IGDA @ GDC Booth Demos

• GameSpy Technology Demo: iPhone Online Services & UI Framework Demo - Thursday morning March 11 at 11 a.m.
  

"Live presentation from GameSpy Technology on quickly adding full online services and UI to your iPhone games. Leaderboards, buddy lists, Facebook connect and more!"

GAMESPY TECHNOLOGY

A division of IGN Entertainment, GameSpy Technology is the leading provider of online services to video game developers. Founded in 1997, GameSpy has provided its connected gaming technology to the best-selling, most innovative games in the industry. We specialize in high value services -- social, cloud, commerce, data and mutliplayer -- designed to make games more fun by helping players share their experiences. GameSpy's technology is accessible on every gaming platform and has been utilized by more than 900 titles to date, including landmark games like Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, and Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer franchise. 

Visit us at Booth #1124 at the Game Developers Conference or online at http://www.poweredbygamespy.com

• Autodesk - Demonstration - Thursday afternoon March 11 at 4:00 p.m. 

In his presentation, Carl Callewaert's will demonstrate how to set the assets in Autodesk products, such as modeling in 3dmax, the mocap in Motion builder, how it all comes together in Unity3D and how you bring it all on the iPhone.  During the assets aspect Carl will talk about the nuts and bold of the process, trips and tricks.  During the Unity aspect he will talk about how to bring in the game play, and the game optimization for the assets so all can run on the iPhone.  In other words, the full story from creating assets to playing the game on the iPhone.  We look forward to hearing the Autodesk story as well as hearing about the Unity and iPhone game pipelines.

• Focal Press - Thursday afternoon March 11 at 5:00 p.m.

Join us for the launch of the first IGDA-endorsed book from Morgan Kaufmann- Casual Game Design. Author Greg Trefry will be on hand to sign copies and answer questions about how to make engaging casual games. IGDA members will receive 30% off the list price of $49.95.

• Jones & Bartlett - Friday afternoon March 12 at 2:00 p.m.
  

Author of new Game Engine Gems series, Eric Lengyel, will be signing copies of Jones & Bartlett's just published Volume One at the IGDA booth Friday from 2:00 to 3:00. Visit Jones & Bartlett at booth #1843 to learn more and receive 30% off as a special introductory offer!