[Event] Braamfontein/Student Community Meetup - 20th September

Bensonance

Totally only Braamfontein game developers in the above photo.

Hey all!

As we discussed a while ago, we want to bring in more students into the community (there are ~200 studying games and related fields in Johannesburg), and we believe the best way to do that is to have a meetup in Braamfontein, catered to their wants.

Where: The DIZ, 111 Smit Street, Braamfontein, 2nd Floor - entrance is next to Bean There coffee shop. Corner of Eendracht and Smit Street is where the entrance actually is.

Content - starts at 18:00
- Intros
- Community News (5 min)

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- Q&A with Free Lives Technical Artist, Jonathan Hau-Yoon

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Show and tell (5-10 minute slots where people can show what they're working on/get feedback/compliments)

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- Playtest Pitchathon (if you're playtesting a game, give a 30 second pitch to the room about what the game is, before we all break off and play things).

Fengol

With the riot/protest at Wits today is this still happening?

Bensonance

@Fengol The venue is 4 blocks away from Wits. The students might march down Empire or around the Nelson Mandela bridge area, not towards The DIZ.

Secondly, by 5/6PM the students usually have a mass meeting on campus and then study in the evening. By 6PM the protesting has usually eased for the day.

vince

Dammit! Totally forgot about this. Really wanted to join in. If there is one again next month I will be there, maybe with a few others as well.

Fengol

Fantastic community night last night! Thanks @Bracula for hosting

IceCliff

Yeah cheers to @Bracula for last night, had a good evening :)

Bracula

Thanks everyone for coming! Hope to see you there again next month @Fengol @IceCliff ! And yes, @vince , the plan is to host them on the 3rd Tuesday of every month (1 week after the other JHB MGSA meets).