up a lot when I talk to students about the Game Design competitions is how will their games be scored. It’s an understandable concern – if you know what the judges are going to be looking for, then you know how to build your game...

In a recent post , I walked through the process of getting up and running with DreamSpark , AppHub , finding the tools, and ultimately publishing your app or game to the marketplace. There was one step I half-skimmed over though, because it’s one of those...

I truly love my job. It takes me to exotic places like Cairo, Warsaw and Paris. It gets my adventurous spirit going when I get to fly to Colorado, Texas and DC. It makes me smile when I drive through Binghamton, Ithaca, and Syracuse… Yes, it does – every...

Want to make a game with little to no code? Read on! Want to make a game with little to no code that you can run on a Windows Phone? READ ON! Want to make a game with little to no code that you can run on a Windows Phone and publish to the Marketplace...

We’re holding another game camp, this time a mega-one! We have four different activities to choose from – learning XNA from scratch, learning how to build Windows Phone applications and games, discovering HTML5 games and applications and finally, if you...

To make it easier to ask questions about Imagine Cup and Game Design, I’ve set up a series of “virtual office hours” where anyone can connect in, online or on the phone, and get in touch with me directly. These are scheduled for approximately...

The sixth New York City Code Camp is just around the corner – have you registered yet? It’s going to be held on October 1st at Pace University, conveniently located in downtown Manhattan. And whenever an event is held at a university I like, little birds...

A Phone Camp is an all day event where you get to go hands on with Windows Phone 7.0 and 7.5, learning how to develop for the phone platform and build both applications and (I’m sure you won’t be surprised with my predilection for entertainment) games...

The Imagine Cup 2011 finals will be held in New York City next week and I'm completely looking forward to meeting the teams as well as seeing how the competition turns out! To finish the puzzle off, I am ecstatic to announce the last piece in the...

Every year we need to randomly select the order teams will present in at the Imagine Cup finals. Rather than do the traditional "name out of a hat" style drawing, last year I started a tradition for the Game Design category; to actually write a simple...

We always strive to provide a world class judging panel every year for Game Design. One that will be able to both judge the games effectively for Imagine Cup as well as being able to provide the students with good, solid feedback. In previous years, we...

The tenth and final part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http...

The ninth part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The eighth part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The seventh part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The sixth part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The fifth part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The fourth part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The third part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...

The second part in a series showcasing the competitors from this year’s Game Design category in the Imagine Cup competition. Links to the complete series: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/ICGD11a (_dreamBender – BJTU_YF703) Part 2 - http://bit...