Here are download links for the “VB Universal Windows App” series:

• Part 1: Setting up the universal app in the Dev Centers, and in VS Solution Explorer
• Part 2: Sharing XAML, Assets and Code
• Part 3: Local and Roaming settings, and In-App purchases
• Part 4: Sound effects with SharpDX
• Part 5: How to call platform-specific APIs from common code
• > Download full source code

App1.vb

This is the minimal VB universal app that we’ll build in this blog series.

• Download full source code “VBApp1”
• (Due to a bug in NuGet, you’ll have to build once to restore projects, then unload+reload the project, then build again)

Breakout Universal

This is a complete game, based upon all the principles that were covered in the blog series.

• Download the game for $0.99 from Windows Store or Windows Phone Store. Or…
• Download full source code “BreakoutUniversalVB”, build it yourself, and save money!
• License: I the author of this source code hereby place it into the Public Domain. You can do whatever you like with it, including using it in your own apps.
• (Once again, due to the bug in NuGet, you’ll have to build then unload+reload then build again)

How Do I video series

• How Do I video: register a universal app in Windows and Windows Phone dev centers [2mins]
• How Do I video: create a blank universal project that uses PCLs for code-sharing [2mins]
• How Do I video: re-use a XAML page between Windows and Windows Phone [4mins]
• How Do I video: re-use App.vb between Windows and Windows Phone [2mins]
• How Do I video: roam settings between devices [2mins]
• How Do I video: code an in-app purchase [2mins]
• How Do I video: get crash reports when in-app purchasing failed [2mins]
• How Do I video: add audio through SharpDX [3mins]
• How Do I video: call platform-specific APIs from common code [3mins]

— Lucian