Center of ExcellencePRESENTS:

“Fun with Visual Studio!”Shahed Chowdhuri, Sr. Consultant

Tools & Technologies

1. UI Design: predicting human behavior2. Product Backlog vs Artificial Deadlines3. Scrum, especially in lone-wolf projects4. Re-using existing code: refactor or not?5. Targeting multiple platforms and screen sizes…

Agenda

…6. Memory allocation and code optimization7. Publishing to consumer devices8. Work-life balance9. User feedback10. Playable demo!

Agenda

1. UI DesignHUD in “safe area”

Focus on primary user action

Special items

2. Backlog vs Deadlines

3. Scrum & Lone-Wolf

4. Refactoring Old Code

Refactoring vs. Rewrite

5. Target platformsHDTV via Xbox 360 console

Windows

6. Optimization

7. Consumer Devices

8. Work-Life Balance

9. User Feedback: Good

The Good

9. User Feedback: Bad

The Bad

“I'm sure by now my readers are wondering if I would buy this game, and to be honest I'd have to say that I'd skip it.”

“The game is colourful and cheap and does feature a very good background song but there is nothing much to the game and could have done with having more of a platforming puzzle element to it.”

9. User Feedback: Ugly

The Ugly

#Twitter Feud!!!

Curious

Demanding

Angry

Calm

Helpful

* Anonymous Ratings

Anonymous ratings from Xbox Marketplace on XboxIndies.com

10. Review + Demohttp://youtu.be/Vd3zgcSz4KY

* Business Intelligence• Measuring Sales and Performance• Spotting Trends• Pricing and Competition• Making Better Business Decisions• Learning From Past Success (and Mistakes)

* Community• XBLIG Sales Data Analyzer

• XNA Basic Starter Kit

• Platformer Level Editor