1. Quick Start Challenge: Universal Projects to Build a Game
Andrew Parsons | Technical Evangelist and Program Manager

2. Meet Andrew Parsons | ‏@MrAndyPuppy
Technical Evangelist and Program Manager
Worked in Sydney, Australia; New York City, and Seattle
Captain of Imagine Cup Games for the past six years
Responsible for how we talk to developers about MVA and other education related products like Microsoft Certification
Over 20 years of industry experience
6 years at Microsoft
10 years as a technical journalist and author, including writing a dozen books on technical subjects

3. Setting Expectations Target Audience
New developers who haven’t tried monetizing their app through ads
Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material
There are no prerequisites!
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5. Quick Start Challenges
Coding challenge you can do yourself
10-30 minutes in duration
All code, resources and step by step instructions provided
Variety to choose from to keep you learning

6. Andrew Parsons | Technical Evangelist and Program Manager
01 | Universal Projects to Build a Game
Andrew Parsons | Technical Evangelist and Program Manager

7. Module Overview Creating a new Universal Project
Creating a shared user control
Adding our game code
Testing it out

8. Lesson slide
Let’s get to it!