Austin
2010 IGDA-Austin Summer Picnic Thank Yous, Wrap Up, Links, Compromising Photos, etc... See what happened at this year's IGDA-Austin Picnic.
IGDA-Austin is a nonprofit advocacy group for the video games industry in Austin, Texas. Our goals are focused on strengthening professional game development in the Austin area by...
- Fostering a sense of community amongst game developers
- Keeping talent in Austin
- Attracting talent to Austin
- Showcasing the fact that Austin has an excellent game development community
We do this by holding events that are relevant to game developers in Austin, updating this website as a central depot of information. and maintaining a community forum.
- Public mailing list: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/IGDA-Austin/
- Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55276414674
- Professionals-only mailing list: Attend a meeting and ask an officer
Newsletters are sent out only to our yahoo public list or private professional mailing list. Joining this group through the IGDA interface does not mean you will get our newsletters.
IGDA-Austin is currently Directed by:
- Gary Gattis (Spacetime Studios) - Chairman
- Billy Cain (Sneaky Games) - Vice Chairman
- Amy Goldenburg - Chapter Coordinator
- Mike McShaffry (Red Fly) - Treasurer
IGDA-Austin is supplemented by the powers of the following Acolyte Officers:
- Blake Rebouche (Junction Point)
- Alisha Cloud
- Jennifer Bullard (Aspyr Media)
- Cameron Winston (Bioware Austin)
- Alex Marquez
You can contact the Austin Chapter at:
igda-austin@igda.org
News / updates
BioWare Austin is Hiring for the following positions (UPDATED)
BioWare Austin is currently hiring for the following positions:
Junction Point Studios is currently looking for a Programmer, Game Director and Artists
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Come be a part of Disney Interactive/Junction Point Studio and the Epic Mickey team! We’re looking for folks who want to have fun, work hard and have an amazing game to show for it. Junction Point Studios is currently looking for:
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2010 IGDA-Austin Summer Picnic Wrap Up
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2010 IGDA-Austin Summer Picnic Thank Yous, Wrap Up, Links, Compromising Photos, etc... |
Gendai Games is Hiring for Multiple Positions!
Gendai Games is hiring for the following positions:
A growing and innovative consumer products company is looking for a Lead Game Designer
A growing and innovative consumer products company located in Austin, Texas has a Lead Game Designer Position.
Purpose/Summary:
The Lead Game Designer position designs games at the interface, content and engineering level. Leads a team of designers that provides creative ideas for all assigned projects, including game functionality, story line and game flow, and helps maintain the integrity of the game concept throughout the development cycle
Duties include:
Edge of Reality is Hiring for Multiple Positions (Updated)
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Edge of Reality is hiring for the following positions:
Please send resume, cover letter and work samples to jobs@edgeofreality.com with the job title in the subject line. |
Systems Engineer
Requirements:
Twisted Pixel Games is Hiring
Twisted Pixel Games is hiring for the following positions:
- Senior Console Programmer
- Environment Artisit
- Senior Animator
Total Immersion Software, Inc. is hiring for a new project!
We are one of the Austin game development community’s best kept secrets. We continue to grow and are now looking to expand the ranks beyond programming and into design and art! If you are burnt out and feel used and abused by the traditional game development cycle but still want to: A. work with cutting edge game technology, B. have a direct impact on product development and C. want a place where the quality of your life both inside and outside the studio is given its full value, then look no further!
Current full time and contract opportunities include, but are not limited to:
- Multiple C++ Generalist Game Programmers
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Lead Programmer
2010 IGDA-Austin Summer Picnic - June 26th
It is that time of year again! IGDA Austin is proud to present its yearly Summer Picnic at Richard Garriott’s Castleton Village, a beautiful waterfront property off City Park Road in West Austin!
Please help us get the word out there by forwarding this e-mail to your studio, employees or known colleagues who might enjoy attending the IGDA Summer Picnic.
Richard Garriott's Castleton Village on Lake Austin just off City Park Road. See the information page for a map and directions!
Junction Point Studios/Disney Seeks Temporary Environment Artists
We are currently looking for a Temporary Environment Artist to work full-time hours in our Austin, Texas studio. This position will be pay-rolled through a staffing agency and is scheduled to conclude in September 2010. If you are interested in this position, please send your resume along with portfolio to DISJunctionPointRecruiting@disney.com.
REQUIREMENTS
Austin GameDev Microtalks v1.0 with Descendants of Erdrick
It began at GDC; one 50 minute session captivated its audience with 10 very interesting people who each gave one 5 minute presentation in rapid succession. The audience had very short attention spans, but they did not have time to get bored... because as soon as one topic was about to grow stale, another interesting topic took its place. This is the concept behind microtalks. On May 19th, we will bring you 10 of the most interesting game developers in Austin, and they will each share a golden 5-minute nugget of brain candy with you.
In a bar.
Afterwards, a local up and coming band known as Descendants of Erdrick will be gracing us with rockin' non-8bit renditions of your favorite 8bit games.
Buffalo Billiard's ( http://www.facebook.com/BuffaloBilliardsATX )
201 East 6th Street
Austin, TX 78701-3625
Ghostbusters Wii: The Post-DeathMortem
Presented by Mike McShaffry and Dustin Dobson of Red Fly Studios
In January of 2007, three accomplished artists and one designer set out to carve a niche for themselves in the lonely city of Austin. This was a time of strife within the games industry when giants all around this noble city were falling and being crushed under their own weight. Two years later, Red Fly would become one of the leading third party developers within the Austin games industry. Ghostbusters on the Wii was pivotal to this new established identity for the studio and its body of approximately 80 employees.
This is the origin story... of a haunted game.... and the takeaways from its development that will shatter your soul!
Buffalo Billiard's ( http://www.facebook.com/BuffaloBilliardsATX )
201 East 6th Street
Austin, TX 78701-3625
Positions at Snakehead Software
Snakehead Software is looking to add to their team. If you're an iPhone developer looking for full time or part time work, please contact them. iPad experience a plus. They need someone right away.
Aftermath of 1024-Bit Battle Royale 2010: SSH Complex
The official SXSW/IGDA-Austin party of 2010 was a huge success!
Photo Credits go to Tom Hall.
Disney Interactive/Junction Point Studios is Hiring
Disney Interactive/Junction Point Studios is currently looking for some talented folks to fill the following roles:
- Lead Concept Artist
- VFX Artist
- Temporary Environment Artist
- Programmer (Graphics)
- Temporary QA Tester
If you're interested in joining the DIS Junction Point family, please submit your resume to DISJunctionPointRecruiting@disney.com
Lead Concept Artist
Primary Responsibilities:
March Newsletter
Future Volunteers:
We officially need volunteers for an event in March during a SXSW party. After that, we will be needing volunteers for our annual picnic
This is a great opportunity for anybody with good intentions to get started in knowing IGDA-Austin a little better from the inside.
Arkane seeks Senior AI Programmer
Arkane currently has two AAA unannounced titles in development (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC) and is looking for a SENIOR AI PROGRAMMER to join the unique and talented team in Austin, Texas.
Answering to the Lead Programmer and working together with game designers and other members of the programming team, you will collaborate on the implementation of game features (characters and their behaviors, actions, abilities, etc...) in the Unreal Engine, for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms.
Responsibilities:
Game Programming Faculty position at ACC
ACC Computer Studies Department has an opening for a full-time faculty position.
Contact Mary Kohls (Computer Studies Department Chair) at 512.223.3185 or kohls@austincc.edu.
Austin ACM SIGGRAPH presents VFX Masters Series at SXSW!
VFX Masters Series is a free event on Monday, March 15, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Texas State Capitol.