Location: Sloan 353C + 353D
Charles Cox works on the XNA team as a developer educator. He codes, writes, speaks all to help developers - beginners and experts - learn about XNA and use it for work and play. If you have watched the XNA beginners DVD, Charles is the mind and voice behind it.  Here's a YouTube video of Charles doing some incredible speedcoding, or you can visit his blog to find out more about him.
 
Charles Cox is to present two labs at WSU Sloan 353 Sunday, March 2nd, starting 9:30 AM:

• Beginning Game Development with XNA Game Studio (9:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
  In this quick-start session, follow along with Charles and make your own 3D game from scratch in just 90 minutes using XNA Game Studio. Learn the basics of 3D and 2D graphics, Xbox 360 controller input, and collision detection with XNA and make your very own game!

• Lunch break (11:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
• The XNA Game Studio AI Challenge (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)
  Let your competitive side loose and take on your friends in a 60-minute AI coding challenge; use the XNA Game Studio AI Rumble framework to quickly and easily build a killing machine and fight in the AI Rumble digital arena against your fellow students. An easy-to-use API means coding will be easy and fun!