IGDA Melbourne

A reminder to all, this is your local game dev group, so just let us know what you want here and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

At September’s meeting (full review coming soon) Paul Callaghan mentioned a few useful links…well, here they are:
The Loop - www.theloop.com.au (http://www NULL.theloop NULL.com NULL.au/)
Fundbreak - www.fundbreak.com.au (http://www NULL.fundbreak NULL.com NULL.au/)
Creative Industries Innovation Centre - http://www.creativeinnovation.net.au/index.html (http://www NULL.creativeinnovation NULL.net NULL.au/index NULL.html)

It’s been a while since the last one, so now it’s time to try out the mic at our new home: 3 Degrees (3D for short!) in the QV Centre.

When: Tuesday 5 October from 7.30pm, the mic turns on at 8

Where: 3 Degrees, QV Centre, cnr Swanston & Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne

Whether you want a turn at the mic or just to hear what others have to say and to catch up with like-minded game makers,  come along for what’s always a night of gamery goodness.

You don’t need to register your spot at the mic, but you can email info@igdamelbourne.org with your ideas or any questions you may have.  If we get details beforehand of some of the talks to expect we’ll send them out over the inter-tubes beforehand.

We’re hoping to encourage a few DLFers along again to join the fray.

Hope to see you there

The facebook event (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/event NULL.php?eid=104542746275873) is up and running….

…..and she’s back after a hectic Open Day season I’m glad to be helping the IGDA crew once again, albeit 23 hours before the next meet up.

It’s a bit of a taster’s plate this month, with the main course being some delicious morsels of GCAP goodness (I think I might be hungry, but I digress)

WHEN: Tuesday 7 September 7.30pm onwards (yep, that’d be tomorrow/tonight/you’ve already missed it)

WHERE: 3 Degrees Bar (http://www NULL.3degrees NULL.com NULL.au/), located in the QV cnr Swanston & Lonsdale Sts

WHAT:

Tony Reed will give us an update about how GCAP’s shaping up (might be time to look for some cheap flights north)

Martin Wilkes will treat us to the low-down on FMOD as well as some government-based (we still have one somehow, right?) initiatives that will be of interest to some games folk out there

No doubt discussions will be around the current state of play in Oz, so it’s also good to look at the new evolving options out there for game creators in their many forms; we’ll kick around more ideas on studio and salon setups, cross skilling, upskilling, Game Jam, art exhibitions and lots more…. so there should be something there for everyone!

NEW VENUE:

Yep, the kind folk of 3 Degrees have agreed to take us, and have offered a slab of beer as a door prize for tomorrow night, as well as their specials drink list:

$5 Glasses of Wine of the Month – Hardy’s Nottage Hill Chardonnay/Shiraz

$5 Bottles of Crown Lager

$5 Bottles of Beer of the Month – Dry Dock Lager

$5 Spirit of the Month – Johhny Red (unless sold out – then they’re all something else…)

Any queries, we’ll be keeping an eye on the facebook event (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/?sk=events#!/event NULL.php?eid=109394082451166)(and will soon be updating the whole facebook thang to encourage dialogue), and @igdamelbourne will be in twitterland on the day – join the chirping

I’ve personally been looking forward to this one since March, so I hope to see you there, you can tell me all about Freeplay  :D  -Giselle