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I recently went through the Windows 8 App Review for a game I am working on.  What I found out: WACK The application passed the WACK test, an automatic test that tests the inner workings of you project.  What I round is that the fails are not “linear” so look for things that cause other errors...

Attend in person If you want to attend this event use this link: FREE VIP Windows8 Developer Event - 4/23/2012 - Club Nokia @ LA Live... And register from Scott’s blog. Attend online using Live Stream Use this link (available also from Scott’s blog) http://bit.ly/windows8developersonlinevideo Here you...

See my blog at: List of 6 things that can get you started with Game Design to get some ideas on how to get started with the DirectX 11 changes in Windows 8.  Also see Frank Luna’s book: 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11, with some changes using the links from that blog you should be able to work...

Is it me, or does it seem like the DirectX 11 tutorials are somewhat lacking?  Of course it is me.  My aluminum foil hat slipped down over my eyes.  Now that the Windows 8 Customer Review and VS 11 Beta versions get more in sync, there is more material, but generally it is in a number...

Take a look at the tutorial: Create your first Metro style app using DirectX , and like some legal documents you might think: Wow, I don’t get the point of this document. (Links guaranteed as of 4/17/2012.) Well, it gives you a motivation to start developing with MetroRT and C++, and some confusing...

Dang it, been avoiding C++ long enough that the Win8 reintroduction of C++ is actually interesting.  Like mowing the lawn on a warm day, interesting enough to go get a book and read it instead of mowing the lawn.  Well that is why I live in a Condo, just lazy I guess. Can you use XAML and C...

Hey what happened to the RichTextBox in WinRT/Metro XAML?  There is a RichTextBlock, but not RichTextBox, what the heck?  Is this bad?  Not to me, FlowDocuments seemed like a way to keep a paycheck coming since it just added to complexity in XAML.  Not a bad thing, but just saying...

Don’t drink booze when you are sad.  Never a good idea, and especially don’t drink when sad and then drive.  That’s bad.  Dangerous.  Get a taxi in that case. However, App  Bars are fairly easy to use, if not to find the way to use them in the literature.  It would seem...

After months of eager anticipation, Windows 8 is finally here.   To kick things off, Microsoft will be hosting a large-scale event at SVC featuring Robert Youngjohns and Matt Thompson . Both are FREAKING AWESOME and totally intune speakers.  We are lucky to get Matt Thompson, with depth of...

To get started see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465077.aspx For high level DirectX documentation see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663274%28v=vs.85%29.aspx I have been looking through the DirectX samples and have to say I am kind of glad to see C++ be combined...