SF Game Development feat: Chris Pavia, Agora & Psyonix at Microsoft Reactor

SF Game Development is excited to announce a special meetup featuring speakers from VR Chat, Agora, and Psyonix. The meetup will be hosted at the Microsoft Reactor, Tuesday, August 9th from 6-9pm. Food and drink will be sponsored by Agora. Arrive on time for our networking session at 6pm, and the speakers will go on stage at 7pm. This event is open to the public and is a professional networking event for game developers, artists, students, indies, or really anyone interested in game development.

Speaker Lineup:
VRChat Inc

• Chris Pavia, User Interface Designer

Making a 3D Render Every Day for a Year
In this talk, learn from UI Design expert Chris Pavia, about his experience creating a 3D render every day for a year. Such consistent artistic output is both physically and psychologically grueling, but with the right mindset, it can lead to huge skill growth. Chris will talk about his experience, the challenges he faced, and advice for anyone looking to improve their productivity.

Agora

• Rick Cheng, Senior Developer Evangelist

Intro to Enabling Real-time Engagement in Unity apps
In this talk, learn from Senior Developer Evangelist Rick Cheng, about the benefits of real-time engagement and how to implement the Agora Video SDK. In the world of XR applications, how we can connect people to different platforms? Learn about the various APIs at your disposal to bring your product to market faster, and how to scale to millions of users through Agora's powerful developer tools.

Psyonix

• Daniel Nguyen, Gameplay Programmer

Building a Battle Royale and Landing my Dream Job
In this talk, learn from Gameplay Programmer Daniel Nguyen, about how he developed the fast-paced battle royal game Spectral Ascension from the ground up. Daniel graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Computer Science - Game Design, and was able to land a job at Epic Games / Psyonix from his experience building his indie game. Learn about the trials and tribulations that Daniel went through while developing a real-time battle royal, and how he managed scope, avoided dedicated server costs with Listen servers, and lead a team to bring Spectral Ascension to market.

See you all there!
Thank you everyone for RSVPing for our SF Game Development event. We can't wait to see everyone there. Make sure to arrive at 6pm for some FREE food and drink! You MUST RSVP on Meetup to secure your spot. See everyone at the Microsoft Reactor on Tuesday, August 9th from 6-9pm.
Join our Discord and learn more about our Meetup Group here:
https://sfgamedevelopment.com