Washington, DC Area Unity3D Users' Group

Round Table Discussion

November 14, 2012 · 6:30 PM
Arlington Central Library

We will be having a general round table discussion about Unity3D, so bring you questions and tips.

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Matthew Mauriello

Excellent time.

0 · November 15
Matthew Mauriello

I'll have a Tumbleweed Express Prototype with me and in case anyone is interested, our team is recruiting: http://www.dirigiballers.blogsp...

0 · November 12
- MrPhil
  
  Awesome, I look forward to seeing it!
  
  0 · November 12
Chris Totten

This looks very exciting. I've forwarded the information to my students at Mason as well.

Also, this past summer I put out a book on making game characters in Blender and importing them to Unity: http://www.amazon.com/Game-Char...
I'd be happy to do demos if that's something people would be interested in.

Cheers!

0 · November 12
- MrPhil
  
  That'd be Great! I think this would be very interesting to the artists in the group!
  
  0 · November 12
MrPhil

I've prepare a short "lecture" on string manipulation and performance considerations for the meeting. Which will be interesting to the programmers among us, but I'd also like to do something for the artists. Does anyone have any ideas or requests for a topic I could cover that would be interesting for artists? Or perhaps someone wants to volunteer?

0 · October 30
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- Micheal Palmer
  
  I don't have anything for a 2D/3D artist, but from a level designers/programmers perspective I would like to get others opinions on proper level loading progression (i.e. what loads from first to last in a level - terrain, sound, player, npc, props, etc.).
  
  0 · October 30
- Jim Jackson
  
  I'm not a designer but I would like to see what others have to say about purchasing or commissioning design assets and models for a project. This will likely be the direction I go with my simulation.
  
  0 · October 30
- Val
  
  @Micheal, I can have a basic walkthrough of the design process for Unity 3.5 iOS app and emphasize what's important for the phones, e.g. sound and graphics compression. Won't be long tho, don't have time to prepare an in depth presentation, but can cover UDK mobile as well, it's about the same.
  
  0 · October 30
- MrPhil
  
  That sound great Val!
  
  0 · October 31
- Micheal Palmer
  
  @Val: That would be great. I can easily take away some knowledge about that and incorporate it if it is suitable to what I have in mind for my project.
  
  0 · November 1
- Val
  
  Sure, is there a projector available?
  
  0 · November 1
- MrPhil
  
  Yes, I can requested one.
  
  0 · November 1
- Val
  
  Great, ty, I should have the right cables.
  
  0 · November 1
- MrPhil
  
  Sorry! I meant to say, I HAVE requested one.
  
  0 · November 1
Onyx Lee

Hey guys, I am currently working on scientific animations in the last almost two years. Before that I worked for game development company on high&low-poly modeling, character animation and environment design. Then I taught film making and game design for 3 years.

Do you know any opportunity in our industry? Please let me know. I deeply appreciate any info.

Check my portfolio here:
http://www.OnyxStudio.us

Thank you so much :-)

0 · November 1
Onyx Lee

Hey guys, all the topics you mentioned are exactly what I am interested. I am so excited about it.
MrPhil, I come from Columbia, MD, which is kind of far. Maybe I will be half an hour late. So apologies in advance.

0 · October 30
- MrPhil
  
  I understand!
  
  0 · October 31
John Low

Look forward to attending

0 · October 28
Matthew Mauriello

I am interested but I have a pretty hectic schedule and it's a bit of hike out to the meetup location.

0 · October 19
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- Matthew Mauriello
  
  I'll try to make it out though.
  
  0 · October 19
- MrPhil
  
  I understand. I'm struggling with finding meeting locations that a metro accessible and free. Hopefully in the future we can have the meetings downtown so everyones metro times are short.
  
  0 · October 19
- Val
  
  GM Clarendon and GW universities are popular locations for some meetup groups.
  
  0 · October 24
- MrPhil
  
  That is interesting Val, do you know any details about getting permission, scheduling at those venues? GW would at least be a little more centrally located.
  
  0 · October 24
- Val
  
  Unfortunately, I don't, DC Python organizers might help: http://meetup.dcpytho... and Arlington Ruby has a good location: http://www.meetup.com...
  
  0 · October 24
- MrPhil
  
  Thanks for the leads Val!
  
  0 · October 24
- A former member
  
  If possible, will these meetings be recorded? I live and work in the Northern Virginia Area and wouldn't be able to go if later meetings are downtown DC.
  
  0 · October 25
- MrPhil
  
  Hey John, This is something I'd like to do, but I haven't worked out all the technically details yet.
  
  0 · October 25
Micheal Palmer

Most of my work is on my desktop. Would it be sufficient to bring just the basic over view of my current work and issues on the laptop instead of the actual project?

0 · October 23
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- MrPhil
  
  Yeah, I think that is fine. Breaking your project down to the key points of the issue will help everyone drill into the problem.
  
  0 · October 23
- Micheal Palmer
  
  So time to play power point ranger :).
  
  0 · October 23
- MrPhil
  
  Ha ha, don't feel like you have to do a formal presentation.
  
  0 · October 23
MrPhil

I've asked for a projector to be provided, so people can bring laptops to talk to their projects, problems and ideas.

0 · October 22