Unity Session 1 (23/10/2012)

On Tuesday I took part in the first of four sessions that plan to examine the program Unity.

Opening the program I was pleasantly surprised to see that a pre-existing game was already built into it and that you could play it. It was a fun bird's eye view shooter which got me excited to start, especially since the tutor running the session seemed nice and loaned me his I pad so that I could play the same game that had made it onto the device.

As for the session itself, I am afraid to say that I was extremely disappointed with it. Both in how it was organized and how it was taught. Why? Well even though I sat close to our lecturer he spoke too quietly for me to hear, let alone others further away from him. This along with his rapid pace of delivery didn't help.

Sadly most of the session wasn't even spent doing anything as after every section he went through there were numerous members of my group who were behind. But instead of being louder and/or repeating the same process on the projected screen he decided to go through it individually with those that were behind. Thus almost half the session (if not more than that) was spent doing nothing, which was annoying as we had already started half an hour late. This made the session seem like a waste of time, especially since coming out of it I can't say with confidence that I feel I learned anything.

Overall: 

Unity seems like a great program to use and one that I would love to get better at, especially since we got a taster of how a game plays on it thanks to the shooter already installed on the program. It was also cool when I did manage to make a basic game within the session.
I thought that the lecturer was a nice guy, but just needed to be louder and more assertive as I never felt confident in his teaching abilities during the session. 
Therefore, if these sessions are to continue then I hugely advise that the session is planned better for next time and that the lecturer is both louder and perhaps takes a more direct way when teaching us. If this were to happen then I believe that these sessions could be enjoyable and most importantly educational.


The session itself was also recorded so if you wish to check out how it looked visually then please see below:

https://plymouthart.adobeconnect.com/_a958359218/p8tn743vdc1/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal