Meeting Announcement for August 28th, 2013
Michael Cummings
Create a Windows 8 Game : "Honeycomb Rush" from Scratch
1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Enter on Main Street, sign in at the security desk and come up to the 4th floor.
It's been a few months since we've had a real meeting, so now that the summer is coming to an end I think that it's time we get things rolling again with the group.
This month we will have an INTERACTIVE meeting, meaning bring your laptop, Surface or tablet running Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, to build a full fledged game using Visual Studio 2012 and MonoGame (http://monogame.net).
The Honeycomb Rush game you will build is a single-player game in which the player collects honey from a set of honeycombs while avoiding the bees flying around the screen. If the player collects enough honey and returns it to a honey vat within the level's time limit, the game advances to the next level.
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial you will have:
• A high-level understanding of the MonoGame application model within the Windows 8 operating system
• Learned how to use resources (images, fonts, et cetera) in your game
• Learned how to add game logic
• Learned about 2D rendering in MonoGame
• Learned how to use touch and gesture input to control your game
• Learned how to write a performance intensive game
• Learned how to call an external web api to save and load information
Prerequisites
The following is required to complete this session:
• Windows 8 or 8.1
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and the Windows Phone 8 SDK, which will be used to compile the game assets.
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• Microsoft Visual C# Express 2012 for Windows 8 and the Windows Phone Developer Tools, which will be used to compile the game assets
• MonoGame : http://monogame.net
Kevin Gleason
Is Win8 an absolute? I'm running Win7 now...not enough?
Also, If I can get the equipment can I tape the meeting for my public access tv show On Your COmputer [with Kevin Gleason]? We are showing in 42 communities around the Bay state and 20 other stations in the US. The segment I'd be taping would be about 8-minutes after editing and would direct other like-minded gaming enthusiasts to your Meet-Up site (perhaps to RESTORE the group again).Check out my Videos and Promos link below for samples...
Kevin
Kevin M. Gleason, Owner - Host
Irish Cottage Productions
Public Profile on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kmgconsultinggroup
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