IGDA Melbourne

Things are ticking along, and the next meeting in April is just choc-full of gamery goodness. This is thanks to eveyone who’s come along and the lovely committee folk who’ve been getting it all together in between their other commitments:

Alexander Bruce
Trent Kusters
Mark Flanagan
Dominic McDonnell
Giselle Rosman
Tarwin Stroh-Spijer

Feel free to catch up with committee folk the at the next meet up with any ideas and suggestions about future meetings, speakers, events etc.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Sharing knowledge from distant lands and local shores

WHEN: 7pm Tuesday 13 April (talks start at 8pm)
WHERE: The Embassy, 1 Queensbridge St Southbank

It’s a double header this month, covering near and far, and once again the numbers are looking good on the facebook event (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/event NULL.php?eid=334288174057&ref=mf)

First up is The Voxel Agents, creators of Train Conductor, reviewing their first year as local indie developers.

Then we will be hearing from some folk who went to San Fran to GDC to get the goss! So far we have Jenn Sandercock will be giving a volunteers-eye-view recount of GDC, Mark Flanagan went to represent both AIE and IGDA, Alexander Bruce will have the indie perspective. If you or someone you know would like to give a studio perspective contact a committee member near you!

Don’t forget, you can sign up for Club Embassy Membership at their website and get 20% off food and bar prices.

GAMES TRIVIA NIGHT in May

Details are being finalised, and will be announced at the April meeting, but the May meet up will be a Games Trivia Night.

There’s a PS3 in the prize pool thanks to Big Ant Studios (http://www NULL.bigant NULL.com) so don’t miss it!

Registration will open at the next gathering and you will be able to sign up as a team or individual.

If there’s any more you’d like to share with IGDA Melbourne mailing list and website let us know!

Such as:

App My State (http://www NULL.premier NULL.vic NULL.gov NULL.au/app-my-state NULL.html) – entry deadline 23 April

Andrew Golding, from Brawsome would “like to put out the call to local iPhone developers to see what they can do with the Jolly Rover assets on iPhone, to cross promote Jolly Rover. I would be looking at arranging a revenue split with the developer as I can’t afford to pay anyone at the moment” feel free to email andrew@brawsome.com.au (andrew null@null brawsome NULL.com NULL.au)

and Giselle is looking for someone to develop a flash game for the La Trobe Uni website – email giselle.rosman@gmail.com (giselle NULL.rosman null@null gmail NULL.com) if you are interested and want more details.

It’s a double header for the April meet up, covering near and far.

First up is The Voxel Agents, creators of Train Conductor, reviewing their first year as local indie developers.

Then we will be hearing from those who went to GDC to get the goss

If you have any questions feel free to email info@igdamelbourne.org (info null@null igdamelbourne NULL.org)

And then there’s the customary facebook event (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/event NULL.php?eid=334288174057&ref=nf)

Tuesday 13 April, 7pm

The Embassy
1 Queensbridge St, Southbank

The audio from the Open Mic Night that was held on Tuesday the 3rd of March 2010 is now available. Just listen below. Have comments on how audio should be available in the future? Please just leave a comment below.

Thanks to Jamie Galea from Level 3 (http://www NULL.level3 NULL.org NULL.au) games podcast for the recording.

Thanks for everyone who came along to Open Mic Night to help make it such a great success, especially to the presenters!

There have been some requests for speaker details.  We are in the process of gaining approval to publish them, and will continue to update any missing once once we get the all clear….

Trent Kusters - Torus Games - trent@igdamelbourne.org (trent null@null igdamelbourne NULL.org)

Alexander Bruce - Hazard - alex@igdamelbourne.org ( alex null@null igdamelbourne NULL.org)

Craig Peebles - Cosmos Concerto, Moving Target Games – info@movingtargetgames.com (info null@null movingtargetgames NULL.com), www.movingtargetgames.com (http://movingtargetgames NULL.com)Twitter: @movingtargetgam

Chris Watts - Mole, Roo Games – designerwatts@gmail.com (designerwatts null@null gmail NULL.com) Twitter: @DesignerWatts

Neil Rennison - Gamebook Adventures, Tin Man Games – neilrennison@tinmangames.com.au (neilrennison null@null tinmangames NULL.com NULL.au)www.tinmangames.com.au (http://www NULL.tinmangames NULL.com NULL.au)Twitter: @TinManGames

Andrew Golding - Jolly Rover, Brawsome - andrew@brawsome.com.au (andrew null@null brawsome NULL.com NULL.au)
Jolly Rover website: http://www.brawsome.com.au/JollyRover
(http://www NULL.brawsome NULL.com NULL.au/JollyRover) http://www.brawsome.com.au
(http://www NULL.brawsome NULL.com NULL.au/)Twitter: @brawsome
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jolly-Rover/302892718921 (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/Jolly-Rover/302892718921)

Matt Clark - Train Conductor, The Voxel Agents – mattclark@thevoxelagents.com (mattclark null@null thevoxelagents NULL.com), www.thevoxelagents.com, (http://www NULL.thevoxelagents NULL.com) Twitter: @TheVoxelAgents Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheVoxelAgents (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/TheVoxelAgents)

John Sietsma - Layar AR Games – john.sietsma@gmail.com (john NULL.sietsma null@null gmail NULL.com)

Paul Seidel – Voice over artist, Big Mouth Media – info@bigmouthmedia.com (info null@null bigmouthmedia NULL.com) mob: 0410 699 916

Adrian Lyons - TBC

Andrew Drage - brewin@hotmail.com (brewin null@null hotmail NULL.com) mob: 0425 726 136 www.infinitespiral.com.au (http://www NULL.infinitespiral NULL.com NULL.au/)

Alex Fraser - Cargo – alex@phatcore.com (alex null@null phatcore NULL.com) – you can download a demo of Cargo from http://phatcore.com/alex/?p=177 (http://phatcore NULL.com/alex/?p=177)

David Thompson - Tiberian Sun Rising - dthompson@cnc-source.com (dthompson null@null cnc-source NULL.com) mob: 0438 043 261 http://www.moddb.com/mods/tiberian-sun-rising (http://www NULL.moddb NULL.com/mods/tiberian-sun-rising)

Ian Stewart - http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/app-my-state.html (http://www NULL.premier NULL.vic NULL.gov NULL.au/app-my-state NULL.html)

Brad Giblin - FilmVic – brad.giblin@film.vic.gov.au (brad NULL.giblin null@null film NULL.vic NULL.gov NULL.au), http://www.film.vic.gov.au ( http://www NULL.film NULL.vic NULL.gov NULL.au)

And finally, the committee is always happy to receive feedback and suggestions, so feel free to email feedback@igdamelbourne.org (feedback null@null igdamelbourne NULL.org) with any thoughts or suggestions.