Code Youngstown Summer Meetup 2017
Code Youngstown’s Summer Meetup
Our networking friends over at Code Youngstown are having their Summer Meetup! This will be a great chance for you to meet some like minded techies and computer artists.
Bitter Hearts Gaming Club
The new Bitter Hearts Gaming Club is launching with an in house Arcade Gameplay challenge! Check out the dates so you can play, too!
Youngstown Cityscape 20th Annual Streetscape
20th Annual Streetscape
It’s time to get inspired for game ideas and give back to our community. On June 3rd, Youngstown Cityscape is looking for volunteers to help make Youngstown beautiful for incoming businesses and visitors. If you sign up quickly enough, you have the chance to get a free T-shirt for the event!
A Brief History of eSports [Infographic]
When Blizzard launched the beta version of “Overwatch” more than 9 million gamers signed up for it. This was not only a sign of success for the game but also showed how much gamers love online multiplayer games. eSports, which over the past decade have become synonymous with competitive online gaming, have taken advantage of this massive interest.
Meetup: Oak Hill Collaboration
This Tuesday we have our first Oak Hill Meetup. It’s being called Oak Hill Collaboration because, besides our groups, there will be other groups there working and discussing projects.
Read moreUnity Tutorial Series
Hi everyone! So, among other things at tonight’s Meetup, we briefly discussed a tutorial series for Unity that I really liked that is listed on YouTube. Check it out…
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Letter from the Organiser May 2017
Oh man! April was a super busy month for me. With the start of the month being our annual April Fools’ Game Jam, to the end of the month working out some plans to join the Oak Hill Collaborative, it has been hectic.
Read morePictures-April Fools’ Game Jam 2017
These are some of the pictures that were taken during this year’s game jam March 31 – April 2, 2017. If you have any pictures you would like to have added to this gallery post, please send them to info@youngstowngamedevelopers.com
Designing the Galaxy
Form Follows Function. When they design a new car, they think about how the product will be used. If it’s a minivan, it’s big and boxy for families and their stuff. If it’s a sports car, it’s small, light, powerful, and fast.
This idea also applies to video games. When designing a menu or a new system, you have to consider what its purpose is, how it’ll be used, how people will interact with it, and make everything about it clear and concise.
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