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Speaker at VGDC Tomorrow
014 days
by admin
in Uncategorized
Hey VGDCers,
Tomorrow we will have a Senior Programmer from the Starcraft 2 tools team, Michael Schembari, coming in to talk about his experiences and what it takes to work at Blizzard. There will be a large Q and A section so make sure to come prepared with plenty of questions.
Also, here is the pitch from Colin about the research I mentioned at the last meeting:
Hi everyone,
I’m running a video game study for my master’s thesis and I’m looking for people who are willing to participate. All it entails is you meeting with me to play a video game for about an hour while I record your gameplay and ask you some questions. Anyone who participates will be reimbursed with a $10 gift card to In-N-Out Burger. If you’re interested, please contact me at cwheeloc@uci.edu or colin.wheelock@gmail.com and let me know what times you are available. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Colin Wheelock
See you tomorrow at 7 P.M. ICS 174,
Justin Britch
Meeting Tomorrow
21 days
by admin
in Uncategorized
Hey VGDC,
Congratulations to all of the teams that participated in the IEEE GameSIG Intercollegiate Game Showcase on Saturday, and a big congratulation to Q-Bitz for winning best educational game.
At tomorrows meeting we will have a club wide playtest session of all the year-long projects. Each team should bring at least one laptop to demonstrate their game on and make sure to bring something to take notes with. The purpose of this session is to get critical feedback from your peers about ways to improve your game in these last few weeks of the school year.
Before the playtest session we will have a presentation by Alex Nargahi and Joseph Than about Agile and the experiences they have had using it in Godfighter.
See you at tomorrows meeting, 7 P.M. in ICS 173,
Justin Britch
President of the VGDC
iEEE Showcase Tomorrow
23 days
by JustinBritch
in Uncategorized
First Annual Intercollegiate Computer Game Showcase
Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PT)
Folino Theater – Chapman University
283 N. Cypress St
92688
Trivia Night Tonight
28 days
by JustinBritch
in Events
Hey guys,
At tonight’s meeting we will have a trivia contest from Ryan Sharpe with lots of prizes to give away; make sure you study up on your videogame history. Same meeting time and place that we will have for the rest of the quarter, ICS 174 at 7 P.M.
See you guys there,
- Justin
Audio & Music Panel/Q&A- Thursday, 4/26, Cal State Long Beach
29 days
Musicians don’t get much just for them, so this looks to be a nice recompense. Talk to industry veterans and experts on technique, developer relations, self-marketing, and more! Good for Audio people and those looking to be able to deal with them effectively.
INDUSTRY LEGENDS GAME AUDIO & MUSIC PANEL
WHEN: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:00pm
WHO: Tommy Tallarico, Gerard Marino (God of War), Russell Brower (Audio Lead, Blizzard), Jeff Kurtenacker (Carbine), and Adam Gubman (Local Freelance Composer for NBC, games, and local artists)
WHERE: Cal State Long Beach C100 (Music Department)
Directions: Google Maps
Parking is $5, and adding in gas it’s probably a good idea to carpool. Announcements will be made before trivia night tomorrow as well, so start communicating with your teammates and other VGDC members who want to go.
Opening of the COGS Lab
31 days
by admin
in Uncategorized
Tomorrow is the opening of the COGS lab in ICS2 170 (correction from my first email) from 4 to 6 P.M. where we will have faculty and industry guests attending, including people like Blizzard Recruiters, to check out the projects we have worked on here at UCI. There will also be pizza, drinks, and other stuff there as well.
We would like as many projects as possible to put up onto the computers in the lab, so please be there at 3 P.M. in order to install any of the games you have worked on. These can be VGDC Games, personal projects, or projects from classes.
Feel free to invite as many people as you would like to the event and please let me know if you have any questions,
- Justin
VGDC Endorses Lillian Chiou
33 days
by JustinBritch
in Uncategorized
ASUCI Elections voting is up and running. VGDC is officially endorsing @Lillian Chiou, who’s running for ICS REPRESENTATIVE. Please show your support by voting for her online at http://www.elections.uci.edu/ before Friday 4pm!
For more information about her campaign, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/270678546354525/
Meeting location for the rest of the quarter
35 days
by admin
in Uncategorized
Hey guys,
For the rest of quarter we will be meeting in ICS 174 at the usual time at 7 P.M. on Mondays. This will be the last time we will move for the rest of the year, sorry for all the moving.
- Justin
Possibly moved meeting location tonight
41 days
by admin
in Uncategorized
Because of a mistake made by the Student Access Organization that reserves class rooms for clubs, there may be a chance that they booked ELH 100 to a different organization tonight. If this other club does show up to tonight’s meeting, we will unfortunately have to move to ICS 174.
Thankfully that is just to the left and down the stairs of where we normally meet at. If you do not see me (Justin Britch) near the front of ELH 100 anytime after 6:30, you can safely assume we will be moving to ICS 174.
I apologize for the inconvenience and confusion, but as a reminder will have content to discuss tonight and for the rest of the quarter. Tonight we will have a mini-talk given by myself called “Fun before Functionality”, where we will talk about an alternative way to plan and design a videogame project.
First Meeting of Spring Quarter
48 days
by admin
in Uncategorized
Hey guys,
We are going to have our first meeting of the quarter at the same time and place as last time. ELH 100 at 7 P.M.
See you guys there,
Justin
