[Event] Joburg Community Night - 11 March 2014

Bensonance

This event happens monthly, is free to attend and anyone may speak at the meetup - just comment in the thread below to let us know!

Test games! Talk games! Make games!

When: 18:30 until around 21:30, Tuesday 11 March

Where: Microsoft Campus Bryanston, 3012 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg

Content
- Introductions
- Community News (5 min)
- MGSA Committee plans for the year - @LexAquillia
- What the press want from you - @Moonstormer ~20 mins
- Something awesome and amazing - @Chris_Bischoff ~20 mins
- Your presentation/talk/game here

- 5 minute break.

- Focused Feedback (10 mins x 3 slots) [Games that will be shown on the big screen]
-Vietnam '65 - @JohanNagel
- Maltese Foursome - @Bensonance
- Dead Run - @Tusim + @loet

- Open Demo Floor (Show your games in an informal manner with set up PC's/laptops).

Bring your games and set them up inside the auditorium before and after the meetup!

Beers/Drinks/Pizza afterwards at Col'Cacchio's down the road! Other nearby suggestions are welcome!

If you intend to attend, please indicate so on both the Meetup page and FB event!

Bensonance

@Moonstormer, @Chris_Bischoff and @JohanNagel's talks all need to be confirmed :).

Gazza_N

If any of the other talks fall through, I'm more than happy to pick up the slack with a talk on implementing audio in GMS.

SrsDev

Cant wait, will bring an early build of the iPad game I am working on.

Chris_Bischoff

Ill be there...talking about something awesome and amazing. :D

edg3

I will show off some prototype roguelike madness (before posting it to the forum) :P

Bensonance

@edge Would you like a focused feedback session? Games outside those slots won't be shown on the screen, but rather shown after the meetup is over :).

Seeing as no one is grabbing it - I'd like to grab a slot to show the changes we've made to Maltese Foursome over the last month.

Tuism

Cool! I'd love to see improved Maltese Foursome!

And, not sure if we should be showing Dead Run again, it's final tweaking stages now. What do you think?

edg3

Bensonance said:

@edg3 Would you like a focused feedback session? Games outside those slots won't be shown on the screen, but rather shown after the meetup is over :).

Seeing as no one is grabbing it - I'd like to grab a slot to show the changes we've made to Maltese Foursome over the last month.

Nah, its pretty chilled, will most likely just get set up on the side and will bug people to try it before & after.

edg3

Venues have been confirmed, we have Auditorium 2 (back to normal), for people that struggle to remember this or find it, you can ask about it at the front desk and you will be directed to the correct place, our you can check on http://dpe-community.azurewebsites.net/ which will be kept up to date with the latest info.

Chippit

Good! Our legion of attendees was a bit too overwhelming for the other room.

edg3

Yeah I know, we had booking issues unfortunately last month. Hopefully it is better this time round!

Bensonance

Okay so both talks and the Vietnam '65 demo have been confirmed :).

@Tusim yeah I think you should! I'll put you down for a demo!

ProjectX

Dear Bloody Diary... Just saying

SUGBOERIE

@Bensonance Can I get a slot in the Focused Feedback?

Fengol

*pokes* @LexAquillia who is in JHB for the community night and can do my spot!

HotClaw

I'll (hopefully) be there. I might bring an early version of Cannon Crush Saga ;) (working title)

Bensonance

@ProjectX, @SUGBOERIE, @HotClaw

Sorry guys, but you'll have to show this after the meetup, off screen. We've got to the point (happily) that we have too many games that people want to show and we don't want the meetup to drag on :).

So we'll restrict the focused feedback slots to 3 maximum.

We'll see how it goes tomorrow, though. If we finish early I'll see whether I can fit you in :).

SUGBOERIE

@Bensonance No worries. Check you guys tomorrow.

Tuism

If it helps we'll keep our show & tell quick, just introducing some new stuff, and that'll leave more time in the after slots :) Cool? :)

notgarth

Looking forward to coming to the event tomorrow (newbie). Please add 2 people to the guest list :)

edg3

Oki doki, I will hang around to say hi to people and try stuff a bit beforehand, but due to traffic this morning I am on motorbike so I don't want to hang around too late :/ sorry

Tuism

Hi guys, sorry to be a nuisance :P Does anyone have the iPad/iPhone to screen adaptor thing that I could borrow briefly tonight? The original one, not the new Thunderbolt thingamabob.

Tuism

Oh and I made prototype Android:Netrunner inspired multiplayer spy card game, will bring it along and see if there's time for a test :)

tbulford

Arggg, deadlines claiming my free time like its chocolate covered jelly babies dipped in caster sugar. Wont make tonight. :(

Tim_Harbour

I'm coming tonight! Been a while! Looking forward to it! :D

DarkRa88iT

Car troubles (and the logistical issues that involve those closest to me) have sadly prevented me from attending tonight... So sad. Would've loved to see some game jam things! I even have my own card/board game I'd love some feedback on... Next month, then!

DraughtVader

Thanks for all your feedback on Cave Escape everybody! Really motivating!

Tuism

Greeeeeat meetup, it was fantastic to see everyone, and Zoe's talk was super good, I gotta put a lot of that into action, starting with using presskit() which I keep saying we all should be doing. I really suggest that we do a mini presskit() comp where you must simply make a presskit, for yourself, or the game you're making, or whatever. It'll get everyone actually doing it!!

And I must say a big thank you to all the overwhelmingly positive response on Dead Run! It really means a lot to me! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! :D

ChaosPixy

Hi all, I must say it was an awesome community night. From the perspective of someone who has had very little (almost zero) exposure to game development communities, it was refreshing to see so much energy and enthusiasm. I saw some truly inspiring stuff and I am looking forward to the next one.

Chris_Bischoff

Was lots of fun guys (and girls). Loved seeing the prototypes!

DrDeth

Great meetup. Thanks to Zoe and Chris for their awesome talks!

Tim_Harbour

:D Great meet everyone and awesome to get to socialise after! All the talks were really great :D Thanks to all involved!

Chris_Bischoff

Thanks for not falling asleep during my talk! :D

For those that want the websites I mentioned:

www.DAZ3d.com

www.mixamo.com

www.scirra.com

www.clickteam.com

www.yoyogames.com/studio

Chris_Bischoff

...and while I only very briefly touched on it, here is the template I used for the first Stasis Design Document:

http://www.runawaystudios.com/articles/chris_taylor_gdd.asp

tbulford

Thanks @Chris_Bischoff, the document looks like a solid foundation for most game design documents.