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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Apr 18, 2023

Exploring the Latest Features of .NET and C# by Building a Game

Rainer Stropek

Level up your C# 11 and .NET 8 skills by building a 2D isometric game. Master raw string literals, list patterns, and advanced JSON manipulation interactively.

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#1 about 5 min

Setting up an isometric game using WPF and SkiaSharp

How to configure an isometric C# game effectively starting with WPF and Skia engine rendering assets.

#2 about 6 min

Creating game windows and using file-scoped types

How to encapsulate UI callbacks cleanly by combining new C# records with file-scoped class modifiers.

#3 about 5 min

Removing boilerplate using top-level statements and target-typed delegates

How to eliminate startup boilerplate by adopting top-level statements alongside modern natural delegate typing inference.

#4 about 7 min

Embedding asset payloads with raw and UTF-8 string literals

How to load JSON definitions straight into memory safely referencing multiline block formatting and UTF-8 string spans.

#5 about 7 min

Expanding JSON deserialization dynamically using type info resolvers

How to apply custom deserialization behavior against inaccessible third-party types via dynamic type info resolvers.

#6 about 5 min

Drawing components rapidly leveraging target-typed new expressions

How to accelerate coordinate mappings inside drawing routines without redundant object declarations by integrating target-typed new expressions.

#7 about 6 min

Employing thread-safe randomness and multi-line string interpolation

How to streamline concurrent game logic definitions using global random instances alongside multi-line data interpolation blocks.

#8 about 6 min

Filtering tile combinations utilizing list patterns in LINQ

How to filter complex sub-collections natively finding pattern matches by combining recursive list evaluation directly within LINQ queries.

#9 about 5 min

Crafting generic data routines using the IParsable interface

How to deserialize textual game layouts uniformly from generic alphanumeric character sequences implementing the IParsable abstraction layer.

#10 about 10 min

Insights on upcoming features and learning via games

How extending core framework APIs handling extension modeling paired with generative AI assists beginners grasping application workflows.

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