[Event] Star Con - Durban (25th November 2017)...

quintond

My company is hosting Star Con as a way to test the water for a new Graduate Trainee program that a colleague and I are heading up called Star Labs. We have managed to secure Matt from Rogue Code to come and showcase V.A.L.A. and hopefuly Gareth from Rogue Moon Studios will also be there with System Crash ... please join us.



Venue: Hollywood Bets, 6 Tetford Circle, Somerset Park, Umhlanga, Durban.
Date: 25th November 2017
Time: 10:00
Entrance Fee: FREE - Hollywood Bets is subsidising all entry fees,

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/283501972139091/

We have also secured Orena to run a Durban leg of the Streetfighter 5 competition: Watch Video

StarCon is a tech fest created and presented by Betting Entertainment Technologies and Star Labs. The event is hosted by Hollywoodbets, aimed at Techies from Durban and beyond.

The fest offers a range of events, from informative and interactive Tech Talks to the quick-thinking Code Punchout, allowing attendees to up-skill and stay current with development and technology trends. Come chat with us about the Durban dev scene over a craft beer!

I hope that those of you in Durban can join us ... we are also going to have 3 Occulus Rift stations running as well as retro arcade machines ... bring your friends and family.

quintond

Just a note that the entry fee is now being Subsidised by Hollywood Bets.

dammit

This is really cool! Let those of us who aren't in Durban know how it goes!

quintond

@dammit: Will do. There will be a ton of pictures from the day, so I will post links to them as well.

quintond

Keep an eye out for the team around Durban today, they are handing out some flyers.


https://www.facebook.com/StarLabsZA/posts/303827886790463

Also come and check out our Retro Arcade Machines we made for the event ... powered by Raspberry PI 3s.


https://www.facebook.com/pg/StarLabsZA/photos/?tab=album&album_id=303589160147669

Remember that entrance is FREE and there are going to be some interesting talks and events on the day.

roguecode

Looking forward to tomorrow, see you there :D

quintond

Some of the pictures from StarCon: https://www.facebook.com/pg/StarLabsZA/photos/?tab=album&album_id=304264403413478

There are a lot more photos on the StarLabs Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StarLabsZA/

I have also added some photos on The Riders of Asgard (https://www.facebook.com/ridersofasgard/), The Colony 2174 (https://www.facebook.com/TheColony2174/), and the Gobbo Games (https://www.facebook.com/gobbogames/) Facebook pages as well.

I am sure Matt will add some of his. Was a good day and we are happy with the results, here is to making it bigger and better next year. :)

I will be in touch with Make Games and IESA to set up a Homebrew stand next year, so we can invite more indies.

quintond

Here are some more photos from StarCon 2017: https://www.facebook.com/pg/gobbogames/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1775343592476928

Here is the presentation I did as well: https://www.slideshare.net/qdelpeche/gobbo-games-star-con-november-2017/qdelpeche/gobbo-games-star-con-november-2017

* The section about the South African Game Development uses data from the IESA Industry Survey. :)

roguecode

Totally forgot to post here.
It was really cool, thanks for letting me come show VALA, @quintond :)

Oh, and the free beer... <3