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October 31, 2005
Meeting Announcement: Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Speaker: Mike DelPrete - President, Agora Studios
Topic: Half Life 2 mod: Plan of Attack
Location: 3rd floor of DeJohns Restaurant & Pub, 288 Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210
Date: November 16th, 6:30 PM (presentation starts at 7:00 PM)
Join us in November to get a glimpse into development of a successful mod for Half-Life 2. Mike DelPrete, President of Agora Studios, will be presenting Plan of Attack, a popular multiplayer team based combat mod his company has been developing.
Presentation Overview:
Plan of Attack is an award-winning modification built on the Half- Life 2 engine. Developed in the "spare time" of several Agora Studios employees, the game features several innovative features including an in-game strategy engine and a global statistics and tracking system. Since the release of Plan of Attack, the Agora team has gone on to other commercial projects built on technology developed for the game, primarily the global statistics engine.
Presenter Overview:
Michael DelPrete is the founder and President of Agora Studios. He has been developing online communities for the past 10 years, and has his Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His current focus is on the intersection between online gaming and the communities that support it.
Posted by IanStead at October 31, 2005 03:32 PM
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