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In-Person: Create a 2D Video Game Level 2 (Ages 13-17)
Registration Required
Thursday
August
18
4:00​pm
Alafaya Branch
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Take your skills to the next level with The Games Factory 2. Learn more about using frames, objects and the Event Editor.
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Virtual: Tech Talks- Meet 2K Senior Producer Jonathan Rivera
Registration Required
Tuesday
August
23
6:30​pm
Online
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Tech Talks are an ongoing conversation with luminaries in the tech world & beyond. This session we talk to Johnathan Rivera: Senior Producer for Visual Concepts, developers of the 2K Series.
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Virtual: Blender Fundamentals
Registration Required
Tuesday
September
13
2:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Melrose Classroom 1)
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
This virtual event will introduce learners to the Blender interface, workflow, how to access tools and edit attributes of a 3D project.
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Virtual: Blender - Modeling a Character
Registration Required
Thursday
September
15
2:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Melrose Classroom 1)
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Learn to extrude, subdivide and edit a mesh to create a humanoid character.
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In-Person: Creatures of the Night
No Registration Required
Saturday
September
17
10:30​am
Southeast Branch
(Children's Area)
Event Categories: Storytime; History, Culture, Genealogy
Dream big like Pedro Linares and let your imagination tell a story. Create fantastical Mexican Folk art creatures called alebrijes! Recommended for families with children ages 5 and up.
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Virtual: The 12 Principles of Animation in 3D
Registration Required
Saturday
September
17
2:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Melrose Classroom 1)
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Explore the 12 principles of animation and the influence they have had on 3D animation tools. Apply the principles using the Timeline and Graph Editors to animate a bouncy ball.
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Virtual: Blender - UV Mapping
Registration Required
Tuesday
September
20
2:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Melrose Classroom 1)
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Learn to correct and extract the UV coordinates of a humanoid character's mesh.
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Virtual: Blender - Rigging a Character
Registration Required
Thursday
September
22
2:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Melrose Classroom 1)
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Learn to apply, modify and define a skeletal structure of a humanoid character using Blender's Rigify add-on.
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In-Person: World Traveler
South America
No Registration Required
Friday
September
23
4:00​pm
Southeast Branch
(Southeast - Meeting Room 2)
Event Categories: Storytime; History, Culture, Genealogy
Become a world traveler! Take a trip to South America with fun trivia, activities and crafts. Recommended for families with children ages 5 and up.
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Virtual: Blender - Painting Weights
Registration Required
Tuesday
September
27
2:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Melrose Classroom 1)
Event Category: Game Design & Virtual Reality
Learn to correct the deformation of a humanoid character's mesh when the skeletal structure is animated.
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