Microsoft Popfly meets game maker
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Microsoft says it views the Popfly Game Creator as a training tool and gateway to its flagship Visual studio tool set.Microsoft has built upon its Popfly mashup tool to fashion a new way for beginners and nonprogrammers to create games.
The software giant on May 2 announced the alpha release of its Popfly Game Creator, which builds on Popfly's current set of mashup and Web page authoring tools to add support for easy creation and sharing of casual games.
John Montgomery, group program manager for Popfly and Visual Studio Express, said Popfly Game Creator is a Silverlight tool for people who have little to no programming skills but who want to create games and share them with friends.