Thursday, April 14, 2016

Unity Presentation at THAT Conference, WI

I'm presenting an Intro to Unity 3D:


THAT Conference, held annually in the Wisconsin Dells, is all about geeking out, particularly in technology.  I'll be hosting a presentation, that introduces Unity 3D.


This is a 3 day event, from Monday, August 8th to Wednesday, August 10th, at the Kalahari Resort, featuring technology speakers, hands on practices and open rooms.



My presentation is designed to take you from no experience in Unity 3D, to enough to be dangerous.  I'll show you how the environment works, how to tie in C# (or Java Script if you prefer) to start creating your own games in 3D on nearly any platform.

I've given similar presentations in the past, which focused on a remake of Jenga, the popular table top block game.  This presentation will focus on a more mobile friendly game, a chain reaction game featuring both 2D and 3D elements.  Below is a video of the initial proof for that.


This is a 3 day conference with adult only sessions, but many sessions that are intended for kids as well, making this an event for the whole family as well.  Sign Up Now!



Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Unity Certification : Prep Day 1/14

So I just found out that Unity announced official certifications at GDC this year, and not only that, but they will be here in Chicago on the 20th.  I'm already signed up.  You can too, if you feel ready, which I don't.  Hence I've got 2 weeks to practice on all areas I'm missing.

Fortunately, Unity released a PDF containing most of the important details of what is covered in the test, and the granularity is pretty fine, making it easier to focus my training, and I'm basically going down a check list of topics.  At this point, I'm working on animation, which is an area I really haven't touched before.



I developed a proof with models found free in the asset store.  I'm not trying to polish these.  I just want PoC's that try to give a realistic game experience example.  In this case, I'm having a player swim up to a wall, climb it, hop over the top, crouch, peak around a corner and then stand.



I'll be doing more proofs over the next 2 weeks, until the Cert happens.  Awesomely, Omni Resources, the company I work for now, is letting me expense the certification.  :)