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Video and Source Code from Embedded Scripting for Games Talk

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Our guest speaker, Jeremy Wright, professor of the C++ Practicum and professional code writer will be discussing embedded scripting for video games.

“We will be presenting in C++, how to use Flex, and Bison to parse a custom command language; Then we’ll show how to add this command interpreter to a basic game. We’ll have a simple SDL graphics layer, and manipulate C++ objects at runtime. It should be very interesting. We’ll post the code after the talk so students can download it, and use it in their own projects. I will be live coding the project (in vim… :) ).”

Embedded Scripting Source Code

SoDA Meeting: Embedded Scripting for Games

Hello, SoDA members!

Our upcoming meeting will be held this Thursday, March 29, 2012 from 6:30p to 9:30p in BYAC 110. Pizza will be provided.

Our guest speaker, Jeremy Wright, professor of the C++ Practicum and professional code writer will be discussing embedded scripting for video games.

We will be presenting in C++, how to use Flex, and Bison to parse a custom command language; Then we’ll show how to add this command interpreter to a basic game. We’ll have a simple SDL graphics layer, and manipulate C++ objects at runtime. It should be very interesting. We’ll post the code after the talk so students can download it, and use it in their own projects. I will be live coding the project (in vim… :-) ).

Be there!

SoDA Meeting Tomorrow

Hello! Tomorrow, Thursday, March 15, we will be hosting our weekly SoDA meeting in BYAC 110 from 6:30p to 9:00p.

Jesse and Travis will discuss information that they gathered from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) including what new technologies were presented, presentation slides from the Microsoft Developer Day presentation (Video Games with Metro in Windows 8), and what you need to prepare for if you wish to join the video game industry.

Free pizza will be provided and we will be giving away a few shirts. After our discussion about GDC topics, the floor will be open to our members to work on projects, share progress, and discuss participation in the upcoming Engineering Open House event.

Be there!

Microsoft hosts a Game Night, what will SoDA Do?!

Hello, everyone! Tomorrow, Wednesday at 7:00PM in BYAC110 and BYAC150 is the big day, the Microsoft hosted Game Night! There will be video games, board games, snacks, and virgin rum and coke’s all around! We’ve heard back from a few members, so far I believe we have a few Xbox 360′s, a few Kinects, a PS3, Nintendo 64 and a few other consoles. If you have any video game consoles, any super awesome board games, TV’s, power splitters, or Laptops, be sure to bring them! Also email us at asusoda@gmail.com if you have any of these supplies, or anything you feel would make this game night that much more awesome, we can assist you with transporting these materials as they may be too heavy to carry on foot.

If you have a resume, bring it!

We will be handing out some awesome T-shirts as well, so be sure to be there!

RSVP @ asusoda@gmail.com

Amazon’s Here Too!

Amazon will be coming to ASU to give a presentation; again I advise all of you to attend; but make sure you make it back in time for the meeting!

More Information:

Ethan Evans, Director of Interactive Digital Products at Amazon, will be presenting on “Digital Delivery and Cloud Computing: Advancing the State of the Art for Real Users”.   Ethan joined Amazon in 2005 to build the Amazon Video on Demand service, delivering movies and TV shows to PCs, Macs, and Internet-connected TVs.  For the last year he has been responsible for digital delivery of software and video games as well as game development for Amazon.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 6th at 6:00pm

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