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Jason94
Jason94

Reputation: 13610

I can't create a XAML/DirectX app in C# for Windows 8?

I'm developing a game for Windows Phone 8, and since I know C# ALOT better then C++ I picked

"Windows Phone XAML and Direct3D App" since XNA is dead. But in addition to my windows phone app I would like to make a windows 8 app for win8 and win8 rt.

I've just installed VS Express for Windows 8, but I cant find this project template for Windows 8 in the C# section. The ones i have are:

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1818

Answers (2)

chue x
chue x

Reputation: 18803

You can use Monogame to write C#/XNA games for Windows Runtime/ Windows Phone 8. Monogame is an open source implementation of XNA, and uses SharpDX under the hood to target Windows.

Note that Monogame isn't yet feature complete and is missing things like the content pipeline. There are however, workarounds for this.

Upvotes: 0

Jennifer Marsman - MSFT
Jennifer Marsman - MSFT

Reputation: 5225

The 3 XAML templates that you listed are the ones that exist for doing XAML with C#. To do DirectX with C#, there are no templates (there are only DirectX templates for C++). The way to get around this is to use SharpDX, which will allow you to use C# and DirectX together. Here are some links to get you started:

Upvotes: 1

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