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Adam Kinney, Continuum Explorer: Silverlight-based Gaming is about to explode | Adam Kinney, Continuum Explorer

  • Leroy · 10 months ago
    Has the Text Readability improved in Silverlight?

    If no, then Game Over.
  • Adam Kinney · 10 months ago
    Well played Mr. Jenkins. I can't talk to Silverlight 3 yet, but here is a screenshot of text from two of the games mentioned above: http://adamkinney.com/images/blog/gametext.gif

    If you check out the Manic Miner game and click the screen, the text comes flying at you and gives you a good idea of what the text looks like close up.
  • Silverlight Girl · 10 months ago
    I agree with Leroy. I like to assume that someone somewhere has been working on making the text look crisp. It's a detail that many may not even notice but it could make the difference amongst the highest quality applications.

    Thanks for all the useful links on this post. There is no doubt that Silverlight based gaming will explode, but I guess the scale will depend on marketing efforts from Microsoft. Am I right? I am very curious about the marketing strategy. How will the general public know what Silverlight is?
  • Adam Kinney · 9 months ago
    Another Silverlight Game contest! Create or Mod an existing game to win the Dr. Dobb's Challenge 2: http://dobbschallenge2.com/