meeting report

by Pierre Boudreau

This is an imported event from the old site.

par Max Nichols

by Max Nichols

For our October meeting, IGDA members met for a Gamecafé night at Hurley’s Irish Pub, to discuss the intersection of games and social media. The Gamecafé meeting format involves intimate discussions about a topic in a casual setting – dinner, in this case. Many of us arrived an hour before the discussions officially began to grab some food, catch up with friends and meet new people.

We hope you all had a happy halloween! Thank you to everyone who came out for the 4th Halloween Studio Crawl. We had an unprecedented turnout of 130 people- twice what we were expecting! It just goes to show you how strong our community here in Pittsburgh really is!

Over 75 gamers, professionals, students, and related industry fans joined the IGDA Ottawa Chapter at The Code Factory on Wednesday night. It was record breaking attendance for the IGDA Ottawa chapter and the positive reviews keep flowing in.

When: Tuesday, April 28, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Buckhead Saloon (map)
What: Triangle Game Conference Kickoff Party
Who: Conference partners, attendees, and game industry professionals
Host & Sponsor: Altruent Systems and Advanced Networx
Age: 18 and up
Cost: Free

More look than feel?

The event started at 7.00 p.m. with Autodesk giving an exclusive presentation of their new software. This was followed by a talk from Richard Hince of Artem Digital on their head scanning and facial capture systems.

28th June 2006: Is There A Future For Mobile Gaming?

The event was held at the Kings-Cross O'Neil's and as has been typical of our meetings, all went smoothly in hosting another interesting I.G.D.A gathering. We introduced a £2 entrance fee for the first time for non-members, and the turn-out was decent considering the added fee (around 25-30 people, with 15 being non-members). Most people who came didn't mind the entrance fee, though we believe it turned more people away.

April 2006: Bluegfx and Autodesk Demo

Bluegfx and Autodesk give a presentation showing off tghe latest middleware demonstrations highlighting the workflow and integration between some of the most widely used 3D modelling tools in the industry, namely: 3DS Max, Maya and MotionBuilder. Latest technologies and capabilities will be shown from the material given at the recent GDC '06 event.