Coming from a programming background, Unity can be quiet confusing. The idea of attaching components to objects in order to add functionality is easy to grasp and makes creating small games fast any easy, but what about larger and more complex games?

The Dublin Unity3D Development Discussion is an event where attendees will get the opportunity to do a talk on the development methods (including, if they wish, the project management techniques/software that they use) and design patterns that they use to develop games. These presentations can take any form and involve any kind of media (a game, code examples, slides, handouts). Those giving talks are welcome to demonstrate their game(s), whatever state they are in.

Doing a presentation/talk is completely optional. They are also informal, there’s no list to sign up to, just come along with any material/media you’d like to use (if any).

After the presentations there will be a discussion on development in Unity.

Some of the things we’ll be discussing are:

• Using design patterns in Unity to structure code:
  • Singleton – For instantiating a single Scene Manager
  • State – For GameStates which encapsulate logic/code for each scene
  • Observer – Having components/classes subscribe to event notices
  • Object Pool – Limiting instantiations of GameObjects to reduce garbage collection (improve performance)
  • Adapter/Wrapper – Used for integrating Jitter Physics and maybe managing GameObjects
• Project management (in relation to managing issues and code)

Everyone’s welcome to attend, however the topics covered will require some understanding of C# (or a similar language).

Date: 26th January

Time: 18.30

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€20 (support tog)

Running over four days, from December 27th to 30th, starting about 11:30am each day, running until midnight the first three days and finishing up about 7pm on the 30th. Constant talks, presentations, and massive info dumps. Check out the schedule here.

We are unsure whether there will always be someone in tog over the course of the conference (as many of our members are at 28C3, or at BerlinSides), but we are going to try our best to be open and watching! As always, check irc or twitter regularly to find out if the space is open.

We’ll be showing the (English) talks on the projector. Choice of talk will be majority-rule, or coin-toss. (And you can always pull out the second projector, or tune in on your laptop if you really can’t miss something.) We offer company, fairly comfortable seats, cooking facilities, and the usual tog-ness. You could do a lot worse than joining us But wherever you’re tuning in from we hope you enjoy the event!

This is a repeat of the November 24th workshop, targeted at complete beginners. Students should be reasonably familiar with computers and have knowledge of loops. The statistical content will be kept as straightforward as possible.

When? Monday, December 12th, from 7.30pm till around 9.30pm
Cost: €5 for non-members, free for members

Please use the form below the cut to sign up. Updated to add: we’re full! You may still sign up to be added to the waiting list.

• Pinhole cameras
• Screen printing t-shirts
• Ducks Ducks Ducks, Microwaving Ducks, Led Ducks
• Water bath cooking of steaks

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Interested in learning a new programming language or in freshening up your rusty skills? Here is your chance! A whole weekend of PHP and MySQL fun is awaiting you.

When is all the coding happening, you ask?

Friday, 2nd of Dec – 7.30pm till 10pm
Saturday, 3rd of Dec – 1pm till 6pm
Sunday, 4th of Dec – 1pm till 6pm

3 days, 10 hours (excl. breaks)

Cost:
* 50 euro for non-members
* free for members
* maximum of 8 participants

What will be covered:
* installation and configuration of PHP, Apache, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin
* SQL and PHP basics/refreshments
* simple and complex tasks to solve

Please sign up over the form below or per E-Mail.

Happy hacking!
Meg