Cinder is a cross platform framework for C++ design engineering. In order to run and Apple, Android and Windows devices prior to Windows 8, the rendering libraries leveraged OpenGL as the open source, cross platform solution. Even though DirectX has been Microsoft's preferred rendering solution for advanced...

Rapid2D v1.3 introduces Rapid2D Pro which allows you to deploy to Windows Phone ! Now you can release your game onto desktop, tablets and mobiles with a single click! Y ou now have greater control over your game’s objects ; adjust the finer details of how they behave, right in the editor...

Register here http://kingstonmicrosoftapps.eventbrite.co.uk   With Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Stores you have a choice of, a variety of devices tablets, notebooks and all in ones, to a stunning array of phones from manufactures such as Nokia, HTC and Samsung. With Windows 8 features such as live...

Following on from Sarah Lamb great post at UK MSDN “Imagine a scenario in which you were able to add new levels to a platform game immediately after they have been built. Using a cloud backend makes this all possible, and when you can also track significant quantities of data to keep your game flow smooth...

Next week, I have been asked to present to a group of developers who are new to Windows 8. The group have been developing their first Windows 8 store apps and wanted me to cover the following topics. 1) Design guidelines and how make your app look beautiful 2) How to successful submit and publish your...

   On the 3rd 4th and 5th of April, The Windows Games Ambassadors hosted the Scottish Universities Jam at the University of West of Scotland ‘UWS’ in Glasgow. The event was an intense weekend of game development based on Windows 8 games with a focus on students developing a portfolio of Windows...

Simply visit http://wootstudio.ca/win8platstarter   1. Download your free Visual Studio for Windows 8 for all the tools you will need.         2. Download the Platformer Game Starter Kit . 3. Mix it up and build your own epic game using FREE Art work 4. Open...

Over the past few weeks with the Public Beta of Unity for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 have had a number of questions about the opportunity of Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and UNITY3D. Unity is popular cross-platform game engine with a built-in IDE developed by Unity Technologies . It is used to develop...

  Construct 2 supports publishing Windows Store games Don't have Construct2 For one week you can purchase Construct 2 Personal and Business Edition licenses with a 40% discount see https://www.scirra.com/blog/111/spring-sale-40-off?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=LinkToBlogPost&utm_campaign...

Are you interested in the Cloud for gaming opportunities? Attend one of these FREE day technical briefings on the Windows Azure Platform, these briefings are  designed to help games companies explore the opportunities presented by Windows Azure as a rich, extensible, scalable, resilient and geo...

“We love Windows 8. The live tiles and the ease of operation makes it a magical operating system to work with…….. We are extremely proud of the Rapid2D engine and want as many developers, both professional and novice, to discover all the benefits of using it.”  David Fletcher, Rapid 2D This engine...

  On Saturday 23rd March, 12 of the Windows Games Ambassadors battled the snowy conditions to attend weekend long session aimed at helping them understand the opportunity of Unity and Windows 8. The weekend was simply focused on Windows 8 and Unity3d exposure. The Windows Games Ambassadors are group...

On the 26th of March we held an event to help raise awareness of the opportunity of Windows 8 and Windows Phone within academic gaming courses. The intention of the event was to.. 1. Introduce the latest technology released by Microsoft 2. Present the curricula resources available for academics 3. Provide...

This kit includes all the basic functionalities to get a game published to Windows Store. Introducing The Game Starter Kit for Windows 8 with Windows Azure backend. One of the key challenges for student game developers is simply where to start. The purpose of the Game Starter Kit is simply to provide...

If your institution has access to UNITY you need to join us for a Two day event, which will be  LIVE STREAMED on the 9th and 10th of  April 2013 This two day event Includes: Comprehensive introduction to Unity 3D Intro to Windows Store, Advanced tips and tricks on development techniques for...

You can now enrol on the UNITY Windows Store apps Beta here . You can now enrol on the UNITY  Windows Phone Beta here . If you enrol in both the Unity 4 Windows Store apps and Windows Phone 8 apps beta programs, you can develop games for the entire Windows ecosystem. People around the world can...

ZERO260 is a virtual training session , that will get you up to speed FAST with Windows 8 game creation. In just 2 hours, participants will learn everything needed to create, upload and distribute a new game. As you know I think  Construct2 by Scirra , is an superb game framework that allows students...

Today the Cocos2d-x community released  the v2.0 version of Cocos2d-x for Windows Phone 8. Note that it is the first version for wp8 which has v2.x API set migrated, this has been a cooperation between the Open Source community Microsoft and Nokia Download link: Cocos2dx-2.1.0-wp8-2.0-alpha.zip...

For the most high-fidelity and rich experiences in 3D games, you’ll want to use the Windows 8 DirectX APIs. This is the easiest version of DirectX to develop with. It supports a wide range of graphics feature levels, from DirectX 9.1 to all the latest hardware features exposed in DirectX 11.1. It allows...

So if you’re a Student or an Academic why should you learn and teach game development for the Windows Store? Perhaps your an academic coming a different platform, iOS, Android or you have previously developed and curriculum for game development on an earlier version of DirectX on Windows XP or Windows...

    One of the questions I have had this week, is from Mobile development course leaders, how they can teach, Windows Phone, iOS and Android in the same lab?  For the first time ever, you can write native iOS apps in Visual Studio using C#. So I know a number of academics love  Resharper...

Support for PEGI and other ratings systems is an important part of the Windows Store.   PEGI and game age rating should be of interest to anyone who is distributing creating games that they have made. If you are developing games and uploading them to any store for people to play then you should...

Yeti Bowl has been developed to instruct and inspire developers to produce games in HTML5. YetiBowl is now a Triple Play teaching solution supporting Window 8 App, Web and Windows Phone 8 its codebase is FREE on CodePlex .  So if your interested in teaching HTML5 for the web or for apps its perfect...

        It is less than 24 hours until Ireland’s largest ever game developer’s conference takes place.  I would like to share the live streaming link http://aka.ms/GamingStream They whole day will be live streamed at http://aka.ms/GamingStream so even if your not in Ireland you...

Yippee Entertainment are launching a unique competition. Yippee are offering one person in the UK and one in the US a chance to design a member of Chuck’s Chimpact family and have their design turned into a character in the Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8 versions of the game. Chimpact is available on...