Game dev kit

Find a community of your peers, feel connected to a larger movement, and realize the impact you and your game can have with Gaming for Everyone, a professional network committed to making Xbox a place where everyone has fun. Everything you need to build, run, and grow your games. Microsoft Game Stack is a comprehensive suite of tools and services just for game development. Xbox services for game developers Build games for console, PC, and mobile, and attract and engage players with a trusted, inclusive gaming identity and community of over 60 million users globally.

Develop with Xbox tools Once you create a title and get the fundamentals working, you can jump in and start coding with Xbox services, tools, and APIs for error handling, authentication, debugging, and more. Latest commit. Add files via upload. Git stats 50 commits. Failed to load latest commit information. Nov 19, June GDK Update 4 [ Oct 5, Nov 13, May 27, Game controllers and mice The Game Controller library gives you a C API to detect controller connections and disconnections, device information, input data, extended features, and more.

Frame pacing The Frame Pacing library helps your OpenGL and Vulkan games achieve smooth rendering and correct frame pacing on Android, simplifying development for high-refresh-rate displays.

High performance audio The Oboe audio library helps your game achieve the lowest-possible audio latency, while avoiding device and platform audio issues. AGI now includes frame profiling and inspection. Performance tuning Android Performance Tuner APT pinpoints performance issues in correlation with quality settings, scenes, loading times, and device models.

Learn more by checking out our recent Game Stack Live event. Our mission is to democratize game development to generate a diverse, rich portfolio of content our gaming audiences will love, and to create opportunities for all communities to share their stories through games.

Making the GDK publicly available is the first step in that journey. We invite you to try out the GDK , check out the documentation , and get started building games today on GitHub. The extensions are largely Graphics, Media, and Storage specific. A: We will continue to take steps towards making more of Xbox game development more open. This is just an early step in that direction with a binary release of the installer to modernize how we distribute the software and enabling collaboration around source that is available Xbox Live, PlayFab, and Game Development Samples.