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September 06, 2005
$50 discount on Future Play for IGDA members
Future Play 2005
October 13-15, 2005
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
http://futureplay.org/
Future Play is an international conference on the future of game design and technology which brings together academics, industry, and students to advance game design and technology through research, creative and experimental game design and development, and formal and informal discussion on academic and industry-related topics.
The Future Play conference focuses on three main themes. The first theme, future game development, addresses academic research and emerging industry trends in the area of game technology and game design. The second theme, future game impacts and applications, includes academic research and emerging industry trends focused on designing games for learning, for gender, for serious purposes, and to impact society. Finally, the third theme, future game talent, is designed to provide a number of industry and academic perspectives on the knowledge, skills, and attitude it takes to excel in the games industry.
Registration includes access to all conference events. Breakfast and lunch are also provided.
Registration is:
* $250 for non-IGDA members.
* $200 for IGDA members ($50 discount)
* $125 for students
Posted by BrianWinn at 11:41 PM | Comments (0)
September 05, 2005
September 2005 Meeting Announcement
Our bi-monthly meeting is coming up in a few weeks, and it should be a great event this time around! It’s a great time to get involved again in case you haven’t been to the last few meetings! Looking forward to seeing you all there!
The official announcement for our September meeting is as follows:
September 18th, 2005: Fall Kickoff Meeting!
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
3pm-6pm, Media Union (Duderstadt Center) Windows Classrooms 1 & 2
Hosted by Wolverine Soft
With Special Presentations by:
Brain DeMarco, formerly of Monolith Productions (Matrix Online):
"Effective ways of breaking into the gaming industry"
Paul Kerchen, Stardock, Inc.:
“Making Independent Games for Fun and (a bit of) Profit”
As well as:
- Informative Sessions on the Up-and-coming Future Play conference
- A talk with the South Eastern Michigan ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter coordinators (SEMAFX.Net)- including details on their big Halloween bash!
- Updates from our local chapter, including what’s new for the 2005 school year!
- Door Prizes for new and current IGDA members
- Post-meeting socializing at Pizza House
More information about our distinguished speakers:
Paul Kerchen:
Paul Kerchen has been developing computer games professionally since starting his career at Maxis in 1994. While at Maxis, Paul worked on several incarnations of SimCity and the un-released Simsville. After leaving Maxis and California in 2001, Paul founded his own game company in Michigan, Whirling Chair Games, to develop games for the casual games market. In 2004, Paul took a position at game developer Stardock Systems, where he currently is lead developer of Society, a multi-platform, massively-multiplayer, real-time strategy game.
Brian DeMarco:
Brian has worked in the PC Gaming industry for about the last 7 years. He lived in Michigan for the first 34 years of his life until he decided to move to San Diego, where got a customer service job and has since worked his way up. His last position was Associate Producer of The Matrix Online Monolith Productions in Kirkland, Washington.
Additional Resources:
Directions:
To University of Michigan North Campus also you can get a campus map.
Pizza House (for after the formal meeting) – 618 Church St. by East Quad (part of Central Campus map)
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