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Windows Store Games with the Platformer Game Starter Kit

Learn how to build games for Windows 8 using the Platform Game Starter Kit and JavaScript.

Intermediate
2h 33m
(37)

Created by Laurence Moroney

Last Updated Apr 17, 2019

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Windows Store Games with the Platformer Game Starter Kit

Learn how to build games for Windows 8 using the Platform Game Starter Kit and JavaScript.

Intermediate
2h 33m
(37)

Created by Laurence Moroney

Last Updated Apr 17, 2019

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This course will teach you, the first principles of how to build platform style games using the Platform Game Starter Kit, and the underlying Jaws.Js, Howler.Js, Tween.JS and Ludus libraries. The starter kit gives you an on-rails approach to platform game development, so you can get up and running quickly with building your own game, and using JavaScript you can easily customize the existing games or start your own from scratch.

Windows Store Games with the Platformer Game Starter Kit
Intermediate
2h 33m
(37)
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Laurence Moroney - Pluralsight course - Windows Store Games with the Platformer Game Starter Kit
Laurence Moroney
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Laurence Moroney is a freelance mobile, desktop and cloud developer based in the Seattle area. As the author of over 20 books, and hundreds of published articles, he has broad knowledge in all development areas, including Microsoft, Google and Apple development environments.

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