Ben Villalobos

Software Engineer @Microsoft (MakeCode, prev. MSBuild), casual game designer @ my kitchen table.

Game Design Journal:

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Now that I'm no longer on the MSBuild team, I'm slowly dumping what I know at https://t.co/4C8Ee5fFOq. Hope it helps someone! #msbuild

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Today's #codingmusic: https://t.co/pw6Ig5ZvVy needs a 1 hour version, but looping works

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Designing levels for a platformer where you CAN'T JUMP is a ton of fun! Here's my favorite creation so far.

Wishlist Gravitorium on steam -> https://t.co/kI2z6y3TxY

#indiegamedev #madewithunity #gaming

[Microsoft Education @MicrosoftEDU]

In today’s digital world, coding is an essential skill.

Explore how students can learn languages like Python and JavaScript in a safe, secure online environment with Visual Studio Code for Education: https://t.co/J8DcyXYqAJ

#MicrosoftEDU #STEM

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

@Klaudia_Romek Woohoo! Best of luck to you!

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Verifying an ILogger logged specific messages in C# unit tests was surprisingly non-trivial. Wrote a tiny tl;dr for handling that scenario. This is using Moq btw. https://t.co/frtkNg5bhg #dotnet

[Visual Studio Code for Education @VSCodeEDU]

Visual Studio Code for Education (https://t.co/Jm3sA3daL9) is a new, public preview offering we’re launching at #CSTA23 and is now available for preview! (1/2)

[Mai Vu @BoulderMai]

Students are coding a multiplayer arcade games using @MSMakeCode in our Game Design class. @AltonaMS @AltonaAP

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Either the mechanics are overly complicated or the tutorial is. Just show the buttons and let the player experiment through _playing the thing_

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

! DEV PRO TIP !
Middle click (scroll wheel) + refresh = duplicate tab.
Middle mouse + tab = close tab.
Middle mouse + link = open link in new tab.

If on laptop, set your 3 finger tap to middle mouse click.

Try it! It's a subtle game changer.
#ProgrammingTips

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

What it feels like to learn a new codebase:

#softwaredevelopment #programming #programmingmemes

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

@ChetHusk Thanks Chet!!

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Working with #msbuild? I've got a repo full of notes for you!
Latest (final?) update:
- Custom MSBuild w/ custom SDK
Other Notes:
- How to debug
- Single build -> Multi-platform output
- Go to definition
- Terminal profile
- nupkg Project
- dirs.proj
https://t.co/4C8Ee5fFOq

[Microsoft MakeCode @MSMakeCode]

MakeCode Arcade now has MULTIPLAYER🤼🎮 

With our 2023 update, you can create games and play them against your friends! 

This update also includes: 

🎨 Color Palette
🎼 Play Song Block
🕹️ Kiosk Mode
✅ Code Validation 

And more! Read all about it here: https://t.co/A5ScMLa2lo

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Just wrote up an example on creating multiple platform outputs in a single build: https://t.co/U8o3CALWld it was surprisingly tedious to do this from scratch, even though I've done it before! #msbuild

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

@davidwengier Thanks David!

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Now that I'm no longer on the MSBuild team, I'm slowly dumping what I know at https://t.co/4C8Ee5fFOq. Hope it helps someone! #msbuild

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

@vijayrkn @ChetHusk Likewise, & thank you!

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

Specifically https://t.co/c2wDApklAG should be help a lot of people who struggle (like I did) figuring out where items originate from.

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

When your code breaks the main branch

[Ben Villalobos @BenVillalobos_]

@tinyprojectsdev Living the dream!