A good friend of mine, Jared Bienz, is going hardcore into the phone stuff and he recently did some gaming bootcamp tours at universities across the country. He is now making taking the event online and making it available to the public. You can register here:
https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032486598&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Here are the details from the registration site:
What is it?
This App and Gaming Bootcamp is Part 1 of 2 - 8 hour event where you’ll learn about Windows Phone, learn how to build applications and learn how to build games. We’ll cover everything from location awareness (the GPS) through graphics design and animation; we’ll even cover topics like physics and cloud services.
This event will offer a mix of presentations, demos, labs and interactive sessions where you can follow along with the instructor. At the end of the day you’ll have a working basketball game, and we’ll even help first 50 people who are serious about selling in the marketplace get started for free (a $99 value). Even if you’re not ready to get started right away, we’ll show you how to kick off a new mobile business with free ultimate versions of almost all Microsoft products for the next three years.
If you’d simply like to watch the presentations and demos all you really need is Live Meeting. If you’d like to participate in the interactive sessions or complete any of the labs you’ll also need the following:
· Windows Phone Developer Tools from developer.windowsphone.com
(click on Download the free tools and complete the installation)
· Physics helper library from physicshelper.codeplex.com
(click the green Download button and complete the installation)
Important Note: If you plan to participate in the interactive sessions we recommended you join the meeting from a dual screen machine or join the meeting on a separate computer from where your dev tools are installed.
Where can I go for help?
You have access to the instructor, free developer support and other resources before and after the event at http://bit.ly/WPAppGameCampSupport.
What’s the Agenda?
The event will last roughly 8 hours including several opportunities for Q&A, an hour break in the middle for lunch and about 90 minutes at the end of the day for lab time. During lab time we’ll open the meeting for questions over the phone or via the Q&A panel in Live Meeting.
Note: This is Part 1 of 2 sessions. To register for Part 2 please Register Here!