1. Developing Windows 10 Games with Construct 2
Shahed Chowdhuri | Senior Technical Evangelist
James Quick | Technical Evangelist

2. Meet James Quick| ‏@jamesqquick
Technical Evangelist - Mobile and Cloud
Windows, Android, IOS, Xamarin, and 2D Games
Azure App Services
Background
Co-Admin of “Construct 2 Devs” Facebook group – 3,000+ members
Published games through Construct 2
Frequent speaker on Windows 10 UWP and Azure App Services
Online

3. Meet Shahed Chowdhuri | @shahedc
Sr. Technical Evangelist, East Coast
Works with students, indie developers, startups
Focuses on DC, MD, VA and beyond
Indie Dev Background
Games published on Windows Store, Windows Phone, Xbox 360
Dev tools published for Xbox 360 developers
Founder/admin of FB game dev groups (Xbox One, Unity, Construct 2, HoloLens)
Online
Blog:
Meetup:

4. Course Topics Construct 2 with Windows 10
01 | What’s New with Windows 10 and Azure
02 | Input and Controllers
03 | Exporting and Ads
04 | Hosting with Web Apps and Publishing

5. Setting Expectations Target Audience
Some background in Construct 2
Familiarity with SAAS Cloud Services
Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material
MVA 1 – Building Games with Construct 2
MVA 2 – Advanced Game Development with Construct 2

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7. Recommended Resources
Construct 2 Resource Lists
James Quick’s Blog -
Facebook:
Demo Projects
Platformer:
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8. 01 | What’s New With Windows 10 and Azure
Shahed Chowdhuri| Senior Technical Evangelist
James Quick| Technical Evangelist

9. Module Overview Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Azure App Services
Leaderboards in Azure Mobile Apps

10. Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

11. The convergence journey
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Unified core and app platform
Converged
OS kernel
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 8
Converged
app model
Windows Phone 8.1
Windows Phone 8
Easy for users to get & stay current
Windows Phone 7.5
Windows on Devices

12. UWP UWP UWP UWP Windows Core Windows Core Windows Core Windows Core
Desktop
Mobile
Xbox
More…

13. Multiple device familiesPC
XBox
Mobile
Surface Hub
Devices +IoT
HoloLens
Universal Apps
Multiple device families
Adaptive User Interface
Reuse Existing Code
One Store + One Dev Center
Natural User Inputs
One SDK + Tooling
One Universal Windows Platform

14. Universal Windows Platform
C++
.Net
languages
MFC WF
WPF
runtime
Universal Windows Platform
WWA
C++
& CX
.Net
languages
HTML
DirectX
XAML
Windows 10
operating system

15. Universal Windows Platform
A single API surface
A guaranteed API surface
The same on all devices
Phone
Device
Xbox
Desktop
Windows Core
Universal Windows Platform

16. Universal Windows Platform
Windows app
A package on any device
Test for Capabilities
Adjust to Device
Phone
Device
Xbox
Desktop
Windows Core
Universal Windows Platform
Windows App

17. Visual Studio 2015 Editions
Enterprise
Architecture Modelling, Diagnostics, VSO/ALM & Release Management
Professional
Architecture Validation, VSO/ALM & Feedback Management
Community Editions
Visual Studio Professional Edition

18. dev.windows.com

19. Universal Windows Platform
One Operating System
One Windows core for all devices
One App Platform
Apps run across every family
One Dev Center
Single submission flow and dashboard
One Store
Global reach, local monetization Consumers, Business & Education

20. Azure App Service

21. Azure App Service Build and scale great cloud apps
Web Apps
Mobile Apps
Logic Apps
API Apps

22. Benefits of App Services
Automatic OS patching
Enterprise-grade security
High availability
Automated scale out/in
Built-in load balancing
Supports many languages and platforms
.NET, Node.js, Python, Ruby and many more
Easy continuous deployment
Continuous delivery from third-party source control providers
Built-in Git repo
Benefits of App Services

23. Web Apps Logic Apps Mobile Apps API Apps http SQL Administration App
Customer site
Order Completed
Customer App
http
SQL
API Apps

24. Conceptual Model Conceptual Model App Service Plan App Service Plan
App Service App
App Service App
App Service App
App Service App
App Service App
App Service App
SKU: Premium (# of sites, storage, slots…)
Compute Resource: P4 ( 8 cores, 14 GB memory)
Scale: 8
SKU: # of sites, storage, slots…
Compute Resource: cores, memory
Scale: number of instances
Note: For App Service Environment the SKU will always be Premium

25. CI with GitHub, BitBucket, VSO Site slots for staged deployments
Full capability set available including:
.NET, Node.js, Java, PHP, and Python
Integrated VS
CI with GitHub, BitBucket, VSO
Site slots for staged deployments
Web Apps
Web apps run as-is
no changes required

26. Visual Studio + App Service Web Apps
Create Azure Resources during File / New
Create Web App during deploy
Manage with Server Explorer

27. Dozens of built-in APIs for popular SaaS
Easily use cloud or custom APIs:
Dozens of built-in APIs for popular SaaS
Create and publish custom, reusable APIs
Visual Studio Integrations
Automatic client SDK and Swagger generation for many languages
Api Apps
Create, consume and
host APIs more easily

28. Consuming API Apps API Apps expose HTTP services
Metadata is exposed using Swagger 2.0 metadata
JSON file
Widely supported
Client applications

29. No code designer for rapid creation
New Logic Apps for easy automation
No code designer for rapid creation
Dozens of pre-built templates to get started
Out of box support for popular SaaS and on-premises apps
Use with custom API apps of your own
LOGIC Apps
Automate SaaS and
on-premises systems

30. Mobile Apps

31. Azure Mobile Apps
Storage
Authentication
Logic
Push
Scheduler

32. Custom API Non-table based endpoints Accessible from GET POST PUT
PATCH
DELETE
For node.js logic in scripts like table endpoints
For .NET delivered through a WebAPI
Expose any functionality you want
Custom API

33. Leaderboards in Azure Mobile Apps

34. JSON To C2 Array

35. Adding Leaderboard in Azure Apps

36. 02 | Input and Controllers
Shahed Chowdhuri| Senior Technical Evangelist
James Quick| Technical Evangelist

37. Module Overview Input and Controllers Input Overview Touch Controls
Xbox One Controller

38. Input Overview

39. Input Overview
Input methods
Gamepad
Keyboard
Mouse
Touch

40. Input Overview

41. Gamepad Overview

42. Keyboard Overview

43. Mouse Overview

44. Touch Overview

45. Touch Controls

46. Touch Controls Invisible sprites on parts of screen
Virtual gamepad buttons

47. Touch Areas

48. Touch Areas

49. Touch Buttons

50. Touch Buttons

51. Xbox One Controller

52. Xbox One Controller Gamepad Detection Gamepad Usage
Multiple Controllers

53. Wired or Wireless

54. Gamepad Detection

55. Gamepad Usage

56. Multiple Controllers

57. Gamepad Controls

58. Gamepad Controls

59. Multiple Controllers

60. Multiple Controllers

61. 03 | Exporting and Ads Shahed Chowdhuri| Senior Technical Evangelist
James Quick| Technical Evangelist

62. Module Overview Exporting and Ads Exporting to UWP for Windows 10
Universal Ad Client SDK
Adding Ads

63. Exporting to UWP for Windows 10

64. Exporting to UWP for Windows 10
Enable Developer Mode
Enter Game Details
Export to Windows 10 Universal format

65. Enable Developer Mode Search for “developer mode”
or “developer features”
Enable “Developer mode” option

66. Enter Game Details

67. Export to Windows 10 Universal Format
Click “Export Project”
Select “Windows Store”

68. Export (continued) Enter (or browse to) a location… Click Export
Select Windows 10 Universal as Target…
Click Export

69. Exporting to UWP for Windows 10

70. Universal Ad Client SDK

71. It all starts with…

72. dev.windows.com

73. Universal Ad Client SDK

74. HTML/Javascript Support

75. Adding Ads

76. Adding Reference to the Javascript SDK

77. Add ad.js Reference

78. Body

79. Replace appId and adUnitId

80. Adding Ads

81. 04 | Hosting as Web Apps and Publishing
Shahed Chowdhuri| Senior Technical Evangelist
James Quick| Technical Evangelist

82. Module Overview Hosting as Web Apps and Publishing Hosting as Web App
Publishing to the Windows Store

83. Hosting as Web Apps

84. CI with GitHub, BitBucket, VSO Site slots for staged deployments
Full capability set available including:
.NET, Node.js, Java, PHP, and Python
Integrated VS
CI with GitHub, BitBucket, VSO
Site slots for staged deployments
Web Apps
Web apps run as-is
no changes required

85. Visual Studio + App Service Web Apps
Create Azure Resources during File / New
Create Web App during deploy
Manage with Server Explorer

86. Creating Azure Web App in Portal

87. Publishing with Visual Studio

88. Publishing with Github

89. Publishing to the Windows Store

90. Publishing to the Windows Store
Open in Visual Studio
Associate with Store App and Add Images
Create Packages and Publish to Windows Store

91. Open in Visual Studio

92. Optional: Fix Manifest File
Right-click to
View Code (F7)

93. Associate with Store App
Right-click project in Solution Explorer
then click
Store  Associate App with the Store
in popup menu

94. Add Required Images
Identify placeholder
images to replace

95. Add Required Images (continued)

96. Run WACK to Create Packages
Right-click project in Solution Explorer
then click
Store  Create App
Packages…
in popup menu

97. Run WACK (continued) Step through dialogs, then launch WACK
If FAILED, fix issues and repeat.
If PASSED, proceed to next step.

98. Publish to Windows Store
Go to
Dashboard
dev.windows.com

99. Publishing to the Windows Store