August 20, 2002
October 2002 Meeting Report
Our Kickoff
meeting went great.
We had an excellent turnout of over 35 people from across southern Michigan
show up. There were large contingents of students from both the University
of Michigan - Dearborn and Ann Arbor (Wolverine Soft Group) and the Spartasoft
Group from Michigan State University. Several companies from the area were
represented as well. Image Soft, Soar Technologies, mtgnews.com, Kronos Software
and probably some more, which I just happened to miss.
I would like to thank Brian Winn for putting together an excellent kickoff
presentation for the chapter. He covered our chapter mission, IGDA membership
benefits, local game related companies and much more.
Brad Wardell gave an excellent presentation covering the industry and how
it relates to an independent game developer. He discussed the issues with
what it is like to be an independent and some of the potential ways of selling
your game.
We handed out a questionnaire, which was mainly to determine where our future
meetings are to be held. If you did not attend the meeting, or if you attended
but did not fill out the questionnaire,
please fill it out now. It will help us decide upon a location for
our December Social gathering, as well as lots of other details for future
meetings.
Brian's opening presentation is available
online or as a PowerPoint
file. A summary of Brad Wardell's presentation on indie game development
is also available
online.
Here are a few of the pictures we took from the meeting.
Coordinator Brian Winn (MSU professor) opens the first meeting.
Despite all appearances, Gregg Seelhoff (Digital Gamecraft)
is NOT sporting the logo of the chapter's official sponsor.
Members of Wolverine Soft grab a bite to eat
while taking in the meeting.
Brian discusses the purpose of the IGDA.
Brad Wardell (Stardock) gives the guest presentation.
Brad discusses the role of an independent game developer.
Again, we
hope everyone had a fun time, because we definitely did. Stop by the forum
and
dicuss our first meeting. We hope to see you in December.
The chapter coordinators:
Rich Elswick
Ron Frazier
Brian Winn
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