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当Uken Games的 Adam Proctor在2013年8月成立“ 多伦多Unity用户组”时，有50人参加了第一次聚会。 仅仅16个月后，该小组就有620多名成员，他们来自多伦多充满活力的游戏开发领域。 (When Adam Proctor of Uken Games started the Toronto Unity User Group in August 2013, fifty people arrived for the first meetup. Just sixteen months later, the group has 620+ members drawn from across Toronto’s vibrant game development scene.)
“There are lots of small game studios, and freelance developers in Toronto and, of course, a lot of them use Unity. About half the people working at Uken Games use Unity too,” says Adam.
“多伦多有很多小型游戏工作室和自由职业者，当然，其中很多人都使用Unity。 Uken Games的工作人员中大约也有一半使用Unity。”亚当说。
Between 80 and 120 people are in attendance at a typical meetup which normally lasts about three hours. “At about 21:30 I try to start kicking people out,” laughs Adam. “When you’re working on your own at something, it’s really good to have an excuse to get together with other people in the same situation. You just need someone to talk to,” he continues.
一个典型的聚会通常需要大约三个小时，共有80至120人参加。 “我大约在21:30开始尝试将人们赶出去，”亚当笑着说。 “当您独自一人工作时，有一个借口与处于相同情况的其他人聚在一起真的很好。 您只需要与他人交谈，”他继续说道。
There’s plenty of time for everyone to show off what they’re working on and to get feedback, comments and help. Each meetup also includes a presentation, sometimes someone will be invited to showcase their work, or, perhaps, there’ll be a visit from a Unity developer or evangelist.
每个人都有足够的时间炫耀自己的工作并获得反馈，评论和帮助。 每个聚会都包含一个演示文稿，有时会邀请某人展示他们的工作，或者也许会有Unity开发人员或传教士的光临。
Unity’s grown to be a company with 650+ employees now, and they’re scattered all over the globe. As luck would have it, the team developing the new Unity UI were based in Toronto at the time, and they dropped by to show off the new features and workflows. Unity’s Americas Evangelist Carl Callewaert, who seems to more or less live in a plane, has also presented for them.
现在，Unity已发展成为一家拥有650多名员工的公司，他们遍布全球。 幸运的是，开发新Unity UI的团队当时位于多伦多，他们来这里展示新功能和工作流程。 似乎或多或少都住在飞机上的Unity美洲传道人卡尔·卡勒瓦特(Carl Callewaert)也为他们做过礼物。
Uken Games’ growth story is, if anything, even more incredible than Unity’s. In 2009 the company numbered just three people; now there are over 70, and they’re still recruiting.
如果有的话，Uken Games的成长故事甚至比Unity的故事还要令人难以置信。 在2009年，该公司只有三名员工。 现在有70多个，而且他们还在招募。
“It’s hard to quantify just how many people have found work through the User Group,” says Adam, “but, as a company we definitely feel that hosting it and providing refreshments is an expense that we can justify. It’s really important for us to be part of the local Unity community.”
“很难量化用户组中找到了多少人，” Adam说，“但是，作为一家公司，我们绝对觉得托管并提供茶点是我们可以证明的费用。 对我们来说，成为当地Unity社区的一部分非常重要。”
At any rate, lots of people have found full time work through the group, and not just at Uken. Of course, it’s also a great place for small local teams to find collaborators. Indeed Adam’s looking at ways to formalize things and make it even easier for people to connect.
无论如何，很多人已经在整个团队中找到了全职工作，而不仅仅是在Uken。 当然，这也是小型本地团队寻找合作者的好地方。 的确，亚当(Adam)正在寻找使事物形式化并使人们更容易联系的方法。
A developer by trade, Adam’s role at Uken Games is as a Project Lead, guiding games to completion. The company like their titles to be cross-platform and global. Family fun title Bingo Pop is available in 12 languages across Android, iOS and Facebook, while upcoming realtime battler Loot Quest is scheduled for release in early 2015.
作为行业开发人员，Adam在Uken Games中的角色是作为项目负责人，指导游戏完成。 该公司希望他们的头衔能够跨平台和全球化。 家庭娱乐游戏Bingo Pop可以在Android，iOS和Facebook上以12种语言提供，而即将到来的实时战斗机Loot Quest计划于2015年初发布。
There are Unity user groups in many of the major game development hubs globally. To find one near you, check out the Unity User Group Page, or search Meetup and Facebook.
全球许多主要游戏开发中心中都有Unity用户组。 要找到附近的人，请查看Unity用户组页面 ，或搜索Meetup和Facebook 。
If there isn’t a Unity User Group near you, why not start one? You can read Unity Evangelist Joe Robins’ top tips for starting a Unity user group here. If you want your Unity user group listed, or are interested in a visit from Unity, reach out to Unity Lead Evangelist Carl Callewaert via carl[at]unity3d.com.
如果您附近没有Unity用户组，为什么不启动一个？ 您可以在此处阅读Unity传播者Joe Robins关于启动Unity用户组的重要提示 。 如果您希望列出Unity用户组，或者对Unity访问感兴趣，请通过carl [at] unity3d.com与Unity首席传道人Carl Callewaert取得联系。
A few pictures from recent Toronto Unity User Group meetings:
最近的多伦多Unity用户组会议的一些图片：
翻译自: https://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/12/15/sharing-and-learning-with-the-toronto-unity-user-group/
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