demo showcase

When: Tuesday, January 31st - 6:30pm doors/food/drinks open | 7:30pm presentation begins
What: IGDA-Montreal DemoNight
Where: The SAT, 1201 St.Laurent
Why: Demos from local devs
Who: All game developers, and those related to the game industry
Entry: free for IGDA members; $5 for non-members

"DemoNight"

The Annual GameFest and Symposium is happening at RPI tomorrow and Saturday and members of the local game dev community are invited to attend. Friday from 5-9 PM there will be a showcase of student projects including a table showing off the games developed at the 2011 Global Game Jam. Saturday will feature a full day of lectures and panel sessions (from 9:45 AM until 5:30 PM) including talks by esteemed game designers Lee Sheldon and Brian Reynolds and a panel session with local game industry entrepreneurs. This event is free and open to the public. More information including a detail schedule can be found on the GameFest 2011 Symposium and Exhibition website.

Autodesk is inviting local game companies to join their Casual Mobile Gaming Workshop! See the invite below.

Please RSVP to gella.romero@challenge.com.ph; karen.pena@challenge.com.ph to confirm your registration. This event is for FREE and exclusive only for the following:
 

• Mobile Gaming developers
• Professionals
• Prior experience or success in game development
• Freelancers for agencies and post production houses

Three (3) seats are allotted for each gaming company. Hurry, reserve your seats now!
 

More info coming soon.

If interested in displaying in the showcase, please contact philly(at)igda.org for details.

Come one and all to see games from NJ Global Game Jam participants and other local developers. If anyone wants to demo a game, please contact the coordinators: igda-nj-coordinators@googlegroups.com

In preparation for the Global Game Jam - we will be hosting a Pre-Global Game Jam Mixer at Crowne Plaza in downtown Albany on Tuesday, January 25th 6-9PM. This free event is a great opportunity for people who are planning to participate in the 2011 Global Game Jam (pre-register for the GGJ at the Albany GGJ Registration Page by Jan 23 for a $10 discount). We'll demo some games from previous years as well as give a rundown of some of the software available.

Join us for the 2011 Global Game Jam, January 28 - 30th.

Highlights:

• 48 hours of fun and challenges
• Computer labs available.
• WiFi network accessible
• Small conference rooms available.
• Pre/Post Jam large conference room.
• Board game development support.

For more details and to register:

Global Game Jam Official Site

Registration Fees:

Early Bird Registration (Before Jan 23rd) : $5.00
Standard Registration (Jan 24th - Jan 27th) : $10.00
Walk-ins (After Jan 27th) : $15.00

For the first time, Montreal will participate in the Global Game Jam. The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event occurring annually in late January. GGJ brings together thousands of game developers participating through many local jams around the world. GGJ is a project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

The Montreal Jam will be hosted by Conjure, the game development club at Ecole de Technologie Superieure. Basic details are as follows:

When: January 28-30
Location: ETS, 1100 Notre-Dame West
Fee: none
URL: http://conjure.etsmtl.ca/ggj2011/

Places are limited, so be sure to register:
http://conjure.etsmtl.ca/ggj2011/register/

Note, this event is open to professional game developers, amateur/hobbyist developers, as well as students.

The United States Institute of Peace has looked at the gaming and simulation worlds and created a platform for peace negotiations and discussions.

Join us on November 10 as our member, Ronald (Skip) Cole, takes us through this Peace Platform and explains what it is for and how it works.

Please join us on Saturday, September 11, at 5:00 PM for the September Philadelphia IGDA chapter meeting.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

AGENDA
- 4:45 - 5:15 :: Pizza / Socializing
- 5:15 - 5:20 :: Welcome / Opening Announcements
- 5:20 - 5:35 :: Around the World Introductions
- 5:35 - 6:45 :: Philadelphia Game Dev Showcase :: Play games and demos from local developers!
- 6:50 - 7:00 :: Closing Remarks / Socializing

* Note: All times are estimated

** Note: Doors will close/lock at 5:15

*** Note: If you are interested in showcasing, please read this: http://bit.ly/9u3VlY

For the June 9th meeting of IGDA DC, the developers of games created at the January Global Game Jam and the recent Health Games Challenge Jam will be presenting their games near where they were developed: at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University.  The meeting will occur from 5-9 at the Johnson Center Bistro.  The best bet for parking is probably the Mason Pond (Building 42) or Sandy Creek (Building 44) Parking Decks, as seen on this map: http://info.gmu.edu/FxMap09letterupdate.pdf.

Hope to see you all there!

Meeting Agenda:

5:00-6:30: Networking, Dinner, etc.

6:30-7:00: Announcements

7:00-9:00: Game Jam Post-Mortems

9:00-?: Networking

For the June 9th meeting of IGDA DC, the developers of games created at the January Global Game Jam and the recent Health Games Challenge Jam will be presenting their games near where they were developed: at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University.  The meeting will occur from 5-9 at the Johnson Center Bistro.  The best bet for parking is probably the Mason Pond (Building 42) or Sandy Creek (Building 44) Parking Decks, as seen on this map: http://info.gmu.edu/FxMap09letterupdate.pdf.

Hope to see you all there!

Meeting Agenda:

5:00-6:30: Networking, Dinner, etc.

6:30-7:00: Announcements

7:00-9:00: Game Jam Post-Mortems

9:00-?: Networking

IGDA Baltimore and IGDA DC are teaming up with George Mason University to present the Health Games Challenge.

 Food will be provided!

Find out what great games were created during the Health Game Jam Marathon- and maybe win a prize!

You are cordially invited to the Algonquin College 3rd Annual Game Development Expo. Come meet the graduating students – highly trained talent ready to enter the Game Development Industry this summer. This major event includes presentations and demonstrations of the five quality game titles produced by the graduating students:

• Ephilia
• Evoco
• Neighbourhood Watch
• Rock and Load
• Third Reich: Desert Fox

Not only will you be able try these games for yourself, you will also have the opportunity to see individual

Next IGDA event is a joint meeting with the Indie Night group where we will be hearing the results of the GGJ for Salt Lake City.  We had a lot of great projects start up at GGJ this year and we are very interested to see where they went and what the experience was like for the participants.  Don't miss out on this special meeting!  Details are over at www.utahindiegames.org - you can find directions in some of the past posts as well - so see you there April 22nd!

What: Game Industry Social and Global Game Jam Review

When: Wednesday, Feb 24, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Who: IGDA members and guests, TGI members and guests, game industry professionals, students 18 and up

In the wake of the Global Game Jam, we are continuing this month with the theme of Rapid Prototyping. Rapid Prototyping is a skill that everyone needs to continue building as part of their professional development whether you're a beginner or experienced individual!

Come here about the experiences of fellow developers as they present their Global Game Jam games, including a team with members from Kaos Studios.

This past weekend we hosted 50 game designers, artists & coders at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum for an intensive collaborative / competitive hothouse as part of a worldwide event - the Global Game Jam, held simultaneously in 135 locations across 38 countries!

Please join us on Friday, November 20, at 6:30 PM for our November chapter meeting.

In this meeting, Ian Perera will recap the recent Philly Game Jam that took place on-site at GameX October 23-25.

More details will follow but make a note on your calendars!

A minor, but important, note to anyone who will be attending: the room we will be in for our November meeting does NOT allow food and drink into the room. All food and beverages will need to be consumed outside the room before entering. Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

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