Presentation given at Global Game Jam 2012 from Microsoft.

1. Microsoft &
Global Game Jam
Ed Donahue | ed.donahue@microsoft.com | @creepyed | creepyed.com

2. EVERY team at this Global Game
Jam site who creates a Windows
Phone game this weekend, will
receive a Windows Phone

3. http://facebook.com/MicrosoftTechStudent

4.  There are lots of resources and links in this
presentation. You can view this presentation online at:
http://slidesha.re/MSFTGGJ12

5. The Imagine Cup

6. What is the Imagine Cup?
Imagine a world where technology helps solve the
toughest problems.
Compete in the US competition for a shot at the US
Finals. Compete in the World Wide competition for
chance to represent the US in Sydney, Australia!
Create 1 game for Global Game Jam AND Imagine Cup!

7. Get Inspired!
Look to the UN Millennium Goals:
Environmental
Child Health Combat AIDS/HIV Sustainability
Universal Education
Maternal Health Gender Equality Poverty + Hunger Global Partnership

8. Game Design
Multi-level , single player, 3D or 2D, XBox360, Windows, or Windows Phone, it’s up to
you. Everybody wins with games that solve critical issues.
1 Register at www.imaginecup.us AND www.imaginecup.com, select Game Design, and create
your team.
2 Design a project to help ‘solve the world’s toughest problems.’ Use Visual
Studio to build an XNA-based or Silverlight-based game.
3 Submit the following items before the deadlines:
spring
Round 1 2/14 Game storyboard
Round 2 3/13 Game demo, playable game app, summary + instructions
US Finals | April 2012
4 Present projects to a judging panel, meet recruiters from Microsoft and other tech
companies, participate in workshops, and have fun!
5 WW Finals | July 2012, Australia
Submit to the worldwide competition for the chance to go to Australia and represent the US in
the Imagine Cup WW Finals

9. Feedback “You can only
came away from Resources
the experience Take advantage of these (free!)
with positive
resources to get your project done:
“The programmers feelings”
have learned more
than they ever “The Imagine Cup has Free Software
been a true ramp up for DreamSpark.com
would as normal
students and they my career, and overall it
both have part-time was a very fulfilling App Hub
jobs as a result from experience.” create.msdn.com
their Imagine Cup “I will always
entry.” remember the Code
awesome diversity http://bit.ly/WPQuickStart
of solutions from http://bit.ly/WPCodeSamples
“Imagine Cup was a real
ramp up to success for different countries
me. It helped distinguish that you can see at You can always contact us if
me from other the Worldwide you need some extra help
candidates at the end of Finals. Just (ed.donahue@microsoft.com)
my studies.” incredible!”

11. METRO IS OUR DESIGN
ETRO
LANGUAGE. WE CALL IT
METRO BECAUSE IT’S
MODERN AND CLEAN. IT’S
FAST AND IN MOTION. IT’S
ABOUT CONTENT AND
TYPOGRAPHY. AND IT’S
ENTIRELY AUTHENTIC.

12. Principles
Clean, Light, Open, Fast
Celebrate Typography
Alive in Motion
Content, Not Chrome
Authentically Digital

13. Resources
 SDK: http://create.msdn.com
 Code (case-sensitive):
 http://bit.ly/WPQuickStart
 http://bit.ly/WPCodeSamples
 http://bit.ly/WPGameDev
 http://bit.ly/WP7trainingkit
 http://bit.ly/wp7mangotraining
 Students: dreamspark.com

15. What is DreamSpark?
o DreamSpark provides free Microsoft software to verified
students around the world for FREE!
Who is eligible for DreamSpark?
o All part-time and full-time students are entitled to DreamSpark software
What software can they get from DreamSpark?
o Free App Hub account for Windows Phone 7 Marketplace
o One year free subscription to XNA Creators Club
o Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, Windows
Server, SQL Server
o 90 days of free Pluralsight training

16. www.dreamspark.com
to register

17. Quick Recap
 Free dev tools
 Free phones
 Enter three competitions with one game!
 Global Game Jam
 Imagine Cup
 You’ve Got Game
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18. Remember…
EVERY team at this Global Game
Jam site who creates a Windows
Phone game this weekend, will
receive a Windows Phone