Hello.
Well, it’s been a journey but the last utGDDC meeting of 2007-2008 school year is tomorrow – April 11th, 2008 @ 5pm in BA 3004. The agenda is:
Hope to see you there!
Hello fellow game devvers. U of T will be hosting a video gaming research symposium on May 13th (I guess you can think of it as a conference). Basically they want to showcase what kind of video games research they will be conducting, and they are looking for a couple volunteers:
Opportunity to volunteer at University of Toronto’s inaugural video gaming event !!!
This event is the first of its kind and will show case the breadth of video gaming research and activities at University of Toronto.
In attendance will be researchers, industry, academic and government agencies interested in promoting video gaming capabilities in the GTA.
Volunteers are required from 11 am – 2pm on May 13th, 2008.
They will be required to guide attendees and manage the event in general during that time frame.
Your participation will be acknowledged with a letter of recognition
To participate please email Rida Wali at rida.wali@utoronto.ca with your complete contact information and availability.
To find out more about the event please visit http://www.bul.utoronto.ca/events/videogaming
*EDIT: Volunteers will be paid an honorarium!
Since this Friday is a holiday, there won’t be a meeting this week. HOWEVER, CSSU is hosting another Game Night this Thursday!
It starts at ~5pm in the Bahen Great Hall, 3F. More info here.
The meeting this week (Friday March 7th, 5pm – 7pm) will be in BA 2135. We will be showcasing the 10 games that have been submitted for GMD 2008 and the authors of their games will get a chance to talk about them. We’ll be having pizza as well, so come by and take a look!
Also, the CSSU will be having a pub night at Einstein’s starting at 8pm — be sure to stop by for some free beer right after the meeting!
Hi Everyone!
Our meeting this week will be Friday 5-7pm in BA1240.
Our agenda this week is pretty packed since we missed last week’s meeting.
First off we have a play testing session with Jane from Spring Bay Studios showing the current build of her new game.
Next we have a talk from Thuan about this year’s Game Making Deathmatch which will be starting on Friday as well :D.
Time permitting, Mark will do a short tutorial on Adventure Game Studio for any members interested in using it for their games.
Hope to see you all there!
Club meeting tomorrow: Friday February 1, 2008 @ 5pm – 7 pm in BA 1220!
The Agenda:
Jane will be conducting a play testing session of a game her start up company is producing. She’s going to be bringing snacks so come!
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 – 7:00pmI 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!
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
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 PMPlace:
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
This week’s meeting will be in BA1240 at 7pm.
We have a presentation from Jaques Waller about C++ template objects and C++ template programming.
We also have yummy winter break food, and will be exchanging names for the secret santa.
See you there!
– Mark
