Upcoming October Events!
October 2nd - 6-7:30pm, First Friday
Join us every first friday of the month for a low key happy hour hangout at the Hoffbrauhaus on the South Side of Pittsburgh.
October 30th - The 5th Annual South Side Studio Crawl/Halloween Party
Come tour Schell Games & Silvertree Media of Pittsburgh's game studios on the South Side... in costume!
Also hear about other local studios including Sim Ops Studios & Etcetera Entertainment.
Door fee will be $10 OR $5 with the donation of a working game/system for the December Gamers Give Back event (see below).
Food and drink will be available and anyone in costume will be eligible for fabulous prizes!
(If you are part of a local studio and would like to showcase your company at this event, please contact sabrina@schellgames.com)
December 5th - Gamers Give Back Charity Game Tournament!
Play games and raise money for a local children's charity.
We'll be collecting used games for this event starting in October, so save those games!
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on September 18, 2009 09:57 AM
PIGDA Board Game Jam
This month's PIGDA event will be a Board Game Jam!
What does that mean? It means a day of game creation followed by a
night of game playing! And fun! Don't forget the fun : )
Participants will get together Saturday April 25th and assemble into
teams. From 9am to 5pm teams will brainstorm, construct, and playtest
board games, and then everyone will play all the games as a board game
night. Finally, an esteemed team of judges will award prizes!
The Jam:
- Participants will be divided randomly into teams*
- Each team will be given a "brainstorm bag" to use if they want
- General supplies will also be provided
- Each team will also randomly select a one or two word theme to use
- Teams will construct their game
- Naive guests will be available for playtesting
- Bring your own lunch or money for take out.
- *** Every game must be playable in 20 minutes or less! ***
The Board Game Night:
- Feel like playing games, but not necessarily creating them all day?
Then come to board game night!
- Jammers and Guests alike will play all the games they want
- Enjoy a delicious dinner of some kind.
The Awards:
The secret and esteemed team of judges will confer and award prizes!
Categories include:
- Best Overall
- Most Innovative
Recap:
- When : April 25th 9am - 8pm
- Where : Schell Games, 2313 East Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
- What : Game Jam followed by Board Game Night
- Cost : $10 for jamming and board game night, $5 for just board game night
* If you feel strongly that you'd like to preform a team ahead of
time, that is ok too.
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on April 7, 2009 10:30 AM
Global Game Jam
Hope the New Year is finding everyone doing well!
This is your invitation to the first annual Global Game Jam!
The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the first of its kind: a game jam that takes place in the same 48 hours all over the world.
What's a "game jam"?
It's a crazy fun weekend where you team up with other artists, programmers, designers, etc to bust out a small game or game prototype.
The Pittsburgh chapter of the IGDA and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) have partnered to provide a local venue for the Global Game Jam!
The Global Game Jam will start at 5:00PM Friday, January 30, 2009 through 5:00PM Sunday, February 1, 2009, (all times local). All participants in the Global Game Jam will be constrained by the same rules and limitations, with each time zone having one distinct constraint.
This game jam is different from other game jams in a couple of ways:
- There is a theme that will not be announced until the game jam starts
- There will be one unique constraint for our time zone
- There is no 'chosen' platform – your team can choose to develop for the pc, iPhone, etc.
- The teams are not to be pre-formed… so that true collaboration can occur during the 48 hours.
Please visit our website to register - http://www.globalgamejam-pgh.com/. We are requiring a $10 fee to reserve your seat and to defer food costs. Location information as well as details about the jam are available on this site.
Whether you're a student at AIP, CMU, or another local school, or a professional working at a local game & entertainment companies, sign up now so we can have a strong Pittsburgh game industry representation for the Global Game Jam! There is a limit of 75 seats so please sign up early!
The IGDA has also mentioned possibly showing off some of the games at this year's GDC so this is a great opportunity to get your name out there and meet new people.
Additionally, if you are a subject matter expert in a particular application and would like to be denoted as such for your participation in the game jam, or if you can't participate in the 48 hours but you could be available as a 'teaching assistant' in flash, python, maya, etc. it will definitely help the teams out!
Any questions can be directed to Tracy Brown at tracykobedabrown@gmail.com
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on January 4, 2009 07:22 PM
January Event: Board Game Night
Next IGDA event is Wednesday January 28th - Board Game Night! Bring your favorite (non video) games and join us for a chill evening of food and fun.
You can also bring a new/sealed video game, accessory or console and we'll add it to the library for the Children's Home so hold on to any duplicate holiday gifts you might have received : )
We hope to see you there!
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on January 1, 2009 07:21 PM
Gamers Give Back recap
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Second Annual Gamers Give back event. You can view photos from the event
here.
From the event we'll be able to provide the Children's Home with a Wii, a Wii Fit, 1 Nintendo DS and several fun Wii & DS games.
If you were unable to attend but would still like to help out, we're still accepting donations from the Children's Home Amazon Wish
List through January 28th 2009. We'll be installing this video game library at the Children's Home in the end of January.
Have a great holiday and happy new year!
Gamers Give Back Winners:
Raffle:
Andy Jih
And after some tournament exciting play, the winners were:
Pinball:
1st Place - Sam Polglase
2nd Place - Russell Ball
Super Smash Brothers:
1st Place - Aaron Vanderbeek
2nd Place - Michael Nayebi-Oskoui
Rock Band head-to-head guitar action
1st Place - Sam Polglase
2nd Place - Kyle Kenworthy
ps- The Children's Home is a place where kids typically stay when they are transitioning in/out of Children's Hospital. This new game lending library Pittsburgh IGDA is donating will allow these kids to have a sense of normalcy and fun while they deal with serious health issues.
Posted by PittsburghIGDA on December 20, 2008 07:17 PM
