ITP Camp 2023

Create Asynchronously Networked Social Space: Hacking around Google Sheets in Unity

Date: June 23, 2023 1-2:30pm


Format: Hybrid (In-person with online access)


Tags: #unity #coding #social #web #networking #spreadsheet


Networking in games (or any interactive experience) has always been a headache for many developers.

But what if, we can skip all the tedius networking setup, and let our old fren Google Sheet handle it for us?

In this workshop, we will introduce an asynchronously networked social space made with this technique, then break it down step by step and live demo the process and build a simpler version in Unity. We will also discuss the strength and limitations of this "hack", and share some more example usage from other games.

Please come with Unity hub and Unity downloaded. (We will start with a little Unity intro, but it is great if you have used Unity before.)

Material for class: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/15zlX19B2eVZWDGH_gwJsnawnf4NBFeGq