Game Dev Club: Meeting Notes

08/31/15

General introductions.

Officer introductions.

We need a secretary. Talk to Helen after meeting.

GDC! What is it? Game developers conference that happens in spring. This time it conincides with spring break! It's all about making games. Testing, programming, art, design, and networking.

Lots of post-mortems. Pipelines. Show off a lot of new tech. Occulus rift last year.

Whether or not you go, there's plenty of talks online for free.

Game Dev Club is going in 2016! Driving. Will get funding for passes from U of A, but individuals will be expected to spend about $450 for travel expenses and stuff. Need to figure out fund-raising.

Weekly tournaments for Smash?

Lots of different passes. Different costs. Lots of variety in what you can go to.

How to pay for GDC? We will help various people pay for the trip.

CA is a volunteer thing you can win to go for free (but you have to work). Write essay on customer service skills. Talk to any of the people who went to GDC last year.

Partnership We're Excited About

Lance Tipton really excited about a partnership. He was looking for game development groups. He created his own group. Last meeting was last Thursday. About 20-30 people showed up. There'll be game jams, talks, and various other things. A studio called Night Owl wants to give a talk. Tucson game dev networking opportunity.

Planning on turning the game group into a non-profit. Want active members to get a lot out of the community.

Any questions?

Middle-school principal wants to talk to Lance afterwards. There'll be classes on unity, C#, C++, etc.

Every last Thursday of the month will have a meeting with this game dev group. All other Thursdays will be workshops for game development to meet and work on whatever.

Make a game now! With note cards and stuff.