I wish they would have had something like this when I was in school. There’s even a category for games right now. If you’re working on something with Unity, or another middleware engine, I’d love to hear about it. I can also grant you BizSpark, to help get started, with free software, hardware, and…
Fellow Tech Evangelist, Joe Healy, put together a great set of slides on how to open your developer account via DreamSpark. Joe Healy – How to set up your DreamSpark account from Dave Voyles Not sure if your school has DreamSpark? Head over to https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/Access.aspx look at the lower right for this image Type in…
I was at Unity’s Unite conference in Seattle this week, and I learned from their education team that Unity has far cheaper licensing for students, faculty, and schools. In partnership with Studica, Unity has discounted costs. Here’s a link to the page. Also, Autodesk, creators of Maya, 3DS Max, etc., also have FREE versions…
Jennifer Marsman wrote a great post on her MSDN blog about the benefits of BizSpark and how to get started with the program. This step-by-step tutorial can help get you enrolled as well. Perks of the program: http://wootstudio.ca/startups/bizspark.aspx Windows 10 developer accounts (Xbox, Windows) Visual Studio Ultimate licenses Windows licenses (multiple versions) Office 365 developer account…
Time: Wednesday August 13 2014 | 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: City Coho Philly Nexus http://www.citycoho.com/ CityCoHo | Philly Nexus 2401 Walnut St. Suite 102 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Microsoft’s BizSpark is an innovative global program that unites Startups with global entrepreneurial and technology resources in one…
UnityVS, a tool for debugging Unity games within Visual Studio, is finally free and available to developer using Visual Studio. It works for VS 2010, ’12, and ’14. If you currently do not have Visual Studio, feel free to contact me, and I can set you up with BIzSpark for free. Here are some of…
I recently put together a new meetup for Unity game developers in Philadelphia. This will likely be held at City CoHo Philly Nexus, 2401 Walnut St., Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA (map), and on Monday evenings. The location is ideal, as Drexel University and UPenn are right down the block, and public transit is close by. You can…
RESOURCES: You can find the source for this project on my GitHub. For some time now, prime[31] has been an industry leader in platform specific extensions for Unity games. Many of these extensions allow developers to tie their Unity games with the native functionality of a platform. In the case of Windows 8 and Windows Phone,…
You can download the app from the Windows 8 Store, for free. In my last post, I mentioned that I began using Microsoft’s new Web App Template, to quickly and easily create an app out of my website, while using very little code. Now that my app is finished, I wanted to walk you through…
As I bounce from college to college and work with a number of students, I’m always surprised to see how many aren’t aware that they have access to DreamSpark. Dreamspark is Microsoft’s program to provide students with software design and development tools at no charge. The program was originally available for university/college students in the U.S., but…