Preservation

The purpose of the Game Preservation SIG is to serve as a meta-resource, hub and community for those interested in digital game preservation and history. The SIG aims to be a one-stop-shop for all game preservation related news and projects, and will work towards setting standards and guidelines for assisting industry/academia in establishing preservation efforts.

For more information then what is listed here, see our in depth IGDA wiki pages!

Objectives

The Game Preservation SIG focuses on:

• Preserving game history in a variety of ways
• Providing help, standards and guidelines to establish preservation efforts, and to existing efforts
• Being a hub of preservation work and keep record of news, events and history relating to game preservation

Contact and discussion

See the contact page for information on contacting us, and visit the IGDA forum or join the mailing list for discussions on game preservation.

Membership and Organisation

The Game Preservation SIG welcomes any help from industry, academia or IGDA membership. There is no formal membership structure or committee, but at least a free IGDA account is required to help with projects, and signing up to the mailing list is also necessary. Volunteers can help on numerous projects listed below, offer to help advocate the SIG and preservation or just help with discussions and comments we have, or contribute new discussions! Also feel free to contact the SIG about your personal history as a developer.

The current Preservation SIG Team who administrate various parts of the SIG is made up of:

• SIG Chairperson: Henry Lowood - Stanford University
• Mailing List Moderator: Melanie Swalwell - Victoria University of Wellington
• Wiki/Blog Editor: Andrew Armstrong
• Blog Editor: Julia Brasil
• Memorials Project Lead: Devin Monnens