Saturday, December 7, 2013

windows 8 dev

windows 8 UX design

Direct X

1) Getting started on direct X:
Start from this page
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh452744.aspx
related blog post
Getting Started

2) I installed
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/WDC-DirectX-game-learning-7cf9bdce
which create direct X template in visual studio 2013 for Windows (not desktop)
The template contain sample on best practices to create direct X game

3)series tutorial from microsoft on direct x 11. here
Tutorial 1: Direct3D 11 Basics
Tutorial 2: Rendering a Triangle
Tutorial 3: Shaders and Effect System
Tutorial 4: 3D Spaces
Tutorial 5: 3D Transformation
Tutorial 6: Lighting
Tutorial 7: Texture Mapping and Constant Buffers


   List of sample related to direct x 11 from microsoft site here
4) official entry point tutorial for direct x here

5) video series from channel 9 (unfortunately they are using C++ CX not native C++)
Intro to cpp cx and direct x gamedev