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• Mon

  10

  May 10

  WP7 XNA text input

  I’ve seen a few queries of how to get text input into an XNA game on Windows Phone 7 – so I thought I’d show you how. It is all very simple. All you need to do is call Guide.BeginShowKeyboardInput. This uses the IAsync pattern to provide asynchronous...
  paulfo 1 comment(s)

  Filed under: XNA, Programming, wotudo, Paul Foster, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 Series, Windows Phone 7
• Thu

  01

  Apr 10

  Shawn Hargreaves Mix graphics demo available

  Shawn gave a superb demonstration of the five effects available in XNA for Windows Phone. He has now published the demo source up on the XNA Creators Club website. GO GET IT HERE .
  paulfo 1 comment(s)

  Filed under: XNA, wotudo, Windows Phone, Mix10, Windows Phone 7 Series, wp7s
• Mon

  29

  Mar 10

  Windows Phone XNA effect demos

  I’ve compiled a short video of Shawn Hargreaves’ XNA effect demos from his session at Mix (originally shown at GDC). Enjoy!
  paulfo 2 comment(s)

  Filed under: XNA, wotudo, Paul Foster, Windows Phone 7 Series, wp7s
• Mon

  29

  Mar 10

  XNA: Windows Phone 7 Series GPU performance rocks!

  For me the best session at Mix 10 was Shawn Hargreave’s CL22 – High Performance 3D Games on Windows Phone 7 Series. Shawn is an XNA demi-god and to see what he can make the new Windows Phone do with XNA is inspiring. The session is packed with technical...
  paulfo 2 comment(s)

  Filed under: XNA, wotudo, Paul Foster, Mix10, Windows Phone 7 Series, wp7s
• Thu

  25

  Mar 10

  XNA: Gaming across many platforms and the cloud

  I’ve been working with UK XNA MVP Charles Humphrey on project ZuneRay. ZuneRay is a raycasting engine built by Charles’ for the Zune HD using XNA 3.1. With Windows Phone 7 Series in the pipeline we used the Zune HD as a target test platform with the intention...
  paulfo 3 comment(s)

  Filed under: Mobile, XNA, Programming, wotudo, WPF, Paul Foster, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 Series, wp7s
• Mon

  15

  Mar 10

  MIX: Multi-screen gaming with Windows Phone Developer tools preview

  Using XNA Games Studio 3.x you could build a game that would run across Windows, Xbox and Zune. Now, unless you travelled to America or lived there you were unlikely to have a Zune or Zune HD. But now with Windows Phone 7 Series we have the promise of...
  paulfo No comments

  Filed under: XNA, Programming, wotudo, Platform Starter Kit, Paul Foster, Windows Phone, Mix10, Windows Phone 7 Series, wp7s
• Fri

  05

  Mar 10

  TechCrunch: In Mobile, Fragmentation is forever. Deal with it

  Following on from my rant on the widgets , Richard Wong – venture capitalist and guest TechCrunch blogger – makes the point with more finesse, although we disagree in technology beliefs. In his post ‘ In Mobile, Fragmentation is Forever. Deal With It...
  paulfo No comments

  Filed under: Mobile, Silverlight, XNA, wotudo, Paul Foster, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 Series, techcrunch
• Fri

  05

  Mar 10

  Windows Phone Gaming and Rich apps

  Shout it from the roof tops Windows Phone 7 Series application development uses Silverlight and XNA!! If you’re a .Net developers today – you just became a Windows Phone developer, able to deliver rich applications with Silverlight and amazing games with...
  paulfo No comments

  Filed under: Silverlight, XNA, Programming, wotudo, Paul Foster, Windows Phone, .Net, Windows Phone 7 Series
• Fri

  05

  Mar 10

  Ramping dev skills for Windows Phone 7 Series

  So you now really want to learn Silverlight and XNA to be ready to build applications for the coolest new phone on the block? Here is a list of resources to get you going: XNA: Setting up XNA Games Studio on your machine . You can install the current...
  paulfo 2 comment(s)

  Filed under: Silverlight, XNA, Programming, wotudo, Platform Starter Kit, Paul Foster, Windows Phone, .Net, Windows Phone 7 Series