MSDN App Education

Our first video is about taking an existing XNA game, and modifying it to leverage our new Silverlight / XNA integration enabled by Windows Phone SDK 7.1.

This is the second in a series of videos that will detail how to add Windows Phone SDK 7.1 functionality to an existing Windows Phone application, step by step.

This is the third in a series of videos that will detail how to add Windows Phone SDK 7.1 functionality to an existing Windows Phone application, step by step.

This article will help developers make an informed decision when choosing between the two.

This sample shows how to manage the transitions among menus and gameplay states.

This sample provides an implementation and demonstration of a GameComponent system for use in games leveraging Silverlight and the XNA Framework.

This sample shows a very basic game written on top of the new Silverlight/XNA Framework application model.

This sample showcases a complex application built on top of the integrated Silverlight/XNA Framework application model.

This document provides basic guidance about developing games in Visual Basic with XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh.

This document explains why and how to move your Windows Phone game to an architecture that integrates Silverlight with the XNA Framework.

This document aims to call out a few of the changes in Windows Phone OS 7.1 and Windows Phone Developer Tools that affect game developers.

Offers guidance for common Windows Phone development tasks.

Jesse Liberty's "Windows Phone from Scratch" tutorials.

There are differences between the Internet Explorer desktop browser and Internet Explorer Mobile.

Developers can access the Assisted GPS (aGPS) feature in all Windows Phone 7 devices to build mapping and other interactive apps.

This library provides an easy way for sending all three kinds of push notification messages currently supported by Microsoft Push Notification Services.

This is a complete gesture-based game for Windows Phone.

This sample demonstrates how to develop a dynamic user interface, which can be layed out in code or in xml, or a combination of both.

This sample expands on the Bing Maps sample by using road data to allow a tank to travel to markers while driving on the roads.

This sample implements and demonstrates the usage of BackgroundMusicManager, a class that helps your Windows Phone 7 game play music and reliably respond to external events that affect music playback.