A Day of Unity @ Houston Microsoft Office

Join Microsoft and Unity for a "Day of Unity" at the Houston Microsoft office. We have events for both beginners and advanced builders! Breakfast and lunch will be provided as well as prizes for those who participate in the demo presentations! Registration is free, reserve your spot now (https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032574591&Culture=en-US&community=0)!

More details here: http://jasongfox.com/day-of-unity-microsoft/

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Publishing Games on Windows
This session will guide you through the process and requirements to publish your game to both the Windows Store and the Windows Phone Store.
Unity Skill LEVEL: beginner & expert
Introduction to Unity
In this workshop, you will be guided by Microsoft and Unity experts through learning the toolset and building a simple 2D game and exporting it to Windows and Windows Phone.
Unity Skill LEVEL: beginner
Unity Porting Lab
In this lab, you will receive expert assistance from Microsoft and Unity to port your Unity games to Windows and Windows Phone.
Unity Skill LEVEL: expert
Demos, Voting, & Prizes
Beginners & experts will get together and demo the game they’ve been able to port in a 2-minute demo, and the audience will vote for the best apps. Prizes will include software licenses, the latest Windows Phone Devices and a grand prize.

What you need to bring with you for Introduction to Unity:

A PC or Mac capable of Unity 4.3 or later with Unity 4.3 or later installed.

What you need to bring with you for the porting lab:

A PC running Windows 8 or 8.1 with Visual Studio 2012 or 2013 and Unity 4.3 installed (any version). Building for Windows Phone also requires the Windows Phone 8 SDK.

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For Mac users, we will provide Windows QuickStart kits (which will run Windows 8 pro on your Mac OSX via Parallels Desktop 9).

*Windows and Windows Phone devices will be available for testing.

*Breakfast and lunch will be provided.