IGDA Meet February 26th - Report

We started around 8.15pm, by 9pm we have the total attendance of 4 people. We have a first timer to IGDA meet, Hezri from HezMedia Interactive, Edy and Fairuz, who have been attending IGDA meets few times over the few years. It started as a small chat, as I informed them that I'm not expecting any bigger turn out as it was still in Chinese New Year mood for most of us.

After introducing ourselves to one another, we went on to discuss, the topics on the agenda.

1. IGDA Malaysia Chapter plan and execution for year 2010.

- Monthly event. There will be 2 types of event for each alternate month. One of it is a networking session/casual meet in KL and another one would be presentation/talk/game session and showcase at Mac3 Cyberjaya.

- Our chapter is working closely with MDeC to work on an internship program called GameINC. Announcement will follow shortly.

- Formalization of our chapter is planned towards the end of the year.

 2. Recap on IGDA Malaysia Game Jam 2010

- We have 16 participants for the event and 4 games were done after 48 hours. http://www.globalgamejam.org/sites/igda-malaysia-game-jam/games

- Sway: A Game Of Love

- Alien vs Cakes

- DeBuG

- Sun Dust

- Check out the pictures at our flickr and picasa albums and news report by Animation Xpress.

 3. More ways to connect to IGDA Malaysia Chapter and local game developers.

- IGDA Malaysia Chapter now have its own Facebook, Flickr, Picasa and Youtube account.

After that we had a long chat about the current state of the game industry, locally and globally as well. It is a good time to reflect what has happened in 2009, and how we can improve on it. Meeting ended around 11pm.