Transcript There has never been a better time to build a game that targets PC, tablets, phone and Xbox!

There has never been a better time to
build a game that targets PC, tablets,
phone and Xbox!
Today…
Microsoft Platform
Microsoft Games Platform
Graphics
Movies &
Cut Scenes
Game Input
Audio
Local
Services
Connected
Services
Tools
Direct3D
DirectX
Video
Pointer*
WASAPI
PLM*
Windows
Azure
Visual
Studio
Direct2D
Media
Foundation
Sensor API
XAudio2
AppData
Store
Install*
Asset
Viewers
Contracts
Xbox LIVE
Asset
Processors
WiFi Direct
Graphics
Debugging
HTML
XAML*
XInput
Demo
Visual
Studio
Universal
Projects
Fall Fury
Reduced cost: creating or porting
Comprehensive list at http://services.windowsstore.com
Demo
Unity 4 beta
for
Windows
Phone 8.1
Unity Summary
http://aka.ms/unitywp81beta
OSS technologies
Demo
Cocos2DX
ANGLE
Tooling
Project Templates
Compiler
Editor
Local & Remote Debugger
Simulators
Version Control
Image Editor
Model Editor
Shader Designer
Content Pipeline
Compile HLSL in VS
Graphics profiler
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Update2 brings:
Parity with PC, Windows Store, and
Windows Phone
Graphics Frame Analysis
Capture & Playback
Engaging Users
Demo
Screen
Recording
Screen Recorder Cost
CPU
GPU
Memory
16
Connected experiences
Store & Monetization
+116% YoY Apps
+115% YoY Downloads
+184% YoY MO revenue
Make GREAT games!!
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Coming Soon…
Developer wish-list
• Console-like API
• More control in their hands
• Eliminate overhead between my app and the GPU
• Predictability, consistency
• Advancing the state of the art rendering features
• Awesome tools to debug and profile
• Broad availability
What is Direct3D 12?
• More Direct than ever!
• Faster, More complex scenes
• Works across all Microsoft Platforms
• Conformance and consistency
• Supported by excellent tools
Looks good on PowerPoint, but…
DirectX 12 demo
There
has
never
been
a
better
time
to
build
a
game
"After a week of making small tweaks to the game, I released it in mid-December
and
the downloads
kept going
up and
up, with overphone
150 thousandand
in the first
month.“
that
targets
PC,
tablets,
Xbox!
Richard Hawkins, Wilson’s adventure
“[we] were very surprised at the download numbers from the Microsoft platforms, which had almost 50%
of downloads across all platforms we released on”,
COGG games, Santa’s Super Sledge.
"Sales of Reindeer Round-Up were strongest on Windows Phone 8 with over 10,000 downloads in 8 days,
and the reaction from the community and the people playing the game has been fantastic“,
Christian West, Reindeer Round-up
Source: Three indie developers that attended our Unity portathon weekend event
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/developers/articles/week01mar14/porting-to-windows-with-unity-three-game-developers-tell-all
For more info..
Thank You!
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