[Event] Joburg Community Meet-up - 13-Nov-2012
When: 18:30 until around 21:30, Tuesday the 13th November
Where: the Microsoft Offices at 3012, William Nicol, Bryanston.
What:
Where: the Microsoft Offices at 3012, William Nicol, Bryanston.
What:
- "A Chatbot Service for use in video game development" - Alec (20 minutes)
- "Making games in South Africa" - Dale Best (~40 minutes)
- Zita Asteria demo (15-30 minutes)
- {YOUR GAME/TALK HERE}
Comments
Not sure if I'll have something to show, will see closer to the time :)
A game of Netrunner can spread about this much (attached) with lots of counters.
Thanks to everyone who has assisted in the vids so far, now let's get them to do something! :)
The current state of play is that @Karuji has the videos, and he's edited them. Awesome :) But he doesn't have the bandwidth to upload them (sad face), which is understandable since I don't have either, and it's not working out for him to meet someone (dunno who) to upload them.
So can I suggest that after the meetup, we immediately transfer the files to someone who can
1) Edit them and
2) upload them or
3) can easily get them to someone with access to bandwidth to upload?
on 1) - simple editing only please, we don't need anything fancy, it's just cutting it up to segments.
on 2) - yeah, uncapped is best. Home or work.
3) is only needed if person A can't do editing AND uploading.
It's my opinion that it's no trouble to give the mgsa youtube channel logins/admin (I believe it's sitting with @edg3) to whoever is able to help on this.
I can volunteer for 3), cos I'm going to be in a work environment with bandwidth (starting in 2 days so can only really really confirm then) although I'm no good with 2).
Thoughts?
My thoughts are not everything is broken, some times things just dont go as planned.
@Tuism normally they would have been up by now. Just that at this time of year anything that has to do with a student tend to take a hiccup to the knee.
I'm all for streamlined ways of going about things that makes it easiest for everyone involved, is all I'm saying :)
Also, quite surprised that Dale will be giving a talk, I am excite!
We would like to show our game Zita Asteria at the meeting if possible.
It is still in beta and can be downloaded at www.zitaasteria.co.za
I was wondering why some of the screen shots were dithered to hell?
Oh and how much time would you like? Just so the guys can plan time. Though it seems like we got no overflow this month.
Bedlam:
u get that effect. It looks abit weird on a screen shot but nice in-game
We will need between 15 and 30min, no more than that just to show, say what we working on and answer questions
On Yucata.de you can play the original Thunderstone (and MANY other games) online for free, I had a few games and it's pretty awesome except it's original TS and not Advance :P I highly recommend it, we can set up games in our own homes or even on the road cos it WORKS ON IPAD :D
You missed some great stuff! :< I think Ernest got it all on video though!
Which reminds me. Where are last month's videos? :P
So now more than ever I'd really like the videos to get up, all the previous ones and today's ones.
I know we keep saying there're temporary situations and/or problems and/or things not working out and/or whatever.
But seriously. Either our "system" works or it doesn't - if it doesn't, let's just change it. Plllllleeeeeaaase :)
If you dislike the fact that I had uploaded everything and youtube deleted the videos you should join my army! We will protest! :P
But seriously, I have pretty much the worst luck.
Thanks for the attempt, it should have worked out. POO FOR GOOGLE.
@Rigormortis next time for sure, but let's see if anyone is interested in a regular card/board game meet from here, too :)
Dale can't work at the moment. :<
Update: Dave said he would check downstairs for us.