A list of my favorite links this week

This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech, HTML5, Startups, Game Dev, and Venture Capital. If you find some links that you think would be useful, feel free to share! You can always subscribe (or unsubscribe) by clicking on the MailChimp widget on the right-hand…

How to write games for Xbox One – Video and slides

I recently gave a talk about game development on Xbox One for Brazil’s Game Expereince virtual conference. The video is finally online, so I wanted to share it with you. The slides for this presentation can also be found on my slideshare. I would also implore you to look at my post about how to write…

//GameOn contest for student game devs, how I started with GDC

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…

Professional Game Development Tools

This post is part of 3 week series giving current and aspiring game devs the tools, resources, and advice they need to get started building for Windows. We also have a great video course on game production basics at Microsoft Virtual Academy.   Visual Studio Community Edition  You need an IDE, or Integrated Development Environment,…