In October, I wrote about how I would get started with programming, knowing what I do today. With this post, I wanted to explain how I got started in game devleopment and programming. This all ties into the latest promotion that Microsoft has for students. I’ve been pushing for the return of Dream.Build.Play, an XNA…
UPDATE, 10/24: PHL Collective, the authors of this article, release ClusterPuck 99 on Xbox One, as of 9/9/15. The fine folks at PHL Collective, a Philadelphia based game development studio put together a brief tutorial on how to connect your Xbox One / 360 gamepad, either wired or wireless (using the receiver), to Unity. …
I’m always talking about the importance of showing off your work to the world, yet I forget to do adhere to my own advice sometimes. I’ve been working on a Unity game for the last 6 months, but progress has been slow. It’s a side scrolling shmup, and I plan on releasing on mobile devices…
You can listen to the podcast here. Designer and musician on Pillar, a collection of minigames, each with unique personalities and challenges, which his headed to PS4. Previously, Michael and I had coordinated the third Indie Games Summer Uprising in 2012, which was a showcase for XNA developers on Xbox 360. Additionally, Michael had created…
One of the biggest gripes that the development community has had in the past with Visual Studio, is the fact that you needed a paid (premium, pro, ultimate) version to run extensions. Considering the fact that I use UnityVS, Resharper, and Visual Assist X every day, I feel your pain. Today at Connect(), Microsoft announced…
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In my previous tutorial series, I wrote about how to use prime[31]’s Azure plugin to connect your Win8 Unity game. Recently though, they’ve added support for Windows Phone as well. I’ve updated the GitHub Repository with the necessary changes so that it works on both platforms.’ Download the file You only need to make a few…
This is one part of the video series I did for Microsoft VIrtual Academy. Here’s the link back to Channel 9. You can find the step-by-step walkthrough, GitHub,and power points here. Developing 2D & 3D Games with Unity for Windows: (09) Prime[31] and Azure Mobile Services | Developing 2D & 3D Games with Unity for Windows…
RESOURCES: You can find the source for this project on my GitHub. Power point slides Get this working on Windows Phone In part 2 of my tutorial, I showed you how you how to set up the initial project with prime[31]. Now that we have it built, I’m going to walk you through the code, as…
RESOURCES: You can find the source for this project on my GitHub. In part 1 of my tutorial, I showed you how you how to set up the initial project with prime[31]. Now that we have it built, I’m going to walk you through the code, as well as how it all works. Now that…