Chapter 40. Darts

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Darts is an addictive and slick game that provides a great reason to demonstrate support for the flick gesture (a single-finger, rapid swipe). To make detecting flicks easy, this app leverages a feature in the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit called the gesture listener.

In this one-player game, you throw a dart by flicking the screen. The direction and strength of your flick determines the angle and distance of the throw. Depending on ...

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