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EVERY team at this Global Game
Jam site who creates a Windows
Phone game this weekend, will
receive a Windows Phone
http://facebook.com/MicrosoftTechStudent
There are lots of resources and links in this presentation. You can view this presentation online at:
http://slidesha.re/MSFTGGJ12
The Imagine Cup
What is the Imagine Cup?
Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.
Compete in the US competition for a shot at the US Finals. Compete in the World Wide competition for chance to represent the US in Sydney, Australia!
Create 1 game for Global Game Jam AND Imagine Cup!
Poverty + Hunger Maternal Health
Universal Education Combat AIDS/HIV
Gender Equality
Environmental Sustainability
Child Health
Global Partnership
Get Inspired!
Look to the UN Millennium Goals:
Multi-level , single player, 3D or 2D, XBox360, Windows, or Windows Phone, it’s up to you. Everybody wins with games that solve critical issues.
1 Register at www.imaginecup.us AND www.imaginecup.com, select Game Design, and create your team. Design a project to help ‘solve the world’s toughest problems.’ Use Visual Studio to build an XNA-based or Silverlight-based game.
Submit the following items before the deadlines:
US Finals | April 2012 Present projects to a judging panel, meet recruiters from Microsoft and other tech companies, participate in workshops, and have fun!
WW Finals | July 2012, Australia Submit to the worldwide competition for the chance to go to Australia and represent the US in the Imagine Cup WW Finals
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Round 1 2/14 Game storyboard
Round 2 3/13 Game demo, playable game app, summary + instructions
spring
Game Design
“Imagine Cup was a real ramp up to success for me. It helped distinguish me from other candidates at the end of my studies.”
Feedback Take advantage of these (free!) resources to get your project done:
You can always contact us if you need some extra help ([email protected])
Resources
Free Software DreamSpark.com
App Hub create.msdn.com
Code http://bit.ly/WPQuickStart http://bit.ly/WPCodeSamples
“The programmers have learned more than they ever would as normal students and they both have part-time jobs as a result from their Imagine Cup entry.”
“I will always remember the awesome diversity of solutions from different countries that you can see at the Worldwide Finals. Just incredible!”
“The Imagine Cup has been a true ramp up for my career, and overall it was a very fulfilling experience.”
“You can only came away from the experience with positive feelings”
ETRO
METRO IS OUR DESIGN
LANGUAGE. WE CALL IT
METRO BECAUSE IT’S
MODERN AND CLEAN. IT’S
FAST AND IN MOTION. IT’S
ABOUT CONTENT AND
TYPOGRAPHY. AND IT’S
ENTIRELY AUTHENTIC.
Principles
Clean, Light, Open, Fast
Celebrate Typography
Alive in Motion
Content, Not Chrome
Authentically Digital
Resources
SDK: http://create.msdn.com
Code (case-sensitive):
http://bit.ly/WPQuickStart
http://bit.ly/WPCodeSamples
http://bit.ly/WPGameDev
http://bit.ly/WP7trainingkit
http://bit.ly/wp7mangotraining
Students: dreamspark.com
What is DreamSpark? o DreamSpark provides free Microsoft software to verified
students around the world for FREE!
Who is eligible for DreamSpark? o All part-time and full-time students are entitled to DreamSpark software
What software can they get from DreamSpark? o Free App Hub account for Windows Phone 7 Marketplace
o One year free subscription to XNA Creators Club
o Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, Windows Server, SQL Server
o 90 days of free Pluralsight training
www.dreamspark.com to register
Quick Recap
Free dev tools
Free phones
Enter three competitions with one game!
Global Game Jam
Imagine Cup
You’ve Got Game
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Remember…
EVERY team at this Global Game
Jam site who creates a Windows
Phone game this weekend, will
receive a Windows Phone
