UNITY3D SHERPA - The Edge

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Getting to know Unity3D. WHY GET INvolvED? WHo To TAlk To. WHERE To START. Get Unity. Browse. Watch. Read. Tertiary Courses. Resources. Get Help.
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For participants in the Unity3D short course at The Edge

Getting to know Unity3D Why get involved?

Unity3D is a really versatile and powerful game development engine which allows for distribution across all popular platforms. Most importantly, it’s free to use which is handy if you don’t have a big budget.

Where to start

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Get Unity

♦♦ Download Unity3D

Get Help

♦♦ Unity Answers ♦♦ Unity Scripting Reference ♦♦ Unity Community Forum ♦♦ Unity Coding tutorials ♦♦ GameDev: Tutorials, know-hows, has a great beginner section

Resources ♦♦ Free textures ♦♦ Free sounds

♦♦ Free 3D models

What to get into

Read

Who to talk to

Browse

♦♦ The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell ♦♦ Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design by Scott Rogers ♦♦ A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster ♦♦ Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman

♦♦ Brisbane International Game Developers Association - Facebook - Twitter - Web ♦♦ Reddit’s Game Dev subreddit

♦♦ Gamasutra: Game development news ♦♦ Tsumea: Australian games industry news, jobs and opportunities

Watch ♦♦ Game Developers Conference Vault: Amazing and inspiring talks by game developers ♦♦ Extra Credits: A deeper look at games - how they are made, what they mean and how we can make them better.

Tertiary Courses ♦♦ Griffith University, Bachelor of Games Design ♦♦ Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment ♦♦ QANTM