Gamebridge Unityversity Santa Clara Sundays are now weekly every Sunday at Hacker Dojo from 12-6PM in addition to the long-running Gamebridge San Francisco Tuesdays.
WHAT
Free weekly game dev & VR classes for teens, all ages beginners and bootcampers
WHEN
Every Sunday from 12-6PM:
- 12-2 PM: For ages 12-17 & mentor volunteers.
- 2-4PM: For all ages. beginner-friendly class.
- 4-6PM: Bootcamp: 8 week workshop to make your first game.
WHERE
Hacker Dojo at 3350 Thomas Road, Santa Clara, CA (Dojo’s new location)
RSVP
Join the VRArcade Meetup event
DETAILS
12-2 PM: Unity game & VR Youth Class for ages 13-17
Come to a beginner-friendly class to learn about Unity game and VR development. Youth are welcome and there will be mentors to help you learn Unity and make your first games.
2-4 PM: Unity game & VR Class for all ages
Come to a beginner-friendly class to learn about Unity game and VR development.
4-6 PM: Bootcamp
Do you want to make a game from concept to completion? The Unityversity Bootcamp is a free 8-week mentoring process that will help you achieve that.
Existing projects welcome: If you have prior experience and a game concept in the works , bring the project and we’ll help you finish it.
CLASS CURRICULUM
For the learners’ classes, begin preparing:
- bring a laptop with Unity 5.6 beta installed (it has new mobile VR support).
- If you don’t have a laptop, let us know as loaners may be available.
- Explore our Unityversity tutorials starting with the following:
- first person character
- trigger respawn script tutorial
- coin pickup item tutorial
- making different game types which introduces the other tutorials available from Unity
- Virtual reality development: how to make mobile and desktop VR in Unity
BOOTCAMP CURRICULUM
- Week 1: Experimentation
- Week 2: Concept
- Week 3: Design
- Week 4: Features
- Week 5: Content
- Week 6: Playtesting
- Week 7: Polish
- Week 8: Prelaunch
- Demo Night
About the VR Arcade
Gamebridge Unityversity Santa Clara is a partnership with Virtual World VR Arcade with a VR workspace where you and your friends can experience VR as a player by signing up for play sessions. You can also get access to VR as a developer. You can sign up for monthly membership to use the VR equipment and Hacker Dojo membership to use the rest of the hackerspace to work on your VR projects.
About the Hacker Dojo
Hacker Dojo is a hackerspace serving the silicon valley area with ample space, tools and community to support creative and technical projects. You can become a Hacker Dojo member with 24/7 access to the desks, monitors, meeting rooms, free coffee & tea, electronics workshop, 3D printer, laser cutter and more.
Updates
The first week had 90 attendees over 3 sessions:
