Introduction to Game Development with Windows 8 Store Apps – Greg Levenhagen

Abstract

Come join us for an Intro to Game Dev with Win8 Store Apps. During this meeting, Greg Levenhagen will discuss the various approaches you can use to get started with making games in Windows 8. There are several 3rd party solutions to help you out or you can do it all yourself. Greg will wrap up with a walk-through of a C++, XAML and DirectX solution to show you the full picture.

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Bio

Greg Levenhagen is a Microsoft MVP in Client Development and works as a senior software engineer consultant for Skyline Technologies. He has a great passion for giving back to the community, teaching and has worked on a diverse set of platforms using many different tools. He is a true enthusiast of computer science, with interests including mobile, web, architecture, parallel, testing, agile, UX, 3D/games, languages and more. Greg is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Board member of ThatConference.com, Board member of the Northeast Wisconsin Developer Users Group, co-founder of the Northeast WI Agile Users Group, INETA speaker, IEEE and ACM member. You can find Greg at http://greglevenhagen.comhttp://devtreats.com and @GregLevenhagen.