CT Community Evening - 26 February 2020
This event happens monthly, is free to attend, and anyone may speak at the meetup - just comment beneath to let us know! This is for anyone and everyone interested in making games of any shape, size or type. Come join us!
Test games! Talk games! Make games!
When: 18:30 until around 21:30, Last Wednesday of the month
Where: Vega School Cape Town -130 Strand St, De Waterkant, Cape Town, 8001
If you have a demo you want played, bring a station on which people can play it, and set it up before the meetup begins!
Agenda
- 6:30 - 7:00 - Meet and greet
- Rapid-fire intros (10 min)
- Community News (5 min)
Talks:
- Roguelike Theory by @Fengol
- 'What we learned trying to make people care about our mutant game baby' by TLB ( @BenJets, @nekropants and @jaysong )
GGJ Discussion
Focused Feedback:
- Teenage Blob
- Broforce Forever
Open Demo Floor
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/221654635681141/
If you'd like to give a talk or show something to get feedback, please post below!
Comments
@DangerMcjane: are you still keen to do GGJ wrap up at the meetup? Sounded like you wanted to do judging and prizes? Shall I bring some prizes?
I tried hard not to overlap any events with the prototyping challenge... I forgot about 7DRL, but I Juuuuuuust missed it by sheer luck.
It's been 6 months since we last showed our game off at an MGSA meet up, and quite a lot has happened for us in that time. At the time, we were on the cusp of announcing the game as an independent release, but @dislekcia wisely suggested that we first approach some potential publishers or partners. We did that, and some amazing doors have opened up for us. It's been quite a process figuring out how to navigate this kinda thing, but we're very happy that we put ourselves out there. We'd like to pass along some of the lessons that we've learned over this process, so with that in mind, we'd like to propose a talk called "What we learned trying to make people care about our mutant game baby".
I propose that the agenda for tomorrow's meetup be:
Talk 1: Roguelike Theory (if you're still keen @Fengol)
Talk 2: 'What we learned trying to make people care about our mutant game baby' by TLB (@BenJets, @nekropants and @jaysong)
Could I ask that speakers prepare for a 20 minute slot (if you want to take questions, factor that in), and that you outline some takeaways for the group at the end of your talk?
Feedback slot 1: Teenage Blob
Feedback slot 2: Broforce Forever
Please have machines and builds ready for folks to play on, and be ready to let us know what kind of feedback you're looking for.
See folks tomorrow!
Sorry if we were unprepared on our side. We ran into a lot of technical difficulties at the last minute. But we got a lot of value out of the feedback and observing our game being played. We're hoping to bring it back to another meetup in the near future in a much more impressive state.