DirectX – Adventures in code and reverse engineering

XInput Tutorial Part 2: Mapping gamepad buttons and analog movement to Windows keyboard events

August 30, 2013

In part 1 of this mini-series we looked at the basics of the XInput API and how to read the state of all the analog and digital buttons on a… more ›

XInput Tutorial Part 1: Adding gamepad support to your Windows game

August 30, 2013

In this game development tutorial we will look at how to add support for gamepads to Windows games written in C++, using the XInput API introduced in DirectX 11. XInput… more ›

C# DirectX API Face-off: SlimDX vs SharpDX – Which should you choose?

August 24, 2013

A question I often see asked by beginning game programmers on the internet is: I want to code my game in C#. Which DirectX wrapper API should I use? As… more ›

Direct2D 1.1 Migration Guide for Windows 7 Developers

January 23, 2013

Update 18th February 2013: Added information about Visual Studio 2012, removed a redundant library reference from the old DirectX SDK and added the library reference needed for the Direct2D Effects… more ›