Unity Tip: Use Scripts to Modify Particles

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Unity Tip: Use Scripts to Modify Particles

Unity 3D offers an enormous API that provides ways to manipulate the vast majority of objects in your game. However, there are some features that are not as robust as you might hope. Take, for example, the ParticleSystem class. Let’s say, you have a particle system. You want to modify the radius of the particle system’s shape using a script. After a quick … Read More

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Mark Your Calendar: California STEM Symposium

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Mark Your Calendar: California STEM Symposium

Studica is preparing for the 4th Annual California STEM Symposium. We are very excited for this event! Thousands of educators, students, community and industry leaders will be on hand to share and discover new strategies and resources for “Designing our Future” through STEM education. Dozens of exhibitors, such as Studica, will be showcasing the latest STEM learning tools and technologies. This three day … Read More

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Unity Tip: Using Code to Change Material Properties

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Unity-Tip-How to Change Material Properties in Unity

I am working on a Unity Project in my free time. Recently, I wanted to have the ability to dynamically change the material properties of objects when the player looked at them. I did not want a static, unchanging material. I needed to be able to use C# scripts to make the material change features during gameplay. This is relatively easy to do. However, Unity’s … Read More

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Unity 5 Pro Suite Available for Students

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Student/Teacher Unity 5 Pro Suite Available!

Unity is a fully-integrated development engine used to create 2D, 3D multiplatform games and interactive content. If you’ve read any of our Unity blogs, you know that Studica is a big fan. Many popular games are created using Unity. In fact, the Pokémon GO mobile game making news everywhere was made with Unity. One thing that we haven’t really talked about (until now), is … Read More

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Unity Collaborate Beta – What You Need To Know

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Almost a year ago, I wrote a blog post about setting up Unity to work with GitHub. After Unity got rid of their built-in Asset Server for version control, developers have had to turn to Git or SVN for their version control needs. However, Unity is adding another version control tool to your arsenal; Unity Collaborate. What is Unity Collaborate? … Read More

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Unity Certified Developer Program for Student Success

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Unity Certified Developer Program

Ever since Studica started selling Unity, customers have asked us if there was a certification program available for it. Unfortunately, the answers used to always be a resounding “no”. However, as of today, Unity offers a Unity Certified Developer Program with special incentives for schools – both secondary and post-secondary. Referring back to our recent blog post, this certification program was … Read More

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Unity Certification and Courseware Supports Education

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Unity Certification and Courseware Supports Education

Unity Technologies has revolutionized the game industry with Unity, a powerful development platform that is used to create games and interactive experiences. Unity now supports 25 platforms across 2D, 3D, VR and AR.  Of the top 1,000 grossing games, 30% have been built with Unity, reaching over 1.5 billion devices. The mission of Unity has always been to create a … Read More

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How to Add Camera Effects in Unity

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Camera Effects are a very important part of a game’s look and feel. Things like color correction, bloom, and film grain can add a nice polish to your game. Visual processing has been a crucial part of filmmaking for decades. There’s no reason that the same methods can’t be applied to games. Conveniently enough, Unity has built-in scripts for camera … Read More

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Countdown to CareerTech Vision 2015

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the countdown to ACTE’s CareerTech Vision 2015 is underway. A month from today, the largest annual gathering of CTE professionals will begin in New Orleans. Here at Studica, we are busy prepping for the event. As a reminder, Studica is extending an invitation to educators to be our guest at the CareerTech Vision Expo. If you are interested, … Read More

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October Education Webinar Schedule

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It’s that time again! A new month is just around the corner, which means Studica’s October Webinar Schedule is just about set. In our continuous mission to connect teachers with the latest classroom technology, Studica offers a variety of education-focused, live webinars. We understand the ever growing need to improve STEM education and we want to show you how to … Read More

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