IGDATC Mar 2014 – My Pants RPG: A Debrief
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (CDT)
My Pants RPG: A Debrief – Zachary Johnson
The first three episodes of my serial RPG The Legend of Equip > Pants have been out for a few months. It’s a punny old-school pantsventure RPG broken up into 15-20 minute episodes. Find out more at http://GoGetYourPants.com/ and play for free on iOS or at the Chrome Web Store. This talk will answer all of your questions!
- Is there room in the market for 2D pixel art RPGs filled with bad puns?
- How do you make a cross-platform game like this?
- What are some marketing tactics for one-person teams?
- Just how many people will pirate the In-App Purchase for an entirely optional donation in a free game?
- How can I design levels so that heat-maps of player deaths form entertaining shapes?
Discover all this, and more.
Member Project
Paul Eckhardt will talk about the recently released App (a “Learning Game”) Learn Chinese Language Mahjong. Paul did all the graphics in 3D rendering applications rather than photoshop – giving the game a really fun look. The game is designed to have the fun gameplay of popular apps, with the bonus of winning in real life by learning a language.
Plug My Thing!
In addition to informal verbal plugs, we’ll also show your trailer, user group, recruitment page, promo video, demo reel, etc. Grab the appropriate ticket - first come, first served.
- 6:00 Pizza and Soda thanks to the Nerdery!
- 6:30 Plug My Thing!
- 7:00 My Pants RPG: A Debrief
IGDATC Feb 25 2014 – Multiplayer Extravaganza
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
Come to Grumpy’s downtown and play some games with us! We’ll have various games created for the Global Game Jam last month, as well as Sports Friends and various other multiplayer games to fall back on. Feel free to bring your own! (Bring your 3DS for that sweet streetpass action, or get in on a game of Zelda: Four Swords.)
Show up on time, because happy hour only goes until 7.
More info and further discussion can be found on the IGDA-TC google group.
IGDATC Feb 2014 – Global Game Jam 2014 Recap
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Global Game Jam 2014 recap
GGJ14 was bigger than ever, with over 4,000 games and 23,000 jammers worldwide. Come hear what went right and wrong for the local IGDATC teams. Rapid fire video based post-mortems on 12 games, Relive the agony, ecstacy and sleepiness of everyone from first-timers to grizzled vets.
There are some real special games in that pile of 4,000. Help us find great and/or crazy games to highlight during this meeting, or play during our upcoming social. Enter them in this spreadsheet as you hear of them, and join the discussion in our google group.
Steam Dev Days
Chris Figureroa will give a quick overview and share personal highlights. We’d also like to hear from any other folks that were there.
Save the date: 2/25 GGJ Play Party and Social
We’re gathering at Grumpy’s for more multiplayer mayhem using GGJ games. 2 screens this time. Help us find the good games, and bring your own!
IGDATC Jan 2014 – Jellyflop! Post-mortem and Advantage Poker
Wednesday Jan 8th, 6:00 to 8:30 pm.
Main Presentation: Jellyflop! Post-mortem – Ashley McLaughlin and James Krantz from Concrete Software
A look at what went well with Jelly’s journey and what didn’t. Spanning the entire project from prototype, through content creation, to release on iOS and Android, and getting featured in app stores. Ashley will be sharing the art/creative process while James will give insight into development structure and level design.
Member Project: Advantage Poker - Erik van Mechelen
We want players to experience the familiar in a new way with Advantage Poker. One of our favorite childhood card games gone digital, it is at its core an on-the-go one-on-one 3-card poker variant.
Global Game Jam 2014 Q&A
We’re once again hosting a site for the worlds biggest game jam Jan 24-26. Mark your calendars, and sign up here for future info. Our site just got officially approved, and we’ll have additional details ready after xmas.
Plug My Thing!
In addition to informal verbal plugs, we’ll also show your trailer, user group, recruitment page, promo video, demo reel, etc. Grab the appropriate ticket - first come, first served.
Video guidelines:
- Short and sweet. 3 minutes max.
- 1 short URL, Zero setup (Media is streamable from fast/reliable site like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
- Your Contact info is on page or in video.
- You were a part of this project, are attending the meeting, and will introduce it.
- Meet us in the back of the auditorium at least 5-10 minutes early, so we can load your page.
Special Social Event, Dec. 18th 2013
Holiday Hootenanny!
Come to Grumpy’s downtown and play some games with us! We’ll have Sports Friends, and various tabletop games, as well as whatever YOU bring to play. We’ll be getting kicked out of our room around 9, but we can hang out in the bar and shoot pool as long as we want.
Show up on time, because happy hour only goes until 7.
More info and further discussion can be found on the IGDA-TC google group.
Ep 29 — Three Times The Charm
The IGDATC Podcast Episode 29, Three Times the Charm
After a typical delay, we’re happy to release our latest podcast ramblings. Ryan, Tori and Martin discuss various game related happenings, movies, and the upcoming next generation consoles.
Show Notes
- Martin discusses his business, a custom game engine he’s made for iOS, and some projects,
- Ryan’s Game Progress
- Martin wrote an article for IGDA Perspectives, When Board Games Go Mobile
- Tori discusses his presentation on Game Audio using WISE in Unity
- Candy Box 2 sucks… you in! Martin recommends StackExchange
- Ryan plays GTAV, plays the stock market
- Diablo 3 auction house is going away
- Ryan’s Galaxy Nexus phone died, so he’s on iOS 7.
- Next Generation Consoles discussion, who’s getting one, or why not.
- Apportable as applied by local devs, and some greater known developers.
- Steam games, playing games on Steam, and the upcoming Steam Machine, and the Steam Controller (with Haptics?)
- Interviews
- Meeting thoughts,
- local success and failures of game companies,
- Jelly Flop! and group doodles!
Special Thanks, Man-On-The-Street Interviewer
- Martin Grider is a local game developer who has games on iOS and Mac. He’s an independent contractor with his company Abstract Puzzle.
Comments, ideas, concerns, corrections, recipes and/or conspiracy theories, please contact us via:
- Email: podcast(_at_)igdatc.org
- Friend us: facebook.com/igdatc
- Follow us: twitter.com/igdatc
- Podcast available at iTunes. IGDATC Podcast
- Join the e-mail mailing list: http://www.igdatc.org/mailing-list/
Listen Now
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IGDATC Nov 2013 – Game Audio, No Excuses
Game Audio, No Excuses - Damian Kastbauer
On the cusp of a new console generation and with the growing power of mobile devices, the technology gap between platforms is closing. This year I helped developers ship games across PC, X360/PS3, iOS/Android, and Xbox One. While the target specifications changed, the approach and techniques for game audio were consistently similar. Come find out why there are no excuses for not having amazing audio for your game and realizing a sonic aesthetic that can set your game apart.
Member Project: Integrating WWise with the Unity Game Engine
Tori Kamal and Kyle Anderson
Tori and Kyle will give an overview of integrating the WWise sound engine into Unity, and demos of audio used in their latest project, Dev/Null
Plug My Thing!
In addition to informal verbal plugs, we’ll also show your trailer, user group, recruitment page, promo video, demo reel, etc. Grab the appropriate ticket - first come, first served.
Video guidelines:
- Short and sweet. 3 minutes max.
- 1 short URL, Zero setup (Media is streamable from fast/reliable site like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
- Your Contact info is on page or in video.
- You were a part of this project, are attending the meeting, and will introduce it.
- Meet us in the back of the auditorium at least 5-10 minutes early, so we can load your page.
6:45 Tori Kamal and Kyle Anderson
MN VR and HCI: Oculus Rift demos from VR Jam
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)
There is a great new generation of VR games thanks to the VR Jam, and ongoing community work.
Expect to do 5-10 ~5 minute sessions, and have a little vertigo inbetween. Wear contacts if you have them, everyone last time said it also works fine with no correction/glasses.
Kickoff is 7pm in the auditorium. Setup is in the Nerdery classroom, lunchroom AND auditorium. (Hefty A/C, props and saftey bean bags to play Hydra Cover Shooter)
Rift Bringers - Bring an extension cord, lens cloth, and a Hydra if you have it. We’d love to show your work! Demos of other HCI hardware also welcome (Leap, Depth Cam, other HMDs, etc.)
Demo Minders - Lend a hand if you’re good with PC/Mac video card / multimon, so that the nice folks sharing their hardware get to try everything. We’ll make sure you do too. Arrive by 6:30 for setup.
E-mail list - We’re likely to “sell out” again. But we will notify you of any cancelations, and future events.
Agenda:
Ep. 28 — Short Short
The IGDATC Podcast Episode 28, Short Short
After a hella busy, insane-atious month, Ryan and Tori find a spare moment to make a quick go at a podcast. Thankfully Martin Grider interviewed people at the end of the meeting.
Show Notes
- Short episode doesn’t really have any show notes other than expect us to talk about the new iPhone and Steam announcements next month.
Special Thanks, Man-On-The-Street Interviewer
- Martin Grider is a local game developer who has games on iOS and Mac. He’s an independent contractor with his company Abstract Puzzle.
Comments, ideas, concerns, corrections, recipes and/or conspiracy theories, please contact us via:
- Email: podcast(_at_)igdatc.org
- Friend us: facebook.com/igdatc
- Follow us: twitter.com/igdatc
- Podcast available at iTunes. IGDATC Podcast
- Join the e-mail mailing list: http://www.igdatc.org/mailing-list/
Listen Now
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IGDATC Oct 2013 – 3DS Development and some Leap Motion
3DS Development and some Leap Motion
Ken Patterson, Matt Heinzen, AJ Boganey and Ryan Appel from Big John Games
Please Register at Eventbrite
Big John Games will discuss it’s 2013 releases of “Big Bass Arcade: No Limit” and “Smash Bowling 3D” on the Nintendo 3DS. We’re also distributing our 3DS games in Japan and Europe, and will review the hurdles involved in that accomplishment.
BJG is about to launch it’s latest game “Ohno Odyssey” for 3DS. We will present a developer discussion of what went into the design and development of this unique new game.
We’ll also show and discuss Catch Up Calu!, a PC / Mac game BJG developed for Stutzwerks. It was designed around the Leap Motion controller, and built in Unity.
As usual questions are welcomed and encouraged.
Member Project: Cross compiling iOS games for Android usingApportable
Scott Lembcke and Andy Korth from Howling Moon Software
Apportable is a toolchain and set of libraries that allow you to cross compile native iOS code for Android with minimal fuss. We have been working to port a number of unreleased iOS games to Android using Apportable, and so far the experience has been surprisingly smooth.
Plug My Thing!
In addition to informal verbal plugs, we’ll also show your trailer, user group, recruitment page, promo video, demo reel, etc. Grab the appropriate ticket - first come, first served.
Video guidelines:
- Short and sweet. 3 minutes max.
- 1 short URL, Zero setup (Media is streamable from fast/reliable site like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
- Your Contact info is on page or in video.
- You were a part of this project, are attending the meeting, and will introduce it.
- Meet us in the back of the auditorium at least 5-10 minutes early, so we can load your page.
6:45 Howling Moon
