Anyone in Pretoria hosting anything like a get together of sorts to chat about making games etc?
Title pretty much asks my question, I live in Pretoria and I'd really like to get into the gaming industry however I don't really know people and I want to know if there are any places where I can get to know people like that.
Thanks for any info
Fabian.
Thanks for any info
Fabian.
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P.S. Hey peeps, when's the next JHB meetup, Feb?
I believe @CodeCthulu regularly makes the PTA to JHB trek for the meet ups.
Edit: I some how mixed Feb and September, derp.
February not September. More coffee for me!
It's about making games, game dev communities, playing games, etc. I've really hardly ever seen it be "about unity". There are workshops here and there about specific technical things, but those are *really* rare. Like really.
If you crave technical discussions, then maybe suggest more technical discussions and see what other people say. But making games is a lot more than technical discussions... Heck I'd say that technical stuff is only the gateway. You need a lot more than that to make games.
I think it would be more beneficial for PTA people to visit the JHB meet. We've been having these meets for over 5 years and have quite a few veteran developers that people could learn quite a bit from.
The meetup happening in JHB has experience for the fact that they have been doing that for some times now, so having some of them coming to meetups we will organize here will be good as well. So If you in PTA, anywhere in PTA, make it to the Jam so that we can have a database of people around here and we can easily have venue available.
The venue is Mlab, at the innovation hub.
2nd tuesday of each month (the next one is on the 9th indeed) at the Microsoft head office on William Nicol, starts at around 6:30, although I always try to get there earlier, around 5:30 for food (thanks Microsoft) and chats and sometimes playtests :)
The thread normally goes up after Cape Town have had their monthly meetup
General question: have you folks started looking into a lift club from PTA
Microsoft Campus Bryanston, 3012 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg. In Auditorium 2.
The time is 18:30 until around 21:30, Tuesday 9 February