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Building A Casual Game in Silverlight

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If you attended MIX08 you would have had a free sample copy of my Silverlight 2 book in the attendee bag. The book has 3 chapters, one on XAML, one on Silverlight 2 in Visual Studio and one on building Silverlight 2 controls.

Frankly, I sometimes wonder why I spend so much time writing books on technology (it's certainly not for the money, unless you have aspirations to be a thousandaire), but occasionally someone comes along and makes my day.

Cigdem Patlak Uzun (aka Crocus Girl) has doen this by taking the sample sliding blocks puzzle from my Silverlight 2 book and turned it into a proper casual game. She's done a terrific job, and its well worth checking out.

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She's turned my simple 4x4 grid with a fixed picture into one that can be 4x4 or 2x2, as well as having the facility to upload your own pictures. It keeps track of your cumulative moves to give you a 'score' and has a much prettier UI (not to mention picture) that the one that I used!

Cigdem's blog is a great read, you can find it at https://crocusgirl.wordpress.com. If you have any questions about the app (and maybe want the source code?) get in touch with her there :)

 

Nice job Cigdem!!! :)