Monthly Archives: September 2013

Layout Controls: Scroll Viewer

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Ben

The LayoutScrollViewer is intended to provide scrolling functionality for its children if they exceed the space available to them. Normally if a control’s minimum size is larger than the area available to it, it will squish up against the right … Continue reading →

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Layout Controls: LayoutTable

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Ben

The LayoutTable places its children in rows and columns that can size themselves in various ways. A demo video can be found here. When a control is place in a table cell (defined by the row and column), it is … Continue reading →

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Layout Controls: Stacking Panel

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Ben

The Stacking Panel is the simplest of the layout controls. It just places each one of its children next to each other, one after the other. LayoutStackingPanel has two properties to edit besides the ones inherited from LayoutCapable. The first … Continue reading →

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The Swapper – A Review

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Ben

A friend gifted this wonderful indie game to me saying, “It’s a 2D platforming puzzle game with incredible visuals (it’s all claymation!) and an eerie story.” That sums up the game perfectly in one sentence. If you like Portal, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Game Reviews

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Ben

As part of my site redesign, I’m going to start writing some game reviews for my blog. I have no idea how it’s going to go, but I think it’s a pretty good exercise in critically thinking about the games … Continue reading →

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