Category Archives: Windows 8

HTML5 Game Development for Windows 8 #3: Finishing your first game

Welcome back to my HTML5 game programming series. In this part of the tutorial we are going to finish our first HTML5 game for Windows 8. Note: This tutorial was written on the plane to Las Vegas, will fix typos … Continue reading

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HTML5 Game Development for Windows 8 #2: Adding a player

Hi, and welcome back to the HTML5 game programming tutorial series. In this tutorial we will continue on the previous tutorial, so if you havent done so yet, now is the time! 🙂 Note: This was written on the plane … Continue reading

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HTML5 Game Development for Windows 8 #1: Getting started

Hi and welcome to the first part of the HTML5 Game Development for Windows 8 tutorial series. Note: This was written on the plane to Las Vegas in a tired condition. Will fix typos at a later stage. This tutorial … Continue reading

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How to install Windows Phone SDK with XNA support in Windows 8

A common problem for Windows Phone developers moving to Windows 8 is the support for XNA. XNA is not part of the “Metro” types of apps, but you can still develop XNA using Windows 8 (like you do in Windows … Continue reading

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Windows 8 Development #2: Implementing Split-View

Welcome back to the Windows 8 Development tutorial series. Last time we started with a simple Windows 8 “Hello World” app. Today I will teach you how to implement a split view functionality to your app. This is a requirement … Continue reading

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Windows 8 Development #1: Getting Started with Windows 8

Windows 8 has gone RTM. Windows Store and Windows 8 give developers great opportunities to build apps, be first in the marketplace and earn money. This post will help you get started with Windows 8 development using C# and XAML, … Continue reading

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