Building Windows Store Games with Unity

Event Dates

Camp: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Hackathon: Friday, Nov. 30, 2012       

Event Location

Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus

Galileo Room
SVC Conference Center
1065 La Avenida

Mountain View, California 94043
United States

Live Stream

If you can’t attend in person, watch the live stream of the event at https://channel9.msdn.com

You do not have to register for the live stream, just point your browser to Channel 9 or to our registration site on the day of the event.

Join Unity and Microsoft for this free, all-day training designed to jumpstart your Windows Store game app development with the Unity engine.

You will learn from Unity and Microsoft experts in a low-key, interactive way and then get hands-on time to apply what you’ve learned.

What’s the agenda?

Day1

• Overview and Introduction to the Windows 8 platform and the Windows Store, with an introduction to the Unity engine
• Unity + Windows 8 global business opportunities
• Learn to build your app and game in Unity 4 and deploy to Windows 8
• Project Set-up, core engine tutorial, including physics, FX, and other cool Unity features
• Learn how to tweak an existing Unity game to target the Windows Store
• Learn to optimize and deploy your Unity project for Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone 8.
• Learn about features to differentiate your games with Windows 8 integration, such as tiles and contracts
• Tips & tricks for designing, reusing, and sharing code between Windows Phone and Windows 8
• Case studies and Shared examples from Unity, Microsoft, and expert 3^rd party developers
• Discussions and Q&A from Microsoft and Unity engineering and product specialists

Day 2

• Bring your hardware and software and immerse yourself and your team into a full day of Windows Store game development using Unity platforms in a casual environment.
• Meet other Unity Windows 8 developers, share experiences, and grow your development capabilities.
• Meet members of the Unity and Windows evangelism team and get great advice on developing great Windows Store games.

How do I register?

To secure your seat in this event, please register at https://aka.ms/unitywindowscamp

Live Stream

If you can’t attend in person, watch the live stream of the event at https://channel9.msdn.com. You do not have to register for the live stream; just point your browser to Channel 9 or to our registration site on the day of the event.

Notes

This event is brought to you by the Microsoft Developer Platform Evangelism group and is free of charge. Attendees are responsible for booking and paying for their own travel and accommodations.

Questions

Email your questions to windevcamps@microsoft.com