Overview In Part 4 of this blog series, we added the ability for the user to interact with the game using all forms of User Input, (i.e. Touch, Mouse, GamePad, etc.). Now, we need to make the game much more graphically astute and provide a more pleasurable...

Before we get into adding the code to receive and processing input from the player (user) of the Shooter game, there is GREAT news in the MonoGame 3.0 world. Drum Roll Please…. The MonoGame team announced the immediate availability of MonoGame...

Overview MonoGame currently does not have a Content Pipeline as a part of the framework therefore we will need another way to create the XNB files from our graphic and sounds assets. That is where the Windows Phone SDK comes in with Visual Studio 2012...

Want to Have a Very Appy (yes Appy) Holiday? Looking for a way to make some Extra Money ($$) over the holidays? You happen to be a student? Well do I have a Holiday Deal for you…Take the Windows 8 Student Holiday App Challenge and win $100...

Overview The Shooter game from the XNA Game tutorial is a particular type of game with a set of well-defined limits around user interaction. Given these well-defined parameters we can leverage touch aspects of Windows 8 as well as other forms of user...

Overview Casual game developers have been using XNA since 2004 for ease of create games for Windows, XBOX and most recently Windows Phone. XNA is a .NET framework for game development providing a content pipeline and load functionality for game asset...

Are you ready for the good news? Ready to Get Appy?  Well here it is, the Windows Store is open for Developers and we’re all anxious to see all the cool apps you develop and place into the store!  What’s even more exciting is that all eligible...

Ready to dive in and learn more about Windows 8 and the developer opportunity it represents?  Then get ready for the series of Windows Developer Camps !  These are free, full-day, developer-focused events featuring a combination of sessions...

This year has been exciting to be a Developer Evangelist covering the Academic space.  It’s been fun for me working with Student developers across the Greater Southeast.  Developer Evangelists all over the world have been engaging with students...

  Today I read a commentary out of the San Francisco Bay Area, that discussed the fact that in the Bay Area they are not feeling the effects of the 8.9% Unemployment rate due to the overwhelming need for technologists and the growth of technology...

Hopefully by now if you are a student at any College or University, You have heard about the Big Apps on Campus contest and the upcoming Hackathons being held on various campuses across the US. Big App on Campus Big App on Campus (BAOC) is open to US...

Many of you have attended a HTML5 and JavaScript Web/Game Camps we’ve conducted in the East Region and/or are very interested in HTML5, JavaScript and the associated tools.   In addition, many of you may have attended one of the Windows Phone...

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.  I am thankful for the great experiences of being an Developer Evangelist.  Why?  This story is a superb example: On last week, during my XBOX Gaming applab session (XNA) at Atlanta University ...

For those of you interested in building an Windows Phone app or putting the finishing touches on your Windows Phone applications  Let me offer a little assistance so you can make a SPLASH and become the Big App on Campus and Win some COOL PRIZES...

It’s a great time to be a Student Windows Phone Developer in the South, especially if you attend a College or University in the GA, FL, AL or MS. Why? Because many of you have the opportunity to compete on your campus in a Windows Phone Development Contest...

Learn more about Windows Azure and Windows Azure Interoperability with PHP with these great new and updated tutorials below. Get your head IN the Cloud. New Tutorials: Using Worker Roles for Simple Background Processing Getting the Windows...

Yesterday we at Microsoft were very excited that Microsoft Research announced it will release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit later this spring. The intent of releasing a “starter kit” for application developers...

In a 5 year deal with New York City, Microsoft is projected to help save the city a whopping 50 million dollars. How? By consolidating different contracts and putting the city’s software needs in the Microsoft cloud. Wouldn't you know it that this...

Today is the Formal announcement and introduction of Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone 7 will be first hitting retail stores on October 21 in Europe and Asia, and November 8 in the Americas. Consumers will be able to buy Windows Phone 7 in a variety of styles...

Vijay Rajagopalan, Microsoft Principal Architect in the Interoperability group, unveiled at Open Source India conference, in Chennai, a new set of developer tools and Software Development Kits (SDKs) for PHP developers who want to build modern cloud applications...

What is MIX? A 3 day conference for web designers and developers building the world's most innovative web sites. Get in-depth exposure to exciting new Microsoft technologies. So you missed this year's MIX conference and want to know about what's coming...

Our own Joe Healy, Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Florida, interviews Ryan Dunn, “the” Windows Azure Evangelist, around topics such as Windows Azure in the Cloud. Don’t miss Ryan’s top three tips for customers running applications...

If you are really interested in learning Windows and SQL Azure, they is no better time than the present. Along with the ability to try out Windows Azure FREE for a month (see previous blog post), Channel 9 has a great training course. The training course...

Try the Windows Azure and SQL Azure free for a month. Get in the Cloud! Through this unique offer, US developers can get a one month pass to try out Windows Azure and SQL Azure - without having to submit a credit card! http://blogs.msdn.com/b/window...

I got asked by a customer today around this topic so I thought I would share some resources around Cross-Platform Integration with VSTS/TFS as well as TFS Migration: Cross-Platform Development Solutions http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products...