MLH Localhost: Game Development with Unity 3D
On Saturday, 30th March 2019, we hosted our first ever MLH Localhost: Game Development with Unity 3D, powered by Microsoft and Subway. MLH Localhost events are free, out-of-the-box workshops covering today’s most relevant technology so you can share knowledge with your community, spend less time on content, and learn as you go.
Duration: 3 hours
Venue: CSE Seminar Hall, Admin Block
Location: Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Topics: Game Development for Windows, Unity 3D, C#
No. of participants: 150
Prerequisites
Participants need to be able to install the Unity engine on their computers. While no background knowledge is required, familiarity with any scripted language (C, Java, etc.) will be beneficial for participation in this workshop.
System Requirements: MacOS, Linux, or Windows 8 or higher
Agenda
| No. | Session | Time | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Opening keynote | 09:30 - 09:40 | Abhijeet Singh |
| 2. | Setting up the Unity development environment | 09:40 - 10:00 | Sushen Kumar |
| 3. | Introduction to Unity | 10:00 - 10:45 | Sushen Kumar |
| 4. | Introduction to C# | 10:45 - 11:15 | Vipul Gaurav |
| 5. | Subway Snack break | 11:15 - 11:30 | Nil |
| 6. | Build your own 3D game | 11:30 - 12:15 | Sushen Kumar |
| 7. | Closing keynote | 12:15 - 12:30 | Abhijeet Singh |
The event
The event was organized by the Computer Science & Engineering Department of Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The event began with an invocation keynote after which the technical sessions started. The event was sponsored by MLH, Microsoft, and Subway. Students were given a starter code with bugs for a 3D car racing game using Unity 3D. The aim of the workshop was to explain the workflow of Unity 3D for Windows Desktop game development and solve the bugs in the code to complete and play the game. The event ended with a closing keynote and a group photograph after which the audience was dispersed.
About the speakers
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Sushen Kumar
Founder of Statosphere.io -
Vipul Gaurav
MLH representative and Smart India Hackathon winner 2019 -
Abhijeet Singh
Senior Microsoft Student Partner, AI developer, open-source contributor, and Mozillian.
Organizers
Hosting Department: Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Hosted by: Dr. G. C. Banu Prakash (Professor and Head)
Faculty coordinators:
- Dr. Sheela Kathavate (Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE)
- Dr. Savita Choudhary (Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE)
- Mrs. Sushila Shidnal (Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE)
Student coordinators:
- Abhijeet Singh, 1MV16CS001 (Microsoft Student Partner & Lead, GLUG MVIT)
- Vipul Gaurav, 1MV16CS124 (Co-lead, GLUG MVIT)
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