#Windows Game Development with Visual Studio 2026 and GitHub Copilot

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Developing games on Windows is faster when your tools work together. This session walks through an end-to-end game development workflow, from setting up a repeatable dev environment with Windows Terminal, WinGet, and GitHub Copilot, to reducing daily friction with PowerToys. Discover how integrated agents in Visual Studio accelerate build times, modernize compiler upgrades, and complement code editing with advanced C++ tools. From forking a GitHub project to running WinGet configurations and hitting F5 in Visual Studio, these experiences help you iterate faster and optimize smarter while keeping you in control. Join us to see how Windows and Visual Studio deliver secure, manageable, and AI-driven workflows for modern game development.



⌚ Chapters:

00:00 Welcome and Intros

01:15 Agenda

02:35 Zero-to-dev setup

03:30 Demo - WinGet

10:35 Supercharging your workflow

11:00 Demo - PowerToys

17:55 More PowerToys features

18:50 Your inner loop in Visual Studio 2026

19:05 What's new in Visual Studio 2026

21:55 Demo - GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows

26:15 Recap

26:55 Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools

28:16 GitHub Copilot App Modernization

29:50 Editing in Visual Studio

31:54 Demo - C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

35:50 Recap

36:44 Debugging in Visual Studio

38:05 Demo - C++ Dynamic Debugging and Visual Studio Debugger Agent

44:00 Recap

47:14 In summary



🔗 Links:

GDC 2026: Windows Game Development with Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub Copilot: https://aka.ms/GDC2026WindowsVS

Unlock language-specific rich symbol context using new find_symbol tool:

https://aka.ms/cpp-code-editing

Learn more: https://aka.ms/dynamicdebugging

Docs: https://aka.ms/vcdd

Profiler Agent Docs: https://aka.ms/profileragentdocs



Dev home: https://aka.ms/windowsdev

Powertoys: http://aka.ms/powertoys

Windows terminal: http://aka.ms/terminal

Intelligent terminal (a new fork of Windows Terminal with added intelligence): https://aka.ms/intelligent-terminal





🎙️ Featuring: David Li, Hamza Usmani



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