Open Source Glasgow

 
 
 

Our regular event is back; a guided exploration of the Linux server command line.

Aimed at absolute beginners. We'll show how to securely connect to a server then we'll work through Bandit, an adventure game set in the command line that progresses step-by-step from the basics to common programs and beyond.

This will be an in-person event in the quiet lounge of the newly open The Gamer Club, on Bath Lane next door to The Buff Club.

I'll work through the challenges on the big screen and explain what I'm doing as well all work together though the levels. Join in and play along or feel free to work on your own thing (setting up a server, coding etc) and someone there should be able to assist you if needed.

Read more on our wiki page at:
https://opensource.glasgow.social/command_line

As always, remember to check out our open source chatroom on Matrix at #opensource:glasgow.social (sign up at https://glasgow.social/matrix if you don't have your own homeserver).

The event is free, but there will be a donation tin to cover the meetup costs if you'd like to help out.

Note: The venue is unlicenced, but you are welcome to bring your own beers/wine and there is free tea and coffees! See https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk/gettinghere for directions.

 
 
 

Our regular event is back; a guided exploration of the Linux server command line.

Aimed at absolute beginners. We'll show how to securely connect to a server then we'll work through Bandit, an adventure game set in the command line that progresses step-by-step from the basics to common programs and beyond.

This will be an in-person event in the quiet lounge of the newly open The Gamer Club, on Bath Lane next door to The Buff Club.

I'll work through the challenges on the big screen and explain what I'm doing as well all work together though the levels. Join in and play along or feel free to work on your own thing (setting up a server, coding etc) and someone there should be able to assist you if needed.

Read more on our wiki page at:
https://opensource.glasgow.social/command_line

As always, remember to check out our open source chatroom on Matrix at #opensource:glasgow.social (sign up at https://glasgow.social/matrix if you don't have your own homeserver).

The event is free, but there will be a donation tin to cover the meetup costs if you'd like to help out.

Note: The venue is unlicenced, but you are welcome to bring your own beers/wine and there is free tea and coffees! See https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk/gettinghere for directions.

 
 
 

Godot Game Engine is free and open source software released under the permissive MIT license:

• You are free to use Godot Engine, for any purpose
• You can study how Godot Engine works and change it
• You can distribute unmodified and changed versions of Godot Engine, even commercially and under a different license (including proprietary)

This event will show you how to get started creating basic 3D games. It will be more of a workshop format - I'll demo on my screen and you'll be able to work alongside me as we show the ins and outs of the software and it's scripting language, GDScript, which is quite similar to Python.

As always, you can join our Game Dev room on Matrix (#gamedev:glasgow.social), the invite link is https://glasgow.social/matrix - do join if you get a chance, no matter what level of ability - I want to try and create a community of Glasgow based game developers established - the room currently has three developers who have games published on Steam, as well as a lot of beginners keen to learn.

The event is free and there is free tea and coffee (though there is a donation tin) - you are welcome to bring your own snacks and drinks too.

This is going to be a regular monthly event - we'll repeat the basics and people who have been before can resume where they left off or help the new people get started.

We'll be hosted by The Gamer Club which is in town, just off Bath Lane, see here for directions: https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk/gettinghere

Remember to bring a laptop to get the most out of this session.

 
 
 

A-Frame is a web framework for building virtual reality (VR) experiences. A-Frame is based on top of HTML, making it simple to get started. But A-Frame is not just a 3D scene graph or a markup language; the core is a powerful entity-component framework that provides a declarative, extensible, and composable structure to three.js.

Originally conceived within Mozilla and now maintained by the co-creators of A-Frame within Supermedium, A-Frame was developed to be an easy yet powerful way to develop VR content. As an independent open source project, A-Frame has grown to be one of the largest VR communities.

This event will show you how to get started creating basic 3D VR scenes/games. It will be more of a workshop format - I'll demo on my screen and you'll be able to work alongside me as we show the ins and outs of the software. It's easy to learn and experiment with as it's all based on Javascript and HTML.

We'll have some VR headsets so you can try out what you are creating in a proper virtual environment.

As always, you can join our Game Dev room on Matrix (#gamedev:glasgow.social), the invite link is https://glasgow.social/matrix - do join if you get a chance, no matter what level of ability - I want to try and create a community of Glasgow based game developers established - the room currently has three developers who have games published on Steam, as well as a lot of beginners keen to learn.

The event is free and there is free tea and coffee (though there is a donation tin) - you are welcome to bring your own snacks and drinks too.

This is going to be a regular monthly event - we'll repeat the basics and people who have been before can resume where they left off or help the new people get started.

We'll be hosted by The Gamer Club which is in town, just off Bath Lane, see here for directions: https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk/gettinghere

Remember to bring a laptop to get the most out of this session.