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At our recent #WinPhoneWeek event Simon Jackson talked about game development. Here are his top links to related resources: Monster Link of FREE resources – http://darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/monster-set-of-free-resources-for-game-design/ 3D MS samples for Windows Phone – http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpapps/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Topic&f%5B0%5D.Value=Graphics%20and%203D Nokia developer samples – http://developer.nokia.com/Develop/Windows_Phone/Code_examples/ CodeProject.com Games … Continue reading →

I know for some of you it seems like things have been very quiet since our last meeting. Don’t worry, we’ve been keeping busy though. On October 30th we’re hosting the final leg of the global WinPhoneWeek series of events. … Continue reading →

This Thursday (Oct 24th) Microsoft are hosting an evening event for app developers not currently working on the Microsoft platform. The aim is to provide an introduction (or “Hello”) to Windows Phone, Tablet development and powering apps with Azure cloud … Continue reading →

You may have heard that some Windows Phone Development MVPs around the world are running community led Windows Phone development training days in October. (Originally they were all going to be in the same week but the number of events … Continue reading →

The Future Cities hackathon, that we mentioned the other day, has a new sponsor. Nokia. As part of their sponsorship they’re now offering 4 Lumia 1020 devices as part of the prize pool (which also include books, conference passes and … Continue reading →

On October 21st the new London Axure Meetup group are having a meeting with a focus on prototyping for Windows Phone 8. More details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/Axure-London-Meetup/events/138722292/ The group is organised by Sandra Sears (who some of you will know … Continue reading →

UKWAUG are running another hackathon called “Future Cities” on the 5th and 6th October in London. This event will be attended by Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Westminster City Council, Future Cities Catapult (part of the Technology Strategy Board). There will be … Continue reading →

Jobs, we all need them and it’s almost always preferable to have one doing something you enjoy. Many of you work with Windows Phone full time and we know that a lot of you would like to. We’re also aware … Continue reading →

Updating your app benefits everyone. The more you work on it, the better the experience becomes. By extension, the people that download your apps will be happier, too, because they will see all of the work you are doing. If … Continue reading →

If you’re in London (as I know a lot of you are) tomorrow (Thursday) night and fancy meeting with others interested in Windows Phone, head on over to Imbibe from 7. Why not come on down for a drink and … Continue reading →