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Designing beautiful windows phone games
1.
2. Windows Phone 8
Shared core with Windows 8
Common programming model
Reusable code
Native games
http://dev.windowsphone.com
3.
4. So I am
Dev
what skills can I use to
gets started on Windows Phone?
5. WP8.0 Games DirectX/Direct 3D & C++
WP8.0 XAML & C#/VB with Direct3D Graphics
+ C++
WP8.0 XAML & C#/VB
+ C++
WP7.1 XNA & C#/VB
WP7.1 XAML & C#/VB
.NET API for
Windows
Phone
Windows
Phone
Runtime
Managed
Managed &
Native
Win32 &
COM
Native
6. tools
So I am Dev what
do I need to
gets started on Windows Phone?
10. Supported operating systems
Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions
Hardware
8 GB of free disk space
4 GB of RAM (recommended)
64-bit (x64) motherboard
Windows Phone Emulator
Windows 8 Pro or higher (for Hyper-V) and
Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
31. This is all great news, but what does it
mean for
indie
developers..
Developing for Windows 8 and Windows Phone?
32. Mudvark: Mortar Melon. More than 450,000 downloads...
Windows Phone 8 version just released
750,000+
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
33. Yippee Entertainment: Chimpact – #1 Paid App worldwide in
Windows 8 store during the first half of March 2013. Available
on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
No.1 App WW
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
34. Joy Bits: Doodle God
Over 1 million downloads within 9 months of Windows launch,
Significant code re-use from Windows Phone to Windows 8.
“Together, Windows 8 and Windows Phone are more meaningful both in terms of
revenue and total downloads. As a result we are more bullish than ever on
gaming for the Windows platform.” – JoyBits CEO Paul Baldwin
1,000,000+
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
35. Rebellion: Dredd vs Zombie
Over 1 million downloads within 9 months of Windows 8 launch,
Significant code re-use from Windows Phone to Windows 8.
1,000,000+
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx