FORT WAYNE — Ivy Tech Community School Fort Wayne is internet hosting an introduction to game structure and enhancement presentation, that includes visitor speaker Dr. Paul Gestwicki on April 11 from 5-7 p.m.

Gestwicki will be speaking practically, but attendees are welcome to go to either in-particular person or via Zoom. This function is absolutely free and open up to the community.

The presentation will involve a limited workshop utilizing Godot Recreation Engine, which is a totally free engine for making 2-D and 3-D games. It is cross-system, totally free, and open up-supply. It can be downloaded at GodotEngine.org. No former encounter with video game programming or Godot Motor will be vital, though familiarity with laptop or computer programming will be advantageous.

Gestwicki is a Professor of Pc Science at Ball State College, where by he teaches classes on agile software development methods and human-personal computer interaction in addition to match style, development, and creation. He has offered his investigation at lots of educational conferences, which include the Worldwide Meeting on Meaningful Engage in, the ACM Specialized Symposium on Pc Science Schooling, and the Consortium of Computing Sciences in Faculties Midwest Meeting.

His activity advancement operate has received awards from the Indiana Historical Society, the Worldwide Conference on Really serious Enjoy, and Academic Testing Providers.

Those wishing to attend in man or woman can do so at the Ivy Tech Fort Wayne campus, 3800 N. Anthony St., Fort Wayne or through Zoom at the connection.ivytech.edu/gamedesign.