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Vistual Studio: First steps

Goals Compile and run cocos2d-x tests on the emulator Set a breakpoint in Visual Studio. Running cpp-test on the Emulator 1. Download cocos2d-x v3.0 2. Unzip it and then go to cocos2d-x/build directory $ cd cocos2d-x/build 3. Open cocos2d-wp8.vc2012.sln with Visual Studio $ start cocos2d-wp8.vc2012.sln 4. Set cpp-tests (Windows Phone Silverlight 8) as the defaultContinue reading “Vistual Studio: First steps”

Comparing prices

Let’s compare some prices. iOS: Xcode is free You have to pay $99 per year in order to submit games to the AppStore. Android: The SDK and NDK are free There is a $25 one-time-only fee in order to submit games to Google Play Windows Phone 8: VS Express 2013 and Windows Phone 8 SDKContinue reading “Comparing prices”

Installing Visual Studio

So, by now you should have Windows 8.1 up and running. The next thing is to install the Windows Phone SDK. A few days ago I tried the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK (it comes with Visual Studio Express 2012) and it works OK. But VS 2013 Update 2 RC (announced 2 days ago) already comesContinue reading “Installing Visual Studio”