Building games based on Silverlight and Expressions
Building games for everyone, especially beginning programmers.
Author: Sam Stokes
Silverlight game design: Upgrading examples from earlier versions
After talking with Dan Waters, I realized that I hadn’t written anything for Silverlightgames...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/21/2011
Adding shapes to your Windows Phone using some simple XAML and C# code
If you are starting out building games, and want to check out XNA development, you might want to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/21/2011
Silverlight 5 Top Beta features
Top Beta Features XAML Debugging with breakpoints for binding debugging Implicit data templates for...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/14/2011
Silverlight 5: Get the latest beta and watch the video!
What do you need to install or download for Silverlight 5 Beta? First you are required to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/14/2011
Game engines, 2011, Looking for Silverlight game engines
Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to create a game using a game engine so you don’t have to all of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 03/22/2011
Simply Using Matrixes in your projects
Let’s take a look at how to manipulate matrixes. Multiply two 3X3 matrixes would look like the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/22/2010
Silverlight 4.0 Games: Rotating the triangle using C# and XAML
Share this post : Ok, from the previous blog post, we discussed the use of the UIElement...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/14/2010
Silverlight games on Win Phone: Rotate that triangle, simply
Rotating the triangle, how in the heck does that work? Simple. Really. ...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/11/2010
Silverlight Game: Let’s get started, simply
Mobile games can be a challenge. Developing games that can take can operate on many platforms...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/07/2010
Silverlight on the Windows Phone!
Introduction: Using code created by a new member of the Microsoft family, Jianqiang Bao, and...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/10/2010
Silverlight Games: Using F#
Wow, I really like the new Expression 3.0 Blend, you can build games using no code! What a lot...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/20/2009
Designing Web Based Games: If I taught a class here is the syllabus I would use
Introduction to Web Based Games (working title) This is an introduction course to web game design,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 08/10/2009
Silver Putt
I LOVE Miniature Golf, and Silver Putt uses a basic Miniature Golf for the design, and NAILS...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/27/2009
Wheelz
This is a fun game, similar in the simplest level to linerunner, but not the same game play,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/20/2009
Play with your Peas
Great concept, I have often thought about how to use the Expression Designer to build a game to play...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/17/2009
Vector Space Armada: Review
Another Silverlight based game at the excellent site: Mashooo Vector Space Armada, sounds...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/12/2009
Review of Terminator
Another silverlight based game at the excellent site: Mashooo The Terminator game had a good feel to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/09/2009
Have a happy 4th of July! Be Safe! Build a Silverlight application
Building a Silverlight Fireworks program would be just the thing. I did my usual search for a...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/04/2009
Creating a Model Project for your game design
With some versions of VS 2010 you are able to create UML projects, if you are a student in a...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/02/2009
Farseer: Water Play
It’s summer, and Farseer Physics guys created a fun tool to play with water, even if you are stuck...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/02/2009
XNA: Using Fonts in XNA 3.1
XNA 3.1 No difference in how to use Fonts in XNA 3.1 over XNA 2.0. If you already know how to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/19/2009
My XAML object doesn’t show up in my Code Behind!
Sometimes you add the name of an object, or you have built an object in Expression Blend and named...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/17/2009
Silverlight Games: Getting the infrastructure down by blowing it out of the browser
In the XAML AppManifest.XML file there is a bunch of arcane symbols and words. In the previous...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/10/2009
Silverlight: Blow it out of the browser and links to definitions
Here is the code you need to make Silverlight work out of the browser. Delete a comment...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/09/2009
Silverlight Games: Making Silverlight 3.0 work off the internet
I wander around looking at all the shining objects that is Silverlight, I am amazed how fast the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/09/2009
Serious Silverlight Games: PMP, thoughts on cancer research
One of the problems with cancer research is how to utilize single trials for research. What...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/06/2009
Silverlight Games: Seriously, using Photosynth
Take a look at the NASA-Silverlight announcement about the use of Photosynth ON MARS, that’s pretty...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/01/2009
Silverlight Games: Seriously
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/29/2009
Creating a serious game using Silverlight
Giving it some thought about a serious game around that disease PMP, something about cancer of ...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/24/2009
Using Games to help people better understand diseases
One of my relatives has been diagnosed with PMP, a rare type of cancer that affects your...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/22/2009
Check out the Silverlight Showcase!
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/19/2009
XAML: Making the connection between XAML and Code Behind
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/14/2009
Labanotation: A complicated way to describe human motion also known as Dance
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/01/2009
STEVE WOZNIAK: Dancing with the Stars or Silverlight 3 Avatar?
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/01/2009
Building a Game: The Model, View, Controllers approach
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 03/25/2009
Expression Blend 3: Free Download! Comments about Blend 3 and purchase justifications!
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 03/19/2009
MMOG: Silverlight solutions?
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 03/10/2009
Silverlight games: Joy in a time of depressing news
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 03/03/2009
Flash versus Silverlight: Do you really want to be stuck using only one language in your game?
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 02/26/2009
Silverlight: Quick Post
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 02/24/2009
Silverlight games: Review of tutorials for Silverlight games
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 02/22/2009
Silverlight games: Creating an online business based on games
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Author: Surf4Fun Date: 02/17/2009