Month: March 2017

A long time agoat, in a galaxy far far away, a colony was in turmoil. It is a period of sci-fi oversaturation. Terrifying enemies, striking from a hidden base, stalk a brave goat to new horizons. After the epic chase, the human settlers of a nearby colony managed to secure access to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, Pilgor, a fearless space-goat with enough raw headbutt power to destroy an entire planet. Or save an entire colony. The time is now, young padawan. Without your help the colony falls into chaos. We’re not the high-tech space power we used to be. Just… Continue reading Goat Simulator: Waste of Space Available Now for Xbox One→

I always wanted to make a fast-paced, skill-based retro shooter with no easy mode — an equivalent of Doom in 2D. For me, Doom is one of the most-important franchises of all-time: it forged the first-person shooter genre into what it is today, helped to mold me as a player, and inspired me to become a game developer. Butcher is the result of this ambition and sentiment. Butcher retains the spirit of those 90s hits we all loved. It’s hardcore, letting you release your inner artist to paint the walls with blood — up to 4 million pixels are available… Continue reading The Skill-Based Carnage of Butcher Is Coming Soon to Xbox One→

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Dean Ellis, Developer at Microsoft and MonoGame contributor/evengelist, who introduces us to the cross-platform and open source game framework, MonoGame. Dean walks us through how MonoGame took everythin… Continue reading Episode 19: MonoGame – Write Once, Play Everywhere with Dean Ellis | The Xamarin Show→

Last year, Peter Foot, posted a Surface Dial project and tip that I’ve been wanted to share with you for a while now…

First, a tip and trick.

Simulate the Surface Dial

“The Surface Dial, and the RadialController API provide an interesting new input metaphor. You may have some ideas of how you could use it but don’t actually have the hardware. Since I tried creating an Etch-a-Sketch app using the dial I was thinking about how to implement a second dial.

Most of us already have a mouse with a central wheel. I decided that for the purposes of prototyping apps for the dial, or to implement a second dial-like device I could create an API around that wheel. There are a few limitations but the basic functionality is the same. The SimulatedRadialController class was born and after a few tweaks to adjust for the fact the mouse wheel reports movement in large steps (30 degrees in my testing) so I reduced this down to perform smaller movements.

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The next is simulating a toy we all loved at one point in time….

Building an Etch-a-Sketch with Surface Dial

“Microsoft have demonstrated how the Surface Dial can be used in conjunction with Pen input for drawing, but what about drawing with the Dial itself?

For those of us with warm memories of the Etch-a-Sketch I thought it would be fun to replicate the experience with the Surface Dial. Now of course there is a big caveat – you only have a single Dial to use at a time. This can be worked around by using the Click functionality of the Dial – Tapping the top of the dial switches between horizontal and vertical drawing.

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The wait is over. The twists and turns of the road to the Halo World Championship 2017 Finals have all lead to this moment, where 12 of the world’s greatest Halo teams will vie for greatness, glory and a million-dollar payout. Will OpTic Gaming continue their dominance and give each of their squad members a second-straight championship? Will an international team shock the world with a top finish? The answers to these questions, and many, many more, lie in the midst of the incredible action that will unfold this weekend in sunny California. We’ve got everything you need to wrap… Continue reading The World’s Best Halo Teams Compete this Weekend at Halo World Championship 2017→

In February, we announced that our Microsoft Data Insights Summit will return for the second year, and invited you to register and join us June 12-13, 2017 in Seattle, WA. This is THE user conference for Excel, Power BI, SQL Server BI, PowerApps, and F… Continue reading The Microsoft Data Insights Summit is back – check out our full session catalog today!→

Ian Butcher, owner of a small architectural firm, relies on Microsoft Excel to plan and track costs for each project. Ian and his team create materials and fixture schedules in Excel—lengthy, detailed lists of the items needed and associated costs—for each building project.

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On May 16, 2017, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Jeff Teper will unveil the latest OneDrive and SharePoint innovations and show how industry-leading customers are leveraging these technologies to build their connected workplace.

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