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September 2006

Big Huge Games Showcases Art Dev. Process at M.I.C.A.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2006/09/26 - 11:40

"From Thursday, September 14 – Sunday, October 8, Maryland game developer Big Huge Games shares the art-making process of their latest PC strategy game, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends™ at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). The exhibition takes place in MICA’s Rosenberg Gallery located in the Brown Center at 1301 Mount Royal Avenue. A reception takes place Thursday, October 5, 5 – 7 p.m.

In this exhibition, Big Huge Games showcases a variety of work from every stage of the development of Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends™, including original concept sketches, cinematic animations, computer-produced figurines of character models, and in-game video footage. Visitors also get the chance to try out the game at computer terminals. Works by a select group of MICA experimental animation students accompanies the exhibition. The students participated in an applied research class at Big Huge Games during the 2005 – 2006 academic year" (MICA, Source, 2006).

Read the full article here.

D.C. Serious Games Summit - Oct. 30th - 31st

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2006/09/19 - 10:51

Just a reminder that the Serious Games Summit is taking place this October 30th-31st in Washington D.C. at:

Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202 US
Phone: 703 920 3230
Fax: 703 271 5212

Remember, IGDA members receive a $50 discount on the ticket price, and if you pre-register by October 2nd and save a further $200!

http://www.seriousgamessummit.com/

Project Management in Games Development Thesis and Survey

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2006/09/19 - 10:28

A German Management student from Germany recently contacted the Baltimore IGDA about his Thesis, "Project Management in Games Development". This could turn out to be a very interesting piece of research, but he needs some help. Any producers/project managers who are willing could help by taking a quick minute and filling out the survey linked to below. Full text of the message below.

Survey can be found at: www.ime-institut.de/umfrage

Reminder: Meeting this week!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2006/09/11 - 02:27

I know I posted this to the forums, but I'm staying up late finally updating our site and learning how to use this blog thingee. (Yeah, I'm not a blogger.)

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 9/13 at 5:30 pm, same time as before, same location as before:

The Treehouse Restaurant & Lounge
9926 York Rd
Cockeysville, MD 21030
(410) 628-2190
http://tinyurl.com/plvc4

Hope to see you there!

The agenda:

  1. Elections for Chapter Committee roles
    • Chapter Coordinator
    • Content/Speaker Manager
    • Sponsorship Manager
    • Meeting Reporter/Photographer
    • Web Manager
  2. Discussion of forum traffic
  3. New business and suggestions

I'll post descriptions of these roles to the forum on Monday. Er. I guess that would be later today.