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F# for game development
Personal blog · sharp-gamedev.blogspot.comprogramminggames
F# for game development is a personal blog at sharp-gamedev.blogspot.com about programming and games. Since 2010, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for F# game development, specifically project templates for building games with F# on Windows Phone 7. Only one comment, which links the templates without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
About F#, game development and programming for .net in general.
What Hacker News says?
For WP7, the officially supported languages are C# and VB.NET. That being said, because it is just running Silverlight, you can try running any .NET language. For example, there are a few people running F# on Windows Phone 7. I haven't tried it myself, but here is a link to templates for game development with F# on WP7: http://sharp-gamedev.blogspot.com/2010/12/project-templates-... Here's an article on building a W…
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on “Developing on WP7 vs Android vs iPhone”Submitted F# performance on the Xbox 360 as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted The myths about the risks of introducing F# in your development team as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted F# for game development as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted F# for game development as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using F# scripts for testing and performance measurement as a story · 2 points
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