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I've read that Visual Studio 2012 can't be used with the XNA game framework so I tried to locate a version of directX which would work with visual studio 2012 on windows 7 and I can't. It seems that directx11 is embedded in the windows sdk. I tried downloading this windows sdk but it appears that it's aimed squarely at windows 8 developers.

So, my question is this. I want to start developing some rudimentary games to help teach my some basic programming in C++ & C# but i don't want to have a copy of visual studio express installed to take advantage of XNA.

Can this be done with Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7?

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    You can write Windows 7 (or Vista or XP) apps using the Windows 8/8.1 SDK. What makes you think it only targets Win8 developers? – MooseBoys Nov 20 '13 at 00:30

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appears that it's aimed squarely at windows 8 developers

This assumption is wrong. Windows 8 and 8.1 SDK backward compatible with older OS (both, as target OS and as development OS): system requirements

Also, you must have Windows 8 SDK already installed with VS2012.

I've read that Visual Studio 2012 can't be used with the XNA game framework

True. Partially. XNA is no longer officially supported, but:

  • you can try to install XNA in VS2012 (and even VS2013) with a bit of tweaking (and luck)
  • you can use MonoGame instead (an open source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4.x Framework)
  • you can use SharpDX if you just need managed DirectX
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