rAge 2015
Hi everyone!
I'm no longer working at NAG, but I'm still helping them put together the home_coded booth at rAge.
This year's showcase of local game developers at rAge will be a little different to how it's been done in the past. NAG is now the sole sponsor, and is once-again sponsoring the floor space entirely and offering hugely discounted shell scheme structures. If you'd like to exhibit, the fee is R2,200 ex VAT (R2,508 incl). This gets you the following:
- 2x2 floor space
- 4 1m wall panels
- 2x vinyl text names
- shared (per pod) single-phase DB
- 1x 15A plug point
- 1x 150W spotlight
- grey carpet tiles
Stands will come unfurnished (the illustration is just a guide). You're welcome to bring your own furniture or hire from the organisers. I'm not sure of the furniture hire prices so that will have to be something you deal with NAG directly on.
Banners, posters and marketing collateral may only be displayed and/or erected within your own section. Retail practices (any direct exchange of goods for money) are prohibited - pre-orders without an exchange of money is fine. "Guerrilla marketing" (the practice of marketing for non-exhibitors) is prohibited, although you are of course allowed to wear any branded clothing you wish.
If you'd like to exhibit, please email homecoded @ rageexpo . co . za to confirm your spot. That's my email address; we can tackle any questions/concerns/etc. you may have, and then I'll hand you over to NAG to sort out the paperwork.
Please feel free to ask any publicly pertinent questions here. Otherwise, please send me an email to book your spot or ask anything else.
Here is the stand layout:
The following spots are currently booked:
1: Axon Games
2: Red Dot Lab
3: Celestial Games
4: Don't Believe the Tales
5: Zero Degrees Games
6: STASIS
7: Every.Single.Soldier
8: Celestial Games
9: Celestial Games
10: RetroEpic Software
11:
12:
13: Rogue Raid
14: Celestial Games
15: SAM (What if Studios)
16: Twoplus & Clutchfighter
I'm no longer working at NAG, but I'm still helping them put together the home_coded booth at rAge.
This year's showcase of local game developers at rAge will be a little different to how it's been done in the past. NAG is now the sole sponsor, and is once-again sponsoring the floor space entirely and offering hugely discounted shell scheme structures. If you'd like to exhibit, the fee is R2,200 ex VAT (R2,508 incl). This gets you the following:
- 2x2 floor space
- 4 1m wall panels
- 2x vinyl text names
- shared (per pod) single-phase DB
- 1x 15A plug point
- 1x 150W spotlight
- grey carpet tiles
Stands will come unfurnished (the illustration is just a guide). You're welcome to bring your own furniture or hire from the organisers. I'm not sure of the furniture hire prices so that will have to be something you deal with NAG directly on.
Banners, posters and marketing collateral may only be displayed and/or erected within your own section. Retail practices (any direct exchange of goods for money) are prohibited - pre-orders without an exchange of money is fine. "Guerrilla marketing" (the practice of marketing for non-exhibitors) is prohibited, although you are of course allowed to wear any branded clothing you wish.
If you'd like to exhibit, please email homecoded @ rageexpo . co . za to confirm your spot. That's my email address; we can tackle any questions/concerns/etc. you may have, and then I'll hand you over to NAG to sort out the paperwork.
Please feel free to ask any publicly pertinent questions here. Otherwise, please send me an email to book your spot or ask anything else.
Here is the stand layout:
The following spots are currently booked:
1: Axon Games
2: Red Dot Lab
3: Celestial Games
4: Don't Believe the Tales
5: Zero Degrees Games
6: STASIS
7: Every.Single.Soldier
8: Celestial Games
9: Celestial Games
10: RetroEpic Software
11:
12:
13: Rogue Raid
14: Celestial Games
15: SAM (What if Studios)
16: Twoplus & Clutchfighter
Comments
I was going to point out that the stand arrangement made it a bit tricky for the devs in the center area (3, 14, 8, 9) to get traffic and maybe rotate the islands 45 degrees to make stuff more visible from outside. But if that's all MGSA space as a central exhibit, that totally makes sense the way it is now.
So, exhibition questions:
Volunteers on the stands will be entirely up to the exhibitors. I'm not sure how many exhibitor badges each spot will get, but I think it's likely to be 2. More can be purchased as required.
Marketing and press will be up to the exhibitors. However, NAG will do its usual pre-rAge hype train, and the "home_coded indie village" will be part of that, including all of the confirmed exhibitors.
As for signage, there will be labelled maps around the Dome, much like what we had last year, and the individual exhibitors will be listed in the exhibitor list and on the map. There won't be anything directional though, like "home_coded stand this way".
We can put you in touch with tech hire people. If there's sufficient demand for common furniture (trestle tables, chairs, etc.), then we can order those along with the LAN furniture, which should keep the price down. Oh, and on the topic of cost: I personally recommend against hiring TVs, unless you're coming up from CPT or somewhere, or it's a huge hassle to bring your own. The cost is usually not worth it: I remember seeing quotes of around R3,000 to hire a 32" TV for the weekend, which is the price of a whole new TV.
There's no Internet access by default. If anyone needs it, I suggest that you club together to make it happen. You'll need to apply for a line rental (you pay for installation plus a full month's rental (Telkom's requirements)) and bring your own ISP details and router. Details for this will be available in the exhibitor's manual, which is handed to all confirmed exhibitors.
We would like to book a stand please, we released our 1st commercially released game recently, Vapour: Part 1, and we would love to boost awareness for the local audience. We really like the features included in the package and the pricing sounds very reasonable. Please contact us at info@skobbejakgames.com as we would love to discuss this in more detail.
EDIT: Just saw the email included in the post will email you directly soon, apologies for the confusion.
I unfortunately wont be able to make rAge this year so I am not submitting anything.
I'll ask @LexAquillia what the plans are.
Sorry it's taken so long, been juggling a lot lately between my day-job/makegames and father hood.
Currently if Make Games wants to have a stand at rAge we will need, at a bare minimum R12000 (Though in truth something closer R20k is actually needed if we want tables and chairs etc) to cover the costs of the floor space. To date I have been unable to secure a sponsor for us.
Sp, if anyone has a bright idea on who we can ask for the funds, I'm game. Otherwise we are going to need to pull out, and let the stands just fall back to the community at large
Nick
For anyone who was holding out, hoping to get a spot with MGSA, you'll need to book your own booth now. Feel free to chat to me if you have any questions or concerns. If the cost is too much for individuals, I suggest pairing up: there's space for a LAN-size trestle table in each booth, which means you can fit two PCs with ease. How you handle the details is up to you (like exhibitor name), but hey, it's something to consider.
And, a wild floor plan appears! home_coded is down towards the bottom-right. We'll be between Sony on the left, Intel on right, LAN above, and stage below. There's also a food court just to the right of Intel, so I expect a good amount of foot traffic during the weekend. Heck, you all know how busy the show gets, so we could be anywhere and there'd be a mass of people around us.
Please bear in mind that the show gets loud, especially the stage. Make sure that you have headphones for your stations! I recommend that you either schedule interviews around the stage schedule (which is still pending), or do them in the press office (anyone with an exhibitor badge can get upstairs), or the nearby food court.
PS: I'm exhibiting as Zero Degrees Games, so I'll be available for the whole weekend should there be any issues or concerns during the show.
As alluded to in the post above, I was unable to secure any sponship, so I've had to pull MGSA from the event. Our slots where opened up and are generally available to devs wanting to participate.
Nick
With that said, I'll try to get my hands on the list of accredited members of the press who will be attending. As far as I know, that's handled internally by rAge.
Presstick is best. Anything that can be easily removed at the end of the weekend and won't leave a mark. The panels are on hire and get reused, so they can't be damaged in any way.