Chan Wen Ting

Wen Ting is a Tech Evangelist Intern at Microsoft Singapore. He has tried iOS and Android development and is now getting his hands full on Windows Phone development. Having experience in games development, he enjoyed creating games and can’t wait for you to play his games one day.

UnityVS: Visual Studio as an alternative for developing Unity Games

What is UnityVS? Building a Unity Game but looking for an alternative IDE to develop in? Look no further as UnityVS might be a solution for you. Developing games on the Unity Game Engine has traditionally restricted developers to just Monodevelop IDE. Recently, the creator of UnityVS, SyntaxTree, was acquired by Microsoft and together that had improved on UnityVS to provide an alternative development environment to game developers. UnityVS enables Unity developers to take advantage of the productivity of Visual Studio to code and debug their Unity applications in a more sophisticated C# development environment. It can support Visual Studio 2010 and newer versions. To learn more about Unity Game Engine, do visit Unity website at https://unity3d.com/ ...

No more yearly renewal for Windows Developer Center accounts

Always thinking whether it is a good time to consider investing in Windows or Windows Phone development? Now you have an extra incentive for jumping on the bandwagon. Starting this week, developers do not have to renew their subscription for the Windows Developer Center. Previously Windows Developer Center requires developers to pay USD19 every year to continue publishing apps on the Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store. Now, only a one-time payment during registration is needed when new developers sign up for the program. For more information, you can check out the Windows’s Blog. If you are interested to find out more about how to develop for Windows or Windows Phone, you may want to check out Microsoft Virtual Academy. There is a loads of tutorials and courses to make your development easier! Don’t hesitate to leave a comment below about what you think!

Promo: Syncfusion Essential Studio for Windows Phone

Love to build mobile applications but lacking the time to develop the components you need? Take a look at Essential Studio for Windows Phone 8 by Syncfusion. For just $1 (original price of $99), create your application with a beautiful UI quickly. What is Essential Studio? Essential Studio for Windows Phone 8 provides all the controls necessary to build complete line of business applications for the phone. The wide selection of controls available let you push the limits of the scope of enterprise applications that can be build on a phone. ...

Unity Contest for Windows and Windows Phone

If you are a developer with Unity, or have plans to make your own game title, don’t miss this challenge! Win up to USD50,000 if you port or submit your game to the Windows Store and/or Windows Phone Store. Benefits: Free publishing to the Windows Store and Windows Phone Stand a chance to win cash prizes or a Unity Pro license What will the games be judged on? Who should join? ...