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KOEI Canada Info Session Tomorrow!

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We’ve just received word from Jason Wilson (former UofT student and of KOEI Canada fame 😉 ) on the forums that that they’ll be showing up to U of T tomorrow:

I realize this is short notice, but I only got all of the details this morning.

Koei Canada Info Session:

Location: Michael Charles Conference Chamber – GB202
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm

I will be there, as well as one of our senior programmers and Carol from HR, so we should be able to cover any questions you might have about Koei Canada. Also, there will be Pizza, and who can turn down free Pizza? Pizza supply is limited so you may want to come early. 🙂

– Jason Wilson

For those who can’t make it, KOEI has updated their employment page and are currently hiring entry-level programmers. The application deadline is Thursday Jan 31, 2008. Time to update your resumes ASAP!

First meeting of 2008!

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Happy 2008 everyone!

I hope school isn’t too much work yet. (*shakes fist at operating systems*)

I’ve booked a room for our first meeting.

The meeting will be on:

Wednesday January 23, 2008 11am – 1pm

The room will be:

BA2130

I don’t think people are very happy with this meeting time, so we’ll likely be changing it, but we can debate the time forever, so for the first meeting, we’re having it on Wednesday, and we can discuss any problems then. (For people who can only come to half the meeting, please do come by and let me know what times work better for you so we can work something out for next week).

We’ll be showcasing everyone’s work during the game making secret santa, so it should be a pretty fun meeting. Everyone who wants to show their secret santa games but hasn’t sent them to either me or Thuan please do so, you can send an email to info -at- utgddc.com or president -at- utgddc.com.

See everyone there!

– Mark Cautillo

President: utGDDC

IGDA Toronto January Meeting (UPDATED)

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EDIT (Jan 16): If you want tag along with us: http://forum.utgddc.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1168

I just got an email regarding the IGDA meeting for January and the location has changed and will take place at No Regrets bar & restaurant. Here’s the most recent email:

We’re excited to bring you some updates about January’s meeting. We’re having it at a new location, No Regrets, located at 42 Mowat Avenue. It’s also happening on a new date, Wednesday January 16 at 7 PM. And we’ve got some amazing speakers, so you definitely don’t want to miss this event!

Date & Time:
Wednesday, January 16, 2007, 7 PM

Place:
No Regrets (Upstairs)
42 Mowat Avenue, M6K 3J6, 416-535-0050
MAP:
http://www.no-regrets.ca/img/map.gif
http://www.no-regrets.ca/
Stick around for networking and schmoozing after the presentations.

Who can attend?:
Anyone currently working or interested in working in the gaming industry is welcome to attend. IGDA Memberships are recommended but not required.

Speakers:
Jason Della Rocca, Executive Director, IGDA
‘At Least 10 Reasons Why the Game Industry Doesn’t Suck’

It is human nature to focus on the bad stuff, and developers are no less human than everyone else! One too many conference “rant” sessions and countless blog posts on the brokenness of the industry has led us all into the dumps. Taking Chris Hecker’s lead (after winning a Choice Award for Community Contribution), let’s rave a bit about all the cool and good stuff that’s going on in the game industry today. At least 10 trends, ideas and success stories will be presented to inspire the downtrodden into once again proclaiming the greatness of games and the industry/people that produces them.

Mike Fletcher, One Laptop Per Child project

Jim McGinley and Rob Segal, TOJam
‘Why TOJam is the greatest fun you can have with pants on.’

See you there!
The IGDA Toronto Steering Committee

IGDA Toronto January Meeting

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This is taken from http://www.igda.org/toronto. Note that this meeting has a different time and location than their regular meetings:

Date & Time:
Wednesday, January 16, 2007, 7 PM

Place:
International Academy of Design & Technology
39 John Street, 8th floor, Toronto, ON, M5V 3G6 – MAP

Who can attend?:
Anyone currently working or interested in working in the gaming industry is welcome to attend. IGDA Memberships are recommended but not required.

Afterparty:
Elephant and Castle, 9 PM
212 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 1K5 – MAP
Speakers:
Jason Della Rocca, Executive Director, IGDA
‘At Least 10 Reasons Why the Game Industry Doesn’t Suck’

Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard, Metanet Software
‘Beyond HitTest(): Collision Detection in Flash’

Mike Fletcher, One Laptop Per Child project

Jim McGinley and Rob Segal, TOJam
‘Why TOJam is the greatest fun you can have with pants on.’

The IGDA Toronto Steering Committee

Hope to see most of you there! I hope this event will let some of you know what’s out there.

Game Making Secret Santa Update!

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Hey all. I hope those doing the secret santa are doing well. 🙂 So by now most of you (hopefully) should be more or less done making the game for Secret Santa. Now you can email the person’s game to them directly with the email address I’ve given you. If you’re having any problems please post in this thread or contact me directly and we’ll help sort things out. If you aren’t finished your game, then it’s okay – we’ve been there before… just let the other person know that you’re having a delay.

Merry Christmas everyone and thanks to everyone who participated!

Good luck on exams!

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Hey all.  Since exam time has started already and the holidays are coming, there won’t be any more meetings for this year.  We’ll announce a new meeting time some time later for next year.

Secret  Santa emails have been sent out for those participating, check your email.
Good luck on your exams, Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Game Making Secret Santa

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First of all, big thanks to Katie for coming with this super creative idea to do for Christmas! 😀

We’ll be having a Secret Santa except without gifts. Instead each person (the giver) will be given a random person (the receiver) to create a very simple and small game about the receiver based on three things the receiver lists about him/herself. The giver will then create a small and simple game for the receiver based on the three descriptions The game should only take a day or two to make, unless of course the giver wants to spend more time on it to give it some polish and shine. On Christmas day the giver, (or the club, we haven’t decided yet) will send out the gifts via email or post it on the website for the receivers to get their gifts!

For those who want to participate, we’ll be collecting names today at the club meeting. If you can’t make it but still want to participate, email us at info@utgddc.com to let us know with the following info:

  1. Name
  2. Email address
  3. Three things that best describe yourself or your interests

We’ll wait until next week Monday to send everyone an email about who they will be giving to along with the list of three descriptions. Everyone has until a few days before Christmas Eve to make a game about the person they’ll be giving to. If you have any questions, please ask or email us. See you soon!