Shamelessly reblogging from Joe Healy over at DevFish: GOT XNA? WRITING AN WINDOWS PHONE GAME? WANT A SHOT AT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? Here’s the short version. Over 14? Write a cool Windows Phone Game and submit it to the Dream.Build.Play site. You could win up to $20,000. Yep, that’s it. In a nutshell. So on…
Tag: games
XNA-in-a-Day at Virginia Tech
One of the fun events that I really enjoy putting on is XNA-in-a-Day. This event introduces student to general game development in a day-long session. It’s great for students who are looking to get started in game development. What makes this event so fantastic is that it covers information around XNA for Xbox, Windows, and…
Global Game Jam: It’s on, we’re there!
This weekend is Global Game Jam! If you follow Andrew Parsons’ blog then you’ll know that this year Global Game Jam especially exciting. If not, you can head over to his post or you can read this telling excerpt: And this year it’s even more exciting for me because Microsoft has sponsored a number of…
Easy-Bake Oven Apps: ScriptTD
Want to create a Windows Phone 7 app? Want to create a game? Don’t feel like coding the ENTIRE thing yourself? Let me help you. Or rather, let Andrew Parsons (@MrAndyPuppy) help you. Andrew wrote a comprehensive post that will walk you through the Windows Phone Marketplace experience using ScriptTD. ScriptTD is a tower defense…
Why I Do This
I love my job. I’m passionate about technology and I want everyone else to love it just as much as I do. Day-to-day I’m pretty successful at piquing people’s interest in technology, but sometimes a story comes along and reminds me that this industry is capable of making a profound imprint on people. That’s what…
Awesome Imagine Cup Games
This year I got to help judge the games for the Worldwide Imagine Cup Game Design competition. Andrew Parsons, WW Game Design Captain, has done a great series about all the games that made it to Round 2. You can find the 10-part 2011 Game Design Competitor Showcase on his blog or by clicking here. (To see all the…