Game Development for the Windows 10 PlatformAdina Shanholtz

Who Am I?Adina Shanholtz

Technical Evangelist

@FeyTechnologist

I make games!

How and Why Why should developers make games? Where does Microsoft fit in to game development?

Tech Platforms? How do you make games?

Agenda

Why should developers make games?

Expand your dev community.

Why should you care?

Uses Your Same Skills!

Gets the creative juices flowing!

Education https://code.org/minecraft

Showing off a platform Interactivity

Using games as a means

Where does Microsoft fit in?

UWP (Universal Windows Platform) DirectX Xbox Azure HoloLens Basically, will you use C#, C++, or JavaScript? DirectX, XAML, or HTML5? (Use Windows Runtime Components to combine languages!)

Where does Microsoft fit in?

UWP

Demo: Silent Dream

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of APIs for handling tasks related to multimedia and Game Development. Direct2D, Direct3D, DirectWrite, DirectXMath, etc.

Games made with DirectX Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (also made with Unreal) Rise of the Tomb Raider Halo 5: Forge

DirectX

Developer Programs ID@Xbox, Xbox Live Creators Program, Xbox tools and

middleware,

UWP Apps on Xbox or DirectX

Xbox

Platforms?

Web Phaser.io BabylonJS HTML5/WebGL

Cross Platform Unity Unreal MonoGame

Platforms

Windows 10 Store Steam Itch.io Standalone website

Distribution

How do you make games?

Demo: Make a Unity Game!

Use Azure to host mobile game’s backend Push notifications, analytics, etc.

Online gaming with Azure Service Fabric Lower latency, no downtime

Host your game on a website! defensebrigade.azurewebsites.net

Azure

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/gaming/e2e

https://github.com/ashanhol/Silent-Dream https://github.com/ashanhol/CollectThemAll

Resources