codebar gamedev afterwork
Fri, 7th September | 18:00 - 22:00 BST (GMT+01:00)

What is it?

Gamedev afterwork is an opportunity to spend Friday evening with BBQ, coding and networking. This is a special version of our standard codebar workshop, with a focus on game dev and also a BBQ! The aim of the event is to build a simple (or not so simple) game with the help of our awesome coaches. Making games is a great way to learn coding, you don't need any experience or knowledge.

What will I be doing?

When you sign up for this event, you will be asked to fill in a survey where you can choose a technology you would like to use (i.e. game engine and/or programming language) and a game you'd like to work on. For absolute beginners, we recommend selecting Unity C# and Flappy Bird.

What do I need?

For students, you need a laptop and:

• For Unity students, make sure to download Unity from here for free: https://store.unity.com/download?ref=personal
• For Javascript students, make sure you have a text editor that can be used for code (e.g. Atom/Visual Studio Code/Sublime text)
• For Python students on Windows, please follow installation instructions here: https://www.ics.uci.edu/~pattis/common/handouts/pythoneclipsejava/python.html. Don’t forget about a text editor (see above)
• For Python students on Mac, please install Python 3.7.0 if you don’t have it installed: https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/ (Note: if you never installed it yourself, it’s probably not there). Don't forget about a text editor (see above)