Science in the Triangle

Timothy Gregory, an aspiring game developer and student at Piedmont Community College, works with the Unreal Development Kit during the East Coast Game Conference Thursday. | Photo by Tyler Dukes

It was barely 10 a.m. Thursday and Timothy Gregory was already busy creating worlds.

With a few gestures, he willed the ground into existence, adding texture and flooding his environment with water. Minutes later, he added grim, metallic structures: from complex pillars to blinking machines with unknown functions. Then with a click of his mouse, he created light. Read more…