meeting report
Final Burn 2011 Report
This year we moved to a new venue because the old one shut down. The new venue seemed to work out great for us and everyone seemed to have a great time. The poster art was really impressive too! Overall there were about four studios represented, and about 20 people. It was really nice seeing what React and Wahoo and Smart Bomb were working on; their newest offerings were very impressive! We'd like to thank the volunteers that helped bring equipment and set up, and Legends for hosting! A big Thank You goes to Wahoo Studios for providing so much great food for everyone! Be sure to check out their games and support them: http://www.wahoo.com/ or http://www.ninjabee.com/
Post to TwitterIGDA September 2011 - Your Developers Are Your Customers
This time we had the opportunity to hear from out-of-state speaker and IGDA supervolunteer Sheri Rubin as she began her trek across the west coast. This meeting was super well attended- over 50 people came to EA Salt Lake's offices and enjoyed refreshments and the great meeting room and hospitality EA Salt Lake provides. A huge thanks to them for hosting! Below is the speech outline for those who missed it.
IGDA May Meeting
This meeting was a casual gathering at Gecko's. Attendance was light but once again the content was great! Thanks to Shane Smit for the excellent postmortem on Cars 2! We were all enlightened and given much to ponder about.
IGDA January 2011 - Repetitive Strain Injury
This meeting was graciously hosted by EA Salt Lake. They provided excellent refreshments and helped run the event smoothly.
Our speaker, Brady Dalton, talked to us about his experiences with RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) and how they affected his game development career.
Here's hoping everyone stays healthy while developing awesome games during the new year!
Final Burn 2010 Report
This year's Final Burn was at the newly revamped Green Street. The upstairs was sporting a couple new cabinets, but less TV's. We had 4 studios demo and members from nearly every major studio (Disney/Avalanche, EA Salt Lake, Eat Sleep Play, Smart Bomb, Wahoo, and React) attend! Most seemed to agree Disney's Toy Story 3 took home Utah Game Dev Choice award this year.
Big thanks to Wahoo Studios and NinjaBee for sponsoring! Please check out their Keflings games on XBLA and show your support for their high quality games!
IGDA September 2010 - Tools, Pipelines, and Workflow Roundtable
This time we had a less formal and more fun roundtable style meeting. We discussed as a community the topic of Tools and Work Pipelines. We got some great feedback and ideas on ways to improve productivity in your daily workflow. I, Josh Jones, moderated the discussion and presented some of the various methodologies for discussion of pros and cons and we all enjoyed some time sharing our thoughts and experiences.
This meeting was graciously hosted by EA Salt Lake and their new studio downtown. Thank you!!
IGDA Salt Lake/Provo Recent Events
IGDA SLC
Check the link to see pictures from the IGDA Summer Bash 2010
IGDA May 2010 Social Meeting at the Bayou
Tonight we met up at local hangout The Bayou. The food was good but the company was better!
Indie Night Success, SLGDRT Thursday, Next Meeting in 2 Weeks
Indie Night was a great success, hearing all the postmortems and seeing all the great demos was a blast! Not to mention finally giving out all the t-shirts. There are still some extras so we will plan on having those at GEEX to give out to the first N people that sign up for the Game-in-a-Day event there.
Reminder: SLGDRT meeting is Thursday this week. Info should be in your email. Email Ryan <ryanbutcherart@gmail.com> with any questions.
IGDA March 2010 - Sims 3 Post Mortem
Last chapter meeting saw an excellent GDC-level quality presentation by Ben Bell. Ben talked to us about producing the sequel Sims 3 and various stories such as team building, player types (listen to your players!), setting design pillars, firefighters, prototyping, and the need for all of us to sometimes, "have more fun" in what we do. 
The meeting was well attended, about 20 people again, graciously hosted by EA Salt Lake.