Next up is PlayCanvas' Chief Technical Officer who shares his name with beanie clad U2 Guitarist 'The Edge', Dave Evans. Dave grew up just outside of Cambridge in Duxford where he says he was regularly dive-bombed by old planes from the nearby Imperial war Museum.
No one ever called us inactive, we've had a busy week and we want to tell you all about it. Here’s a run down on improvements to the engine and what happened behind the scenes at PlayCanvas this week.
The award winning colorTanks
We want your projects to look as good as you imagine them and today we are pleased to announce brand new tools to manipulate your entities. We have recently released a way for you to add Post Processing Effects to your applications and it has never been easier.
Plain old boring scene
Today we are talking to the Russian (from Latvia) Senior Engineer at PlayCanvas: Max!
"I used to play basketball. Before all this, I considered doing it for a living."
Vaios comes from Athens, Greece (if his name wasn't giving anything away) and he is a Senior Engineer here at PlayCanvas.
Now it really has been a busy week for us and we have so much to tell you about. Here's a run down on improvements to the engine and what happened behind the scenes at PlayCanvas this week.
On Thursday 19th of June we will be showcasing some of our recent work with the amazing and exciting Oculus Rift Development Kit. In the build up and anticipation to this event we hope to convey why Virtual Reality and revolutionary hardware from Oculus VR are set to be a part of our future at PlayCanvas. Playing a game in VR is one thing. Making a game in VR...now that really is the future.
Our recent commitment to open sourcing is not the only thing we at PlayCanvas are open about. To help get in touch with our community, we are starting a series of posts about the people behind PlayCanvas. From the informative down to the outright silly, step deeper into our world.
"I wanted to work at Marvel Comics when I was 18 but my coding skills won out which is probably for the best!"
First up is Will, our CEO and co-founder, from everyone's favorite sleepy little town Bedford, England!
Our new hero
Today we're pleased to introduce the updated, all new and fancy Platform Game Starter Kit. We've worked hard with the talented artist from SWOOOP to provide a complete set of code and assets for you to build your own platform games.
After a busy week here in the PlayCanvas office, we thought what better way to champion our efforts than to give you a taste of what's happened at our HQ. We plan to start a series of weekly updates so you know what is keeping PlayCanvas at its best. Here's the latest news...