{"id":999,"date":"2019-09-12T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tgdstaging.enemyhideout.com\/?p=999"},"modified":"2019-09-12T14:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:58:14","slug":"ludum-dare-45-tucson-comic-con-and-augmented-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsongamedev.com\/?p=999","title":{"rendered":"Ludum Dare 45, Tucson Comic-Con, and Augmented Reality!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tgdstaging.enemyhideout.com\/?p=972\">Last month\u2019s meeting<\/a> with Blake was chock full of cool stuff! He showed us some great tips on rigging and animating characters in Unity. By setting up bones in Maya and animating in Unity he showed how you can get some great results and preview the work in-game, instead of going back and forth between the engine and Maya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Monthly Meeting: Augmented Reality with Dan Miller!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next month\u2019s virtual speaker is direct from Unity themselves! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danmillerdev?lang=en\">Dan Miller<\/a>, who is a Virtual and Augmented Reality evangelist at Unity will be speaking to the group about AR in games. Come by and learn about how others are using AR to develop innovative new gaming ideas! More info will be posted soon, but as usual the meeting will be the first thursday of the month at Tucson Games &amp; Gadgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Made this in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unity3d?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@unity3d<\/a> in under an hour today. Mostly just playing around with some of the features but feels like there&#39;s a lot of potential for cool stuff! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARKit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARKit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wQPD0a29YL\">pic.twitter.com\/wQPD0a29YL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dan Miller (@DanMillerDev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanMillerDev\/status\/933408664156696577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ludum Dare 45 at the University of Arizona<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unofficial Ludum Dare Soundtrack\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vxYUr9e-GY?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our last game jam at the U of A went very well, and we are excited to host <a href=\"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/\">Ludum Dare 45<\/a>! We are again partnering with the <a href=\"https:\/\/uagamedev.blogspot.com\">UA GameDev <\/a>group to put on this event, and it\u2019ll be an all-weekend long experience. That\u2019s right, we\u2019ve got the 8th floor of the comp-sci building to ourselves! Mark the weekend of October 4th-October 6th on your calendars and come make a game over the weekend! <a href=\"https:\/\/tgdstaging.enemyhideout.com\/?p=990\">For more info click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ludum Dare: Extended!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But that\u2019s not all! We are going to have an extended jam! After the initial Ludum Dare completes, we are going to meet up the next weekend and have a playtest and prizes ceremony! LD participants will have the post-jam week to polish and \u2018juice up\u2019 their games in whatever fashion they see fit. We will meet up (possibly at the U of A) and host a playtest and prizes ceremony, including CASH PRIZES to the winners! That\u2019s right! Cash!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tucson Comic-Con Booth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tucsoncomic-con.com\/\">Tucson Comic-Con<\/a> is Nov 1-3rd! TGD will be at the TCC in the gaming lounge. We will have our kiosks set up, and we will also be selling merch! Last year\u2019s TCC was a great success all around. We had HUNDREDS of people play our games. If you\u2019re a TGD member interested in selling merch or including your game in our kiosks, please join our <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cgMp2RY\">Discord<\/a> and let us know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/tgdstaging.enemyhideout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So many upcoming events (yes, we have even more stuff unannounced!). 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