Unite 09

This post took far too long to show up, but... better late than never right? Oct 27-30 was the third Unity conference here in San Francisco, and I was lucky enough to be able to attend! I learned a boatload about my favorite game development tool, made incredible new friends, partied like crazy with them, and gathered some of the most powerful motivation since... ever! It was one of the most amazing weeks of my life.

I'll try to keep this brief, and sum up what the conference really meant to me (because to try and tell the whole story in a blog post would be like... int pi = 3.14159265. explicit conversion error). Everything Unity does opens up game development to the little people. Flash web games have been around for what seems like forever, but let's be honest, no one really took them seriously. But now we have the chance to make professional level games... with very amateur level resources. This is a beautiful opportunity for me: a chance to make real, playable games just a year into pursuing my game design career. I intend to take full advantage of everything Unity gives me. I've rediscovered my love for coding, and I've been reminded that now is my time to push myself, learn new things, and have fun while doing it. 

I'd also like to give a shout out to all of the awesome people I got to meet and spend time with that week, Derek & Sean at WishB, Tom, Mircea & Jeff from Unity, Mauricio, Paul, Amilton, and so many more. You're all spectacular professionals, and you all know how to have a great time :) I'm honored to have had the privilege.