Welcome to Silverlight Games 101

On April 30, 2007, Microsoft announced Silverlight 1.1 which I feel will change web development forever. Silverlight 1.1 allows developers to create rich cross-browser and cross-platform web applications using managed code such as C#.

This blog will focus on topics related to developing Silverlight games in managed code. Since I am most comfortable with C#, all sample code will be in C# format, but it could be written in any managed language including VB.Net and even IronPython.

Even though we will focus on game development here, many of the concepts will be useful to non-gaming applications.

Please be aware that Silverlight 1.1 is currently an Alpha release meaning interfaces, class definitions, and pretty much anything else can change before the official release. I will do my best to make sure that the code samples here remain up to datw with the latest version of Silverlight.

Bill Reiss

Published Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:48 PM by Bill Reiss
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# re: Welcome to Silverlight Games 101

Here we go, the first post on your blog at the first post on your blog. I'm going to read every single post and get up to speed to your methodology in the Silverlight gaming environment, here we go!

Monday, July 16, 2007 5:34 PM by Ryan.Keeter

# re: Welcome to Silverlight Games 101

Ryan, hope you enjoy it. I've been very stressed for time lately so I haven't posted in a while but more to come soon!

Monday, July 16, 2007 5:39 PM by Bill Reiss

# re: Welcome to Silverlight Games 101

Yes, I can't wait to learn how to do this!! I want to be a game programmer or developer when I grow up and this is definitely going to help get a step into the right direction. Thanks!!

Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:12 PM by gamerpsp360