Microsoft Windows 8 Monogame Gaming Three Thing Game

signing great XNA gamesfor Windows 8Dean Ellisdean@infinitespace-studios.co.uk@InfSpaceStudiosDominique Louisdominique@xamarin.com@SoftSavage

You have your greatideas and excitinggame designs…

http://bit.ly/GJ_GreatGamesKey Ideas for Windows 8 Casual Games

http://bit.ly/GJ_NavDesignA great Windows 8 game willmake sure that navigationbetween all experiences is afast, fluid, and delightfulexperience

http://bit.ly/GJ_NavDesign• Makes users first experience a complete one.• Provides a great mechanism for providing users with updates/fresh content

http://bit.ly/GJ_SemZoom• Semantic Zoom allows a user to get a different view of your data • Navigate between different levels • Quickly show unlocked content, recently released levels, or new achievements

http://bit.ly/GJ_NavDesign• Great way to keep your game as front-and-centre experience.• Can use the top app bar as navigation home

http://bit.ly/GJ_CommDesign• Will the control be used very frequently?• Is the control crucial to the playing of the game?

http://bit.ly/GJ_Touch• Users approach tablets and touchscreens in a variety of ways• Windows 8 accommodates a multitude of interaction variations

http://bit.ly/GJ_Layout

http://bit.ly/GJ_AppManifest

http://bit.ly/GJ_StateMgmt Game gets 5s to Game is not notified handle suspend before termination UserLaunches Game Game notified when resumed Splash screen

Additional Ideas for your game….

http://bit.ly/GJ_LiveTiles• At-a-glance information delivery in a natural, attractive format• Draw the user back into the app with a single tap with fresh, tailored content via Live Tiles• Send tile updates even when your app isn’t running• Secondary tiles provide an entry point into a specific experience within your app• Scenarios: game-play status, latest leaderboard positions, multi-player messages, game news

http://bit.ly/GJ_Toast••••

http://bit.ly/GJ_Contracts

http://bit.ly/GJ_ContractsProvides users with a familiar andnatural way to search for itemsacross game.Scenarios:• A friend to start a multiplayer game against.• A user name on a leader board.• An achievement.• A specific level in a game with many levels.

http://bit.ly/GJ_ContractsProvides a way to connect theplayer of your game to their socialnetworks, friends, or other apps.From your game:• Sharing game levels, high scores, screenshots, custom objects etc.To your game:• Receiving in-game content, images, video etc.

http://bit.ly/GJ_ContractsThe settings charm provides afamiliar and consistent way tomodify an apps settingsMore settings menus can beadded for account managementor game specific menus.Scenarios:User-account info, helpcontent, controlmappings, notificationsettings, about app info, supportinfo etc.

http://bit.ly/GJ_ContractsThis allows your game to share it’scontent with other apps seamlessly andconsistently.• The file picker makes it easy to organize content. You can also access content from other appsScenarios:• Exporting images from game to start screen background,• using music from music app for game.

http://bit.ly/GJ_ContractsExtend your experience beyondWindows 8 and push yourcontent to devices on your localnetwork.The ‘PlayTo’ feature allows relevantcontrols to be accessed on thefirst device without compromisingthe display on the other.

http://bit.ly/GJ_Sensors

http://bit.ly/GJ_Splash• Many games may take longer than the expected couple of seconds to load.• If thats true of your game, ensure that you provide some sort of indication to the user that the game is actively loading

http://bit.ly/GJ_GreatGames• Communicate to users when the game is in a paused state:• removing them from the in- game experience and putting them back in the central hub• or by presenting a pause overlay or pause screen

http://bit.ly/GJ_GreatGamesLeaderboards are a crucialcomponent for game enthusiasts.The competition factor keepsusers engaged in your game andencourages other users in theirnetwork to return and maintaintheir rankings.Utilise location services to accesslocal standings.

http://bit.ly/GJ_GreatGamesDrive engagement beyondstandard gameplay withachievements.Utilize weight, color and size todistinguish between items that areclose to being completed.

http://bit.ly/GJ_RoamingData• Most people have more than one Windows PC.• Make your game a continuous and consistent user experience across all their Windows 8 PCsRoaming Scenarios:• Game settings and configuration• App licenses and in-app purchases from the Windows Store

http://bit.ly/GJ_WAMS• Windows Azure Mobile Services makes it incredibly easy to connect scalable cloud backend to your games.• Easily store structured data in the cloud that can span both devices and users,• Integrate it with user authentication• Send out updates to clients via push notifications

http://bit.ly/GJ_W8StoreDesigned for discovery• Spotlight, Recommend, Browse/Fil er, Search• IE10 & Deep linksUnprecedented reach• Global reach: 200+ markets,• 100+ languagesFlexible business models• Free, paid, in-app, trials• 3rd party in-app & advertising supportPricing• Developers control pricing• Up to 80% revenue share

http:// bit.ly/GJ_W8SamplesWindows 8 Sampleshttp://bit.ly/GJ_W8APIWindows 8 Store Apps APIhttp://bit.ly/GJ_AppDevBlogWindows 8 Store Apps Dev Bloghttp://bit.ly/GJ_W8ForumsWindows 8 Store Apps Forums

• Good luck with the Three Thing Game!• Thank you for your enthusiasm, support and ideas!• Looking forward to seeing some great games!Post Three Thing Game:• Register for a Windows 8 Developer Store account DreamSpark members have FREE Windows Store subscription! www.dreamspark.com• Build and sell great W8 store apps/games! http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/windows8/

•Dominique Louis – Xamarin•Dean Ellis – Xamarin(soon)

Agenda  Overview  History  Games  Porting  Demos  Questions

XNA 4.0 Supported Platforms XNA .NET 4.0 DirectX 9/11Windows Phone 7 Windows Xbox 360

Introducing MonoGameOpenSource implementation of XNA 4 API 2D SpriteBatch 3D (APIs and Model Loading) Load Existing XNA compiled assets (*.xnb) Sound and Music Input (Mouse, Keyboard, Touch, Gamepad) Effects (Basic Effects & Some Custom Shaders) Write Once, Play Everywhere

Introducing MonoGameOnly way to get your XNA game onto Windows 8!Actively being developed and promoted by core team members Me, Dean ( Xamarin ) Tom & his team ( Sickhead Games ) Steve ( Konaju Games ) Aranda ( Gnomic Studios ) EspesHigh Code Re-use Write Once, Play Everywhere

Brief History of MonoGame?Project Started in June 2009 as XNATouch by JalfxI joined on October 26th 2009 ( co-incidence?? )Dec 2009 – v0.7 (2D and iOS only)Oct 2011 - v2.0 ( Added 2 platforms, Renamed to MonoGame)Dec 2011 - v2.1Feb 2012 – (3D codedrop from Flying Dev Studios)March 2012 – 2.5 (Tom and Sickhead Games)June 2012 -2.5.1 (11,000 downloads)October 2012 – 3.0 BETA(available now!)

Contributing Companies

Contributing individuals Oliver Brown Dean Ellis Tophathacker Koda Turtle Games David Lively Carl Ådahl Tom Spilman NielClancey Marshall Ward Grapes Nezz Randolph Burt Espes Danzel Javier Fernandez Nicolas Coderre Thiago Pastor Adrian Batzill Inverness Edward Rudd Akshay Arora Andre Esteve Raistlinthewiz David Leaver Jeff JohnsonJames Lupiani Christian Zangl Jorge Cantón Ferrero Mgroves Steve Sly Williams Geoff Norton Jordan Phillips Tom Gooding Dominique Louis Jamesford42 Taskbit Tapani Värjölä Deathcradle Jeremy Bell Lukas Jadaml Ádám L. Juhász Ray Batts Renaud Bédard Nicolas LeonardJhllnd Kenneth Pouncey Write Once, Play Everywhere

The Future Embracing XNA: APIs, Shaders etc Extend: New platforms, APIs, Features Open: You can make it better or customize it for your game XNA was a great foundation MonoGame will continue to take it to new levels Write Once, Play Everywhere

MonoGame Supported Platforms MonoGame Windows8 Xamarin Xamarin .NET 4.5 NET 4.0 MonoTouch Mono for Mono Android SharpDX Direct X OpenGL / OpenAL

Future Platforms In Progress PlayStation Mobile 2D Working In Progress Raspberry Pi 2D, 3D Google Chrome Planned Windows Phone 8 Planned Ouya Planned

High Code Re-use Xamarin compilers enable developers to build fully native iOS and Android games and apps in C#, that can share code with Windows apps. Through code re-use and sharing, and by unifying mobile app development in C#, Xamarin makes it possible to deliver gorgeous, performant, native apps for all major device platforms quickly

Commercial games we know of iOS*  30+ Android*  15+ MacOS, Linux  10+ Windows 8 • 10+ Chrome  Bastion*Xamarin compilers makes it possible for MonoGame titles to reach iOS and Android users. Write Once, Play Everywhere

Windows 8 Games

Porting to MonoGame Project Setup  From scratch : ~30-60 minutes  With Templates : ~15 minutes Platform Specific  Resolutions  Sound/Video Minimal #ifdefs Write Once, Play Everywhere

Things to think aboutIts Being used in AAA games Its Extendable Its Growing(games, developers, platforms) Its In your hands Its Nnow supported by Microsoft Its Currently the only way to Windows 8 Its OpenSource Its Active Lots of examples Write Once, Play Everywhere

Why Games.... Demand Most titles in the Windows Phone apps store are entertainment and utility apps Customers are downloading more games than any other type of app Customers are willing to spend money for the privilege There is an opportunity here to give customers what they want

Type of Games.... Freemium games do better than paid games Action games are the best bet to turn a quick buck Strategy games dominate long-term Simulation games account for the second largest share. Opportunity to carve out a niche ( grow your fan base ) * Taken from http://www.appannie.com/blog/mobile-games-that-last/

Summary Games are the #1 download and #1 money making app category Pick your niche, grow from there MonoGame provides a solution to get your cross platform game running as a Windows 8 Store App MonoGame provides a cross platform solution so that you can leverage your existing XNA development effort, across multiple marketplaces (iOS, Android, MacOS, Linux, PlayStation Mobile... (top secret) ) Follow the certification guidelines (WACK) to make your app Windows 8 Store ready

ContactDean EllisSite : www.infinitespace-studios.co.ukEmail : dean@infinitespace-studios.co.ukTwitter : @InfSpaceStudiosDominique LouisEmail : dominique@xamarin.comTwitter : @SoftSavage

Questions ??MonoGameSite : www.monogame.netRepo : www.github.com/mono/MonoGame (fork away)Twitter : @MonoGameTeamYoutube : youtu.be/MonoGameTeamMonoSite : www.mono-project.comRepo : www.github.com/mono/XamarinSite : www.xamarin.comTwitter : @XamarinHQ

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