{"author_name":"aaronsnoswell","cat":"Uncategorized","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"January 10, 2013 2:52 pm","epoch":1357847520,"text":"With XNA you can make games for windows, windows phone 8 [0] and xBox.<br \/>\n XNA runs under windows 8 in the desktop mode &#8211; but not directly as a metro app [1].<br \/>\n With the help of MonoGame, you can port your game to many platforms,<br \/>\n including windows 8 metro apps. For an android port and some others<br \/>\n you must pay money [2].","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"January 10, 2013 2:58 pm","epoch":1357847880,"text":"XNA has been discontinued.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1357844160,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"47300","p_author":"aaronsnoswell","p_authorkey":"5348","p_urlkey":"82963","p_title":"Game Development in the MSFT World","p_cat":"Uncategorized","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1357844160","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"3","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5348","us_name":"aaronsnoswell","us_username":"aaronsnoswell","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>Hi wonderful community of Ludum Dare! Context:<\/p>\n <blockquote><p>I&#8217;m a hobbyist game developer who&#8217;s previously only worked in the Linux \/ Android \/ Mac \/ Online world.\u00a0I&#8217;m about to attempt creating my first game using Microsoft tech and wanted some suggestions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <p>I want to create a Windows Phone game, but would love if the same code could also be ported to Windows 8 \/ XBLA \/ Surface. From what I&#8217;ve read, I believe the following is correct;<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>XNA Studio can be used to create Windows Phone, XBLA and PC (desktop-style) in C#<\/li>\n <li>For Surface \/ Windows 8 Store style games, you have to use Direct3D \/ DirectX \/ C++. As of Windows Phone 8, <a href=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Shows\/Inside+Windows+Phone\/Inside-Windows-Phone-42--Sam-George-on-Native-C-Game-Development-in-Windows-Phone-8\" target=\"_blank\">this is also an option for Windows Phone<\/a>.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Can anyone comment on this? Am I correct in thinking the above? Are there any popular middleware engines I should consider using if I do go down the C# route? I&#8217;ve only learned C# in the past month or so, and as such don&#8217;t know what is out there.<\/p>\n <p>Thanks so much!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/onegameamonth\/\" rel=\"tag\">OneGameAMonth<\/a><\/p>","time":"January 10th, 2013 1:56 pm","title":"Game Development in the MSFT World"}