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Developing a casual game with Silverlight – Module 5

joel — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:18:47 +0000

This week Microsoft published the latest issue of the Expression Newsletter. If you have not seen the newsletter its a great series of articles focused on using Silverlight and the Expression tools to create amazing rich interactive solutions. In this latest issue I was asked to contribute the fifth of a six part series of articles on exploring the process of designing and building a casual online game in Silverlight .. Here is what the series will include.

Module 1: Getting Started – Architecture / framework
Module 2: Movement and collision detection
Module 3: Design – Sprites, boards and dialogs
Module 4: Animations and sound
Module 5: Initialization and Deployment
Module 6: Advanced concepts (Physics, Multiplayer, Optimization)

Make sure to check out the article at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/news-press/newsletter/

Code: Game.zip

Developing a Casual Game with Siverlight 2 – Module 4

joel — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:32:09 +0000

This week Microsoft published the latest issue of the Expression Newsletter. If you have not seen the newsletter its a great series of articles focused on using Silverlight and the Expression tools to create amazing rich interactive solutions. In this latest issue I was asked to contribute the fourth of a six part series of articles on exploring the process of designing and building a casual online game in Silverlight 2.. Here is what the series will include.

Module 1: Getting Started – Architecture / framework
Module 2: Movement and collision detection
Module 3: Design – Sprites, boards and dialogs
Module 4: Animations and sound
Module 5: Initialization and Deployment
Module 6: Advanced concepts (Physics, Multiplayer, Optimization)

Make sure to check out the article at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/news-press/newsletter/

Code: Game.zip

Developing a casual game with Silverlight 2 – Module 3

joel — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:15:45 +0000

This week Microsoft published the latest issue of the Expression Newsletter. If you have not seen the newsletter its a great series of articles focused on using Silverlight and the Expression tools to create amazing rich interactive solutions. In this latest issue I was asked to contribute the third of a six part series of articles on exploring the process of designing and building a casual online game in Silverlight 2.. Here is what the series will include.

Module 1: Getting Started – Architecture / framework
Module 2: Movement and collision detection
Module 3: Design – Sprites, boards and dialogs
Module 4: Animations and sound
Module 5: Initialization and Deployment
Module 6: Advanced concepts (Physics, Multiplayer, Optimization)

Make sure to check out the article at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/news-press/newsletter/

Code: Game.zip

Developing a Casual Games with Silverlight 2 – Module 2

joel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:54:59 +0000

This week Microsoft published the latest issue of the Expression Newsletter. If you have not seen the newsletter its a great series of articles focused on using Silverlight and the Expression tools to create amazing rich interactive solutions. In this latest issue I was asked to contribute the second of a six part series of articles on exploring the process of designing and building a casual online game in Silverlight 2.. Here is what the series will include.

Module 1: Getting Started – Architecture / framework
Module 2: Movement and collision detection
Module 3: Design – Sprites, boards and dialogs
Module 4: Animations and sound
Module 5: Initialization and Deployment
Module 6: Advanced concepts (Physics, Multiplayer, Optimization)

Make sure to check out the article at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/news-press/newsletter/

Code: COMING SOON

Developing a Casual Games with Silverlight 2 – Module 1

joel — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:50 +0000

This week Microsoft published the latest issue of the Expression Newsletter. If you have not seen the newsletter its a great series of articles focused on using Silverlight and the Expression tools to create amazing rich interactive solutions. In this latest issue I was asked to contribute the first of a six part series of articles on exploring the process of designing and building a casual online game in Silverlight 2.. Here is what the series will include.

Module 1: Getting Started – Architecture / framework
Module 2: Movement and collision detection
Module 3: Design – Sprites, boards and dialogs
Module 4: Animations and sound
Module 5: Initialization and Deployment
Module 6: Advanced concepts (Physics, Multiplayer, Optimization)

Make sure to check out the article at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/news-press/newsletter/

Code: Game.zip