SilverNibbles

Converting a Windows Forms Game to Silverlight

• Stage 1 - Porting from WinForms to Silverlight
  • Development Environment
  • Rectangles and Textblocks
  • Silverlight Limitations
  • Timer
  • Keyboard Handling
  • The Pause Control
  • High Scores
• Stage 2 - Taking advantage of the power of Silverlight
  • Improvement 1: The SnakeArena control
  • Improvement 2: Collapsing background
  • Improvement 3: Snake Polyline
  • Improvement 4: Level drawing
  • Improvement 5: Making it Scriptable
  • Animation
  • Future Possibilities
  • Conclusion