[Event] JHB Community Night - 9 July 2013
This event happens monthly, is free to attend and anyone may speak at the meetup - just comment in the thread below to let us know!
Test games! Talk games! Make games!
When: 18:30 until around 21:30, Tuesday 9 July
Where: Microsoft Campus Bryanston, 3012 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg
Content:
- Community News
- Parley Tool and Announcement- @tbulford ~20 Mins
- Proteus Mini Design Analysis - @Stray_Train ~15 Mins
- Games for Change Report Back - @Bensonance and Brad ~20 Mins
- Battle Blocks Demo - @Tuism
- Open floor (Anyone may step up and present their games or talk - this is usually time contingent.)
- Your presentation/talk/game here
Calling for content!
Test games! Talk games! Make games!
When: 18:30 until around 21:30, Tuesday 9 July
Where: Microsoft Campus Bryanston, 3012 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg
Content:
- Community News
- Parley Tool and Announcement- @tbulford ~20 Mins
- Proteus Mini Design Analysis - @Stray_Train ~15 Mins
- Games for Change Report Back - @Bensonance and Brad ~20 Mins
- Battle Blocks Demo - @Tuism
- Open floor (Anyone may step up and present their games or talk - this is usually time contingent.)
- Your presentation/talk/game here
Calling for content!
Comments
Also, Brad and I attended the Games For Change Festival in New York this month, might anyone be interested in hearing about it? We had talks from: Leigh Alexander; Ian Bogost; Eric Zimmerman; Brenda Romero; Robin Huinicke; and Jesse Schell - as well as a few others :).
OF COURSE YES. :P
@tbulford - definitely you can!
Thanks for that reminder omg I'm no good with dates XD
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And community, what happened to the read first thread? I'd like to point @muneerbadat to it. It would be very helpful.
@muneerbadat this is a great read for newcomers to the community, check it out :)
http://www.makegamessa.com/discussion/6/gamedev-newcomer-faq#Item_1
Like I said before anyone is welcome to come and meet people and chat to anyone. You're welcome to come and introduce yourself.
There are many reasons for this but the main reason I found to explain it is that everyone has their own ideas. If I'm not getting paid to work on your idea, I would rather work on my own ideas for the same amount of money. If however you can persuade me with a very good protoype of a game I might consider helping you out. Or maybe if you can pay me well enough I might consider helping out. Point being, the idea alone won't be enough to convince people to join your project(unless you are friends or something).
I suggest that if you want to pitch the idea, do it here on the forums. That way you have a lot more eyes on it and more people to give advice. And you can ask a lot more questions.
Also attend the meetups and get to know the people there. It's a great way to meet some people that might be able to help you out with things in the future. :)
In answer to your question, the answer is probably no, I think it would be highly unlikely that you'd walk away from the meetup with a team to make your game. By the sounds of it you can't contribute to the actual game development itself, which means you'll need to pay your programmers, artists sounds guys etc (no one is going to want to work with you for profit share unless you've proven yourself, and give how this industry works you are going to need at least a playable prototype for people to even think about working with you). So unless you are willing to pay people for their skills I can't imagine you being successful in your pitch. If you have the cash go for it!
You mention that you've tried to make stuff in in app inventor and game salad, this is a good start because at least you've tried to do some stuff yourself. The best route will be to give yourself the skills to start on the project. If you don't have the skills to make the game you want to make, aim lower and skill up. By doing this (starting smaller and with simpler projects) you'll be giving yourself the experience you need, but also giving yourself a portfolio you can show to potential partners.
Thanks guys!
It may be a bit difficult for me to make 6:30 - I want to make sure I'm not going to be stepping on toes if I sneak in the back if I come a bit late?
Welcome! :)
Mind you, we make everyone say that at the start too, so it's more to let other people be able to chat to you afterwards ;)
Oh and for the newcomers, once we get to the MS Campus, how do you find your way to whatever room you're holding the meetup in?
@Tuism Which version of Motion Joy are you using? :)
I'll see how it goes tonight :P
Sorry sorry sorry! I WILL be at the next one!
In the mean time, here's the gameplay video involving two hoomans :)