Monthly Archives: July 2008

Won the First Prize!

Silverlight 2 ContestAs I created my latest Silverlight 2 game I read about the contest “Write and Win”, organized by Michael Sync and sponsored by SilverlightShow.net and Steven Hong. I decided to write a simple article, describing the whole process of creating my game: what kind of problems I have encountered, how I have solved them, what techniques I have used, etc.

The contest was closed on 25.07.2008 and then the voting began. It has been two days of voting when on 27.07.2008 the contest was finally over! I was very surprised when Michael Sync published the final results – I won the first prize! I am very happy that people liked my article and voted for me! I am a great fan of Silverlight and I like this way of attracting users to try it. Continue Reading…

Creating a Silverlight game

I am a great fan of Silverlight. I have never liked 1.0, but when version 2.0 was released I was amazed. I created a few solitaire games. Now I decided to create a new game and to describe the problems I have encountered to you. First I decided to write an article about creating a Silverlight application for Facebook. But subsequently I decided to divide the article in two parts – creating a Silverlight application, which is a game in this occasion, and integrating it in Facebook.

I am going to create a game, called Cows & Bulls. You play that game for time. It supports a list of all players and their time. Continue Reading…