I'm very happy to announce that I'm moving this blog to http://nokola.com Click here to visit the new blog: http://nokola.com/blog Click here to subscribe to the new blog: http://nokola.com/blog/syndication.axd In the last few weeks I was quetly...

Edit: fixed broken links What is the best method to create a game loop? I created a small experiment comparing 5 different animation methods. The results, along with code samples and test screenshots are summarized in this document: 5 Game...

My latest creation last night... space view of a planet on a starry background The image is 1920x1440 Hope you like it :) Feel free to use it as your desktop background, if you like :)

Check out the new starfield and compare it with the old one. Edit: thanks to fashai for pointing out an issue, I updated the code again - now the stars no longer form straight lines if the Silverlight control was invisible for some time. Also updated...

Edit2: After posting this, I made a significant improvement on the star field... will post it tonight. In the new version there's more sense of depth not just "dots" like the one below. The star speed and brightness now is calculated better (based on...

Here...a quick bite from the new game coming out... Silverlight 3, full screen, Got an idea for a name?

Edit: this post is now replaced by the more in-depth view here: http://blogs.msdn.com/nikola/archive/2009/08/19/exposed-5-methods-to-create-game-loop-which-is-the-best.aspx Nice! I just ported my Shock game to Silverlight 3. Getting the graphics...

This is the second post of the "Reallistic Human Movements with Silverlight" series. I'll spend a little time talking about the .bvh file format structure. I’m still working on the code and that’s why I’ll make this post short in order to get back to...

Hoho! yes! How to make reallistic human movements in Silverlight? Check out this stickman animation demo here: http://www.nokola.com/mocap.html Download source code for the above sample in the attachments to this post below. You're looking at...

I decided to give a third spin of Joe Stegman's dynamic image generation code. This time, it's many times faster (about 10x) than the original implementation and the png is generated in-place (no recoding necessary). I used some hacky optimizations...

Last night, inspired by the cool taskbar in Windows 7, I decided to see how easy it will be to make a similar control in Silverlight. Here's the screenshot of the first stab on the Win7 taskbar in Silverlight: Click here: http://www.nokola.com...

Submission deadline is April 30, 2009 Check it out: http://www.serverquestcontest.com/ Too bad I can't participate (I'm not eligible because I'm Microsoft employee) Whoever reads this, please do your best! Thank you! :) I'll still be...

Last week I created a document that incorporates my experiences developing the Shock Silverlight online game so far. The document discusses the basics of online games in Silverlight and has a lot of practical examples (code) and a working project that...

I'm very proud to announce version 2 or my online Silverlight game "Shock": Play it here: http://www.nokola.com/shock Edit: I appreciate if you leave your comments and suggestions in the comment field for the game. Also, if you like it, please...

I found a pretty cool chill-out style game in Silverlight. Just go and draw your first animal :) it's pretty nice to see those things come to life. Also there are some cool things you can play with friends and share the animals and joy :) You don...

Check them out - including screenshots - on Karl’s (one of my friends) site: http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/xaml-power-toys/ XAML Power Toys Speed up production of Business (LOB) Applications in WPF and Silverlight! Automatically create...

In This Tutorial: · Template project and simple 3-step instructions to kick start WPF pixel shaders · Introduction to Pixel Shaders in WPF · Source Code for 3 pixel shaders · Links to 2 pixel shader sources on the web Using Shaders in WPF...

In this tutorial: Creating a cool (and easy) Vista-like "ray of light" effect in Silverlight Creating images for splash screens The demo below shows a "core" that emits rays of light as a hypothetical download progresses. Download source...

In This Tutorial: · C# compiler demo for the web - type code in a web page, compile and execute it on the client · How to enable dynamic code compilation for a Silverlight application · How to execute third party DLL from within a Silverlight...

This is very good for web sites that have ASP.NET Authentication (or plan to have) and have Silverlight apps. Brad Abrams, from his blog: "Here is what I plan to show: 1. Login\Logout 2. Save personalization settings 3. Enable custom UI based...

In this tutorial: - creating and rendering water ripples - optimized image generation - JPEG decoding component for Silverlight Source code for this sample Algorithm The algorithm is based on Hugo Elias’ 2D water tutorial . On...

I needed a good and relatively fast dynamic image generation code for Silverlight (for the next sample, you’ll see). Joe Stegman has an excellent post including source code for generating images in Silverlight: http://blogs.msdn.com/jstegman/archive...

In this Tutorial · Analysis of the usability of the typical Hyperbar Control · Silverlight sample with source code for a better control (in my opinion) There are two important traits of a navigation control: usability and looks. Usability...

I had some free time today and did this: I'd like to note that LukeH made the core raytracing engine in C#. He built it using linq and the code looks very elegant . I did the "Silverlight" part of it. There are some things to think about with ray...

Specification of the Problem A WCF web service works when a user types site in his browser with www in the name: · http:// www .nokola.com/SampleService/ServiceClientAppTestPage.aspx Works OK!, but it stops working if the same site is typed...