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Ian
Ian

Reputation: 4909

Windows Phone 8 game development

I'm installing the SDK for WP8 now and have a few questions. XNA seems to be supported but only in a legacy mode. So for game stuff I assume you have a choice of XAML based,... what, is it Silverlight still? And if the game is 3D or graphically intensive then it's C++ and Direct X?

Is there an option of C# with managed Direct X for gaming in there?

Or some XAML + DirectX mix?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1597

Answers (1)

Claus Jørgensen
Claus Jørgensen

Reputation: 26347

Is there an option of C# with managed Direct X for gaming in there?

No. (Or well, SharpDX is now available for WP8)

Or some XAML + DirectX mix?

You wouldn't want to go down that path. Stick to DirectX and C++ if you want to create a game. Silverlight forces 60 FPS which is horrendous for battery life, and makes the devices incredible hot if used for rendering games or video.

Upvotes: 5

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