Washington, DC Area Unity3D Users' Group

WAUUG Meeting

February 19 · 7:00 PM
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Slides are here: http://tinyurl.com/a5ra4dm

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Ryan H

I was browsing Unity's website and saw this new movie made with Unity4. Check out the explosion at 2:30 of the video. Pretty sweet.
http://unity3d.com/promo/butter...

2 · February 26
Alec

Learned some new things about explosions, looking forward to using detonator. I enjoyed the experience.

0 · February 20
Jerry M.

Excellent!!! Superb presentations! Well thought out and an open spirit in sharing knowledge. TY Phil for putting this group together. I found it truly inspiring!

0 · February 20
Sammy Hajeer

good, but I do agree that more discussion might be nice. Maybe a hands on example would be useful. I recall someone asking before hand if there were any material for the presentation and I think if we had had a link to the detonator on the asset store we could have played around with it and had more specific questions. might be something to consider for next time.

0 · February 20
- MrPhil
  
  Ask and you shall receive: https://www.assetstore...
  
  0 · February 20
MrPhil

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I think in the future I'll plan for the last 45 of the meeting to be a discussion.

0 · February 20
Ben

Good information, lots of great resources for Unity questions.

0 · February 20
Sam Levine

I'll throw in an extra vote for more networking/discussion segments, though I also really liked the rapid presentation format of the first meeting.

1 · February 20
Craig Stevenson

Had a great time at the meeting. Would have liked to have more time to just meet and talk with everyone. Is there a way to include some networking time into the next one?

0 · February 20
Joshua Turcotte

Quite good, quite good... interesting to see MVC applied to all this; makes for a good bridge between my software/web dev dayjob and climbing the unity learning curve

0 · February 20
Alec

I enjoyed the tips and tricks and info loot, thanks for the group! looking forward to the next one.

0 · February 20
Kevin Brown

Picked up quite a few tips from others experiences.

1 · February 19
Aaron Light

It was alright but a bit dull, except for the Wiimote presentation. Perhaps next time we could have less lecture format and more discussion? I'd like to have more discussion focusing on what problems people are having in Unity or maybe people getting feedback on what they are trying to do.

1 · February 19
Ryan H

Is there anything we can download or look at before hand?

0 · February 18
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- MrPhil
  
  No. Did you have something specific in mind?
  
  0 · February 18
- Ryan H
  
  I was just thinking assets or a scene/project?
  
  0 · February 18
- MrPhil
  
  Yeah, nothing like that was planned on.
  
  0 · February 18
- Sam Levine
  
  I'll see what I can do!
  
  0 · February 18
- Sam Levine
  
  Sorry for the delay, but I've put up my hastily-assembled slides here:
  http://tinyurl.com/a5...
  
  Most of the explosions section of tonight's meeting should be ad-lib discussion and live presentation in Unity, though, assuming no technical difficulties.
  
  0 · February 19
- MrPhil
  
  Awesome! Impressive turn around time!
  
  0 · February 19
Tariq Lateef

My +2 Guests are no longer coming. This space can be given to others that may be on the waiting list. I will be coming alone.

0 · February 19
- MrPhil
  
  Okay, thanks.
  
  0 · February 19
Craig Stevenson

I also will be coming alone but the form won't let ne remove my + 2.

0 · February 19
- MrPhil
  
  No worries, everyone that wanted in got in.
  
  0 · February 19
RMKD

Gotta bow out too - sched is just too packed this week

0 · February 19
Terry TW

Changed my rsvp, which means someone lucky on the list can go. See ya next time!

0 · February 18
Ryan H

Any thought on topics?

0 · January 25
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- MrPhil
  
  Sam Levine is going to do a presentation on explosions.
  
  0 · January 25
- Sam Levine
  
  Sure hope you like particle effects.
  
  0 · February 18
- Mike
  
  I figured part of the meeting could be to help establish ideas concepts and strengthening the local gaming industry since there is no real rally of minds in our DC area. Merging ideas and small companies to leverage a stronger hold against larger software companies would be something exciting, but i have no idea the ratio from "this is fun" to "this is my job" in our group. Maybe it would help to get an idea of what types of people we are?
  
  0 · February 18
- MrPhil
  
  That all sounds more like you are looking for a IGDA DC meetings? You can join them at https://www.facebook.c... WAUUG is focused on learning Unity3D, not so much about how to do game business, etc
  
  0 · February 18
- Mike
  
  No, i am not looking for a meeting that has nothing to do with unity... I was simply adding to the last part of your first sentence in the "about us" section above which is 'game development'. Unless you feel "establish ideas concepts and strengthening local gaming industry" does not fall under game development....
  
  0 · February 18
- MrPhil
  
  Yeah, okay, I don't think everything we do has to be about Unity3D. Why don't you email me more about what you want to do and we can make it part of our next meeting.
  
  0 · February 18
amy

looks like I'll be working after all

0 · February 18
Alec

I'd love to be there, I hope a spot opens up!

0 · February 18
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- Alec
  
  (didn't realize there would be a waiting list. will definitely sign up sooner in the future)
  
  0 · February 18
- Joshua Turcotte
  
  Hopefully someone who cannot attend remembers to unRSVP; sadly, many don't and so perfectly legitimate openings go unautomated
  
  0 · February 18
- MrPhil
  
  I went ahead and bumped the size limit, so should get in.
  
  0 · February 18
- Alec
  
  Hey thanks MrPhil, looking forward to it
  
  0 · February 18
Matthew Mauriello

Freeing up the space for another; Next time!

0 · February 18
Jerry M.

Been looking forward to this for a long time. Hoping we can share XP and collaborate together. I've developed some serious games past and present.

0 · January 28
Matthew Mauriello

There should be a maybe option as the distance for us western DC area folks could be prohibitive; have to check my class schedule closer to the date. Looking forward to see the agenda/itinerary.

0 · January 24
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- MrPhil
  
  Unfortunately, I've had no luck finding a more centrally located venue (or ANY other venue for that matter.)
  
  0 · January 24
- Matthew Mauriello
  
  hmm, maybe I'll look into it... there isn't a bar that we could hit? Here in College Park, Franklin's has an upstairs reserve-able area, Bravo! Bravo! always works.
  
  0 · January 24
- Craig Stevenson
  
  I second, Franklin's is right down the street from me.
  
  0 · January 24
- Craig Stevenson
  
  I second, Franklin's is right down the street from me.
  
  0 · January 24
- Matthew Mauriello
  
  I wasn't saying come to College Park... because CP sucks, lol.
  
  0 · January 24
- MrPhil
  
  I feel bars aren't the best environment, but it may come to that.
  
  0 · January 24
- Reynaldo
  
  For serious discussions a bar may not be the best venue. However, creativity does flow when people are hydrated. Anyone have office space in DC available after hours?
  
  0 · January 25
- Aaron Light
  
  DC is super far for me; I live all the way in Sterling and nowhere near a metro station.
  
  0 · January 25
- MrPhil
  
  I think we'll end up having to rotate around to different parts of the area. If you want a meeting close to you, you can help make that happen by scouting venues.
  
  0 · January 25
Pramod Kumar

I am not so strong in programming, so is there any problem because of this

0 · January 25
- MrPhil
  
  Not at all, everyone is welcome including new programmers, non-programmers and artists.
  
  0 · January 25
Kevin Brown

If looking for content, I can present work I've done on a destroyer/sub simulation game. Nothing fancy.

0 · January 24
Tariq Lateef

Looking forward to coming and sharing ideas!

0 · January 24
Craig Stevenson

Team Jibberish will be there.

0 · January 24

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