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IGDA Manila Monthly Meetup for October 2010 - Report
A big thanks to everyone who came to the IGDA Manila monthly meetup last October!
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IGDA Monthly Meetup for November ‘09 Report
(Written by Caroline Dy, reposted from here.)
IGDA Manila is back
IGDA Manila is back! From a revival on the official forums to our first in-person meeting, the Manila chapter of IGDA is slowly getting back on its feet. Read on for notes from the first meeting (including the list of new board members for 2009).
First IGDA Meeting
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, 1:30 pm
Columns, Makati
IGDA Manila Chapter Q2 2007 Meeting
Hi All,
Thanks for those who have attended this quarter's chapter meeting, and for Pixelstream for hosting this quarter's meeting in their new office in Makati.
We were able to hear three presentations during the meeting: the CGOverdrive report from Matahari Studios, the Pixelstream game engine demo for both PC and Xbox 360, and the talk from Yehey regarding their online world currently in development. More materials will be uploaded in this site soon.
Here are some of the pics of the meeting:
Roger (Anino Mobile Producer), Gaby (GDAP President) and Ranulf (IGDA Manila Chapter Chairperson)
Group picture which includes Mr. Fujii (PixelStream President) and Paul (Anino Mobile CTO)
Ryan of PixelStream giving a demo about the PixelStream Game Engine running on the PC
Demo of PixelStream engine running on an XBOX 360 with their game demo "Brando"
IGDA Meeting Results - Feb. 13, 2007
The first IGDA Manila meeting for 2007 was held at the Studio of Secret6 office in Ortigas, Metro Manila. Ron Schaffner graciously agreed to be our host and provided snacks for the meeting.
Ron brought over a Playstation3, and for almost all of us it was our first hands-on experience with the PS3. We had some fun with the launch titles such as Resistance: Fall of Man.
Noel Lim, the art director of Secret6 also gave a tutorial on normal mapping.
After the event, a raffle was held where the winners won a Playstation3... pen! Also raffled were a GameDaily notebook and a Sony cap. Ranulf Goss also discussed the upcoming Game Connection event in Singapore happening in September of this year.
We had a special guest for the evening, Swethadry from TestingCzars who came all the way from India to give some information about their company.
Pictures of the event below:
Ron Schaffner, our host for the evening
Enjoying the great food that Secret6 provided for the meeting
Gabby Dizon, IGDA Manila coordinator presiding over the meeting
Noel Lim, Secret6 art director giving a presentation on normal mapping methods
Enjoying the PS3
Eric Marlow and Ranulf Goss of Matahari, speaking to DLSU's game development instructor Natasja Bautista and Pixel Stream's Roderick Rivero
Group pic of all the IGDA meeting attendees
Thanks to everyone for going to the IGDA meeting, we're looking for greater participation in the next one.
AGDS 2006 - Singapore
The Asian Game Developer Summit 2006 was held in Singpoare on December 9-10, 2006. It was a joint event of the IGDA chapters of Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
L-R: Alexander Calero of Glyph Studios, Joey Alarilla of Inquirer, Paul Gadi of Anino Mobile, Altair Martinez of Pixel Stream
The Anino Entertainment crew enjoying their trip to Singapore
One of our 3 Filipino speakers, Alex Calero giving his talk
IGDA Manila coordinator Gabby Dizon with Obsidian Entertainment's J.E. Sawyer
Matahari Studios' Eric Marlow and Ranulf Goss with AGDS organizer Allan Simonsen
Pixel Stream's Altair Martinez giving his talk
Anino Mobile's Paul Gadi lecturing about Test-driven development
Keynote speaker Ian Livingstone giving us his very entertaining keynote.
The AGDS 2006 was a highly successful event, with all Manila attendees agreeing that it was very useful for the tracks and networking with industry peers. We'd like to thank the organizers for the event are looking forward to greater participation in next year's AGDS.
IGDA Manila Chapter Night Report
Hi All,
Thanks for those who attended the Chapter Night! We had fun swapping stories about our game development works, we had lots of people, lots of food and lots of fun. Hope to do this again nearing Christmas =)
Group Pic, taken early in the evening, more people followed later
Luna of Anino Entertainment, who shared with us a quick post mortem of the game Timothy and Titus
Ranulf of Matahari Studios, informally discussing the plans for the game development industry organization for the Philippines
IGDA Manila Chapter Q3 2006 report
Minutes of the Meeting
Seperate Game Development Industry Organization discussion
- We have consulted experienced people regarding setting up the new org, and we're pushing thru with the creation of the org, target is end of this year
- Ranulf of Matahari Studios has provided draft goals and bylaws to be reviewed by potential member companies
- This org will hopefully be funded by game development companies here and by grants with the help of government
- This org will in turn help fund IGDA Manila activities as well, so that there would be no problems not having a legal entity
- Supported activities would include GDC, AGDS and UGG
Asian Game Developer Summit 2006
- Gaby of Flipside is in charge of coordinating speakers and delegates from PH
- We will try to go as a PH delegation so that organizing the trip can be easier and the expenses can be lowered down
- We hope to introduce more PH people to the event, we hope we can host the event in PH by next year
UGotGame and other events this year and next year
- UGG will have an exhibition type environment more than competition, and it will be now limited to just student category
- 10 game dev slots and 4 mod slots are allocated, this might change due to the number of entries
- Matahari Studios will be a primary sponsor, and other game development companies might sponsor as well, depending on the package
Chapter Get together and sponsorship
- David formerly of Pixelstream will be organizing a Chapter Night get together, Luna of Anino will be coordinating for the venue
- Most likely in Boni this August or September
- We plan to present post mortems about Anino's Timothy and Titus and Ladyluck's Terrawars:NY
- In this event, we would be more of a community night rather than a formal meeting
Thanks,
Ranulf