touchdevelop

bringing the joy of programming

from early computers

to modern touch devices

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mobile devices have more

features to accesstouch screen, media,

high-res camera(s),

WiFi, cellular, bluetooth,

GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope,

compass, ambient light sensor,

proximity sensor, FM tuner, NFC, etc.

touchdevelop• Create apps on mobile devices for mobile devices

• Create and run apps instantly on any HTML5 enabled device (PC,

Laptop, Phone, Tablet)

• Create apps purely using touch or click (keyboard is optional)

• Syncs to the cloud (no need to save to internal or external devices)

• Create an app once & it’s almost instantly available on all your devices

• Game board template comes with built in physics (gravity & friction)

• Built in sprite support (you can set speed, rotation, check for collisions)

• Publish to Windows 8 or WP7/8 stores

• Publish to WebApp and Facebook App

Continuity and progression • Kodu

• Scratch

• TouchDevelop

• C# (XNA)

• C++

demo

touchdevelop

http://touchdevelop.com/app

http://touchdevelop.com/learn

• David Renton (Reid Kerr College)

• drenton@reidkerr.ac.uk

• @drenton72

• http://games4learning.co.uk

• Questions?