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GDC Prep Meeting tomorrow at 7PM, CSU Fullerton
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If anyone’s planning on going to GDC this year, or heck, any tradeshow ever, you owe it to yourselves to go to this presentation at CSU Fullerton. You get about five seconds at these kinds of shows to prove to the person you’re talking to you’re not a waste of time, so learning all the minefields and what they look like is vitally important for getting the attention of the people you’ll be talking to in a positive way.
I highly recommend setting up carpools so it’s only $2 or $3 a person instead of $8. There’s a thread here for setting up drivers and passengers for club members to use. Details are below.
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Are you going to the Game Developers Conference?
Never been to a major industry event?
Don’t know why you should go?
We are very excited to have Jim Rivers from Obsidian Entertainment speak with us about how to best prepare for the world’s largest game conference.
He will focus on:
• Preparation
• Networking
• Attitude
• Attire
• Professionalism
You are the future of our industry.
When:
Tuesday February 7th at 7:30pm
Where:
Cal State Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd.
Titan Student Union
Room: Tuffree AB
Directions:
57 North
Exit Nutwood and make a left
Make a right on State College
Make a right on Student Union Way
Then a quick left
The State College Parking Structure will be on your right
TSU – Titan Student Union is just south of the Parking Structure
We will be in room Tuffree AB
Parking:
Daily Permits can be purchased at machines at any lot for $8
PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING GDC.
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by admin
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The form for requesting a change of project is now live!
The teams for the rest of the quarter will be finalized by our next meeting on Monday.
Game Jam Conclusion and Unvieling Night Information
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Game Jam officially ended Monday night and all five teams successfully finished their games in time. We are now going to be sending the games out to be judged by members of the game industry and UCI faculty.
Tomorrow night we are going to have an Unveiling Night where we are going to show each of the five games and have the teams do a post-mordem of their game. We will have the Unveiling Night at 6:00 P.M. tomorrow (Thursday 1/26/2012) in DBH 6011 at UCI and everyone is invited to come out and see what is possible in just one week and no sleep.
To download and play the games, go to the following link:
http://www.clubs.uci.edu/vgdc/blog/forums/topic/download-links
Important information regarding Game Jam
Because of the holiday on Monday, we believe that our meeting hall will be
locked. To avoid being stuck out in the cold, we have decided to move the
meeting up to 3 P.M. on Monday outside next of ELH (where we met last
week). The meeting will be to announce the theme and teams for this Winter
Game Jam. After everything is announced, groups will immediately begin
working on creating the best game possible in one week. If you are not able
to attend this meeting but still wish to participate please email us so
we can give your team your contact information and vice-versa. The club
email is vgdc@mail.clubs.uci.edu
After the week long competition we will have a unveiling night where we
will show all the games that were made, as well as have the
games be judged by local game companies and faculty to determine a winner.
Just as a reminder, the last day to sign up for the Game Jam is Sunday.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dE9EVVd2UXBMXzMtWUE1THh6ZC1QUFE6MQ#gid=0
We look forward to seeing everyone there,
VGDC Officers
Tutorials
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by archer
in Uncategorized
A few people at the first meeting of Winter Quarter asked for some advice on learning XNA so here is a copy of a presentation that was given at the beginning of fall quarter:
XNA: http://tinyurl.com/3jz2xpc
The links at the end of the presentation are also very good, anyone who wants to be a programmer for the game jam should study these.
First Meeting of Winter Quarter
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by archer
in Uncategorized
I hope everyone had a great winter break and is ready to start up the new
year. With the start of a new year, the VGDC now has another new meeting
location located in the computer science area this time, ELH 100, which is
the building right before the staircase leading down to the ICS building
and Engineering Tower. We will be here for the rest of the quarter and be
meeting at 7:00 P.M. like usual, starting the first Monday of the quarter
1/9/2012.
http://www.classrooms.uci.edu/gac/ELH100.html
The first meeting of the quarter will be to discuss any new game ideas as
well as go over what the rest of the quarter will look like. If you have
any game idea’s you would like to present, please fill out this spread
sheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFM5Nk4yNXZpMkdnNWRScDRiWHRmenc6MQ#gid=0
The other big announcement is that you can now register for this years
Winter Game Jam. For those who don’t know, Game Jam is a week long
competition where you are placed on a random team and given a theme to
make a video game. After a week, your game will be showed during an
unveiling ceremony and it will be judged by local game companies like
Blizzard, Obsidian, and the Behemoth as well as UCI professors. The
competition will start at the beginning of week 2 (12/16/2011) and you can
sign up to participate here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dE9EVVd2UXBMXzMtWUE1THh6ZC1QUFE6MQ#gid=0
Final Meeting: Project Showcase
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Hey everyone, our final meeting for the quarter is this Monday. We will have each of the groups show of their games progress for the quarter. The projects have been coming along great and for some of you this may be the first time your seeing what your fellow club members have been working on. This is also a great chance to get feedback on your games. The meeting will be at the same time and same place: HIB 100 at 7pm.
GUEST SPEAKER- Mark Soderwall, Monday 11/21
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Monday, November 21st, the VGDC is hosting Mark Soderwall, former Art Director for companies like LucasArts, Atari, and Electronic Arts as he gives a presentation on game development best practices and methodologies. These talks usually cost professionals several hundred dollars and he’s giving them to us for free, so come to HIB 100 Monday at 7:00 to hear how to make your games the best they can be!
And bring your friends! If we pack the room enough he might come do it again!
Notes From Tonight
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The portfolio talk and breaking into the industry is postponed to a later date. Today we had the producers present their team projects instead this night.
Ryan has extended the Diablo III Keys contest because of screw ups. He mentioned a turn date of Saturday. You also may want to send the materials to his email address at rsharpe at uci.edu. Rules and more information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/6nfxwaa.
Rob Pardo From Blizzard will be speaking about Blizzard game design the 6th of this week the between 5-7pm in DBH 6011. It is an RSVP event more details in the flyer can be read at http://tinyurl.com/8ytkxy5.
There was an opportunity for people interested in making an soccer game on a website for more information contact Martin Ayala at his email martin at tonypitchcomics.com or visit the site at tonypitchcomics.com
Topics for Next Meeting
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by Orson Teodoro
in Meetings
Just a quick reminder for the next meeting. The scheduled topics will cover portfolio building and how to get yourself into the game industry. It might not seem important but if your a beginner artist or designer or any very competitive job category you should pay attention. Many major gaming companies are expecting portfolios so you might as start now. Also, there will be tips given in various ways of getting into the gaming industry.
Don’t forget we will be meeting this time in a new room HIB 100 at 7pm.
