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The last Game Club Meeting for the 2009/2010 school year will be on Thursday, April 1 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004

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Hello, everyone.

Sorry for the late notice, but our last Game Club meeting for the 2009/2010 school year will be on Thursday, April 1 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004. Again, this is at the same time and room as last week’s meeting.

In addition to our usual meeting and discussion on Thursday, we will also be having a secret-ballot vote during that time to select the new Game Club executive members for the 2010/2011 school year. The nominees for each position were determined during last week’s meeting and are as follows:

Game Club President:

  • Francesco C.
  • Liesl A.

Game Club Vice President:

  • Francesco P.
  • Gabriel N.
  • Liesl A.
  • Mark R.

Game Club GMD Administrator:

  • Shane Z.

Game Club Website Administrator

  • Chris A.

Game Club General Administrator:

  • Francesco P.
  • Gabriel N.
  • Liesl A.
  • Mark R.
  • Sean L.
  • Simon C.


If I’ve accidentally misspelled anyone’s name or left anyone out in the above list of nominees, please send an email to netbeat@hotmail.com and let me know.

And finally, I just want to remind everyone that today (Wednesday, March 31) is the CSC404: Introduction to Video Game Design class’ Video Game Playtesting Day at the Bahen Centre from 5-7:30p.m. in room 5250. Everyone is encouraged to come out and play the video games that the students of this class have been working on since the beginning of this semester.

Cool. So, that’s all for now. See you this Thursday and thanks for a great year!

Testers needed for a card game

Help Wanted

A couple of days ago somebody came by the CSSU and told Jen that he was looking for people to test his card game.   So, Jen asked me to pass this message along to all of you.  If you are interested in testing this person’s card game, you can contact him directly at:  zeao2_7@hotmail.com

A special Game Club meeting will take place on Thursday, March 25 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004

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Hey, everyone.

This is a reminder that our next Game Club meeting will be happening on Thursday, March 25 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004, which is  the same place and time as last week’s meeting.  This, however, will be a special Game Club meeting because the winners of the Game-Making Deathmatch 2010 will be announced, and there will be some time to play the games that the participants made for the competition.  Also, if you would like to run for one of the club’s executive member positions (President, Vice President, Website Administrator, GMD Administrator, or General Administrator) for next year, then you must declare your intention to run no later than by the end of this Thursday’s meeting.  As stated in the Game Club’s constitution, candidates must be nominated by another Game Club member, which means that you cannot nominate yourself.  However, to save time, Jen has offered to nominate anyone who wants to run for any position.  Voting for the new Game Club executive members will take place on the Thursday of next week at a location and time that will be announced within a week’s time.

So, as you can see, there will be a lot of things happening in this week’s Game Club meeting and hopefully we’ll see you there.

Video Game Playtesting Day in the Bahen Centre on March 31 from 5 – 7:30p.m. in BA5250

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Come out to U of T’s Bahen Centre on Wednesday, March 31 from 5 – 7:30p.m. in room 5250 to enjoy playtesting some games that were developed by the students of CSC404: Introduction to Video Game Design.  As a relatively new course in U of T’s Department of Computer Science, CSC404 has achieved a steady enrollment since its inception and has been attended by students who have later gone on to work in the video game industry afterward.  This is a great opportunity to see and play some very unique and original video games.  So, come out and have some fun.

Drinkbox Studios is coming to U of T on Thursday, March 18 from 10a.m. to 12p.m.

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It was mentioned during last week’s meeting that Toronto-based video game developer Drinkbox Studios will be making an appearance at U of T on Thursday, March 18 from 10a.m. – 12p.m. in room B025 at the Bahen Centre.

For those of you who are not already familiar with Drinkbox Studios, this video game developer has been involved with the development of both licensed and original video game products.  Their team consists of video game industry veterans who have developed on a variety of consoles and worked for a variety of developers such as Rockstar, Ubisoft, and Silicon Knights to name a few.  Attending this event would be a great opportunity to talk to some video game industry veterans and  get some answers to your questions about the industry itself.

Our next Game Club meeting will be on Thursday, March 11 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004

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Hello, everyone.

Once again, we will be having our Game Club meeting this week on Thursday, March 11 from 5-7 p.m.  in BA3004, which is at the same time and in the same room as last week’s meeting.  See you there.

I also posted links to the websites that we discussed during our last meeting, which feature free media resources that you can use in your games.  You can find these links in the Game Development Tools section of the www.utgddc.com website.

Game Night this week is on Friday, March 5 from 7p.m. – 7a.m. in BA3200‏

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Hello, everyone.

I just want to remind all of you that the CSSU Game Night will be taking place this week on Friday, March 5 from 7p.m. – 7a.m. in BA3200.  To get more information about this event, visit:

http://cssu.cdf.toronto.edu/?p=120

Also, keep an eye on the Game Club website as I will be putting up the links that we mentioned today during the meeting where you can find media resources for the games that you are making.

-Chris
UTGDDC Web Admin.

Our next Game Club meeting will be on Thursday, March 4 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004‏

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Hi, everyone.

This week we will be having our usual Game Club meeting on Thursday, March 4 from 5-7p.m. in BA3004.  It’s at the same time and place as last week’s meeting.

Also, the issue of whether to extend the GMD submission deadline is still undecided. We want to make this fair for everyone, so we will be putting it to a vote. If you are participating in this year’s GMD, then please have one member of your group send an email to gmd@utgddc.com that states who your group members are, your group name, and whether your group feels that the GMD submission deadline should or should not be extended to Thursday March 11, 2010 at 9p.m. instead of the current submission deadline, which is on Thursday March 4, 2010 at 9p.m. If a majority of votes are for the extension, then the extension will be granted. VOTE NOW PLEASE!!!

Possible GMD 2010 Submission Deadline Extension APPROVED

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UPDATE UPDATE:

Good news!  It appears that everyone essentially wanted an extension to the submission deadline for this year’s GMD competition.  So, we got it!  If I remember correctly from what was agreed during our most recent Game Club meeting, people now have a week’s extension on the submission deadline date.  However, games will be also be accepted anytime before the judges of the competition have completed judging the entries.  After this point, no more submissions will be accepted.

Official terms of this extension to the submission deadline should be posted at the GMD2K10 website at a later time.

Also, keep checking this website from time to time to find new updates to the GAME DEVELOPMENT TOOLS section that may help you out when you’re making your games.

Good luck, everyone!

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UPDATE:

We need your votes to determine if there should be a week’s extension for the GMD submission deadline.  Read the last paragraph in this post to find out more about how your GMD team can vote to have the extension or not.

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Hey, everyone.

There is the possibility that the GMD submission deadline will be extended because the last couple of weeks may have still been a busy time for a number of students. You can read all of the current the details about this extension here:

gmd.utgddc.com

We’ll continuously keep you updated on the status of this proposed extension and how you can vote for or against it when new information becomes available.

-Chris
UTGDDC Website Admin.