One of the really cool things about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 is the built-in support for mobile and casual gaming. As with all things though there is probably a lot that you will need to know when it comes t o writing games for this new mobile platform from Microsoft.
For those of you interested manan over at the I’m Just Being Manan blog has put together an excellent post on what you can expect when it comes to writing and distributing Windows Phone 7 games.
One of the biggest announcement is the Xbox LIVE integration with Windows Phone 7. With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is stream lining game development on the phone, desktop and Xbox. The idea is to make available a common library that makes it easy for developers code games for either of the platforms.
Before I talk about developing the games, I’ll talk about submitting a game to the Marketplace. Microsoft has a program called Xbox Game Publisher where companies are registered as game providers, obviously this registration comes at a cost.
As manan points out at the end of his post the information and graphics are from a recent Microsoft slide deck on this and could be subject to changes by the time Windows Phone 7 comes to market.
images courtesy of manan
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