Category Archives: Game Development

Unity 5 First-Person Tutorial

By Shahed C on August 20, 2015
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New to Unity 5? Start with my “Rollerball” tutorial first:

Ready to build a 3D first-person game in Unity? The following presentation material was put together for a live audience for my in-person presentations, but you can also follow along online with the detailed screenshots and instructions.

  Download PPTX or view slideshow below

SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/shahedC3000/unity-5-firstperson-tutorial

 

Credit: Weapon assets obtained from Unity Technologies.

AthleTECH Summer 2015

By Shahed C on July 16, 2015
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Back in 2014, I was fortunate enough to teach a group of talented students for Microsoft’s AthleTECH program, thanks to founder Anthony Egbuniwe, a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft. We covered visual game development with Construct 2.

Now in Summer 2015, AthelTECH is back at Microsoft’s Chevy Chase MD office and we’re sprinting ahead with Unity game development with C# to build 3D games that can run on any platform.

 

The students used the following tools:

We got through my C# Crash Course, followed by my Rollerball tutorial, a step-by-step version of the Roll-a-ball tutorial from Unity technologies.

The goal of this program is to train the students to create their own unique game, and publish to the Windows Store and other online stores.

You can follow IDEA Games and AthleTECH on Facebook and Twitter:

 https://twitter.com/IDEAGames_

 https://www.facebook.com/Athletech

Publishing on Windows 8 & 10 and Xbox One

By Shahed C on June 25, 2015
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This presentation “Publishing on Windows 8 & 10 and Xbox One” was delivered at my monthly meetup in Reston, during the 6/25 Dev Showcase event.

 

 

MVA Redesign June 2015

By Shahed C on June 15, 2015
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Over the years, Microsoft Virtual Academy has grown to serve over 3 million registered users worldwide!

MS Virtual Academy

As of June 2015, the MVA website has undergone a new redesign, to include the following:

  • Simpler site navigation, for Developers, IT Pros, Data Pros
  • Response design for mobile devices, works with any screen size
  • New course player, remembers video position across devices
  • New friction-free MVA trial experience, includes unlimited viewing without logging in!

More info at: https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/b/mva/archive/2015/06/10/check-out-the-new-site-design

So far, I’ve co-hosted 2 MVA courses with my colleague James Quick, both on Construct 2 game development.

1. Developing Games with Construct 2
2. Construct 2 Advanced Game Development

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Rollerball – Unity 3D Tutorial

By Shahed C on June 14, 2015
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New to Unity 5? Learn how to how build your first 3D game in Unity, using my Rollerball tutorial. The presentation is derived from the Roll-a-ball video tutorial from Unity Technologies:

My tutorial is split up into 2 PowerPoint PPTX files.

 Part 1 of 2: Download PPTX or view slideshow below

 Download project files for Part 1

SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/shahedC3000/rollerball-1-of-2

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