IGDA Melbourne

We’re very excited about GCAP (http://gcap NULL.com NULL.au/)at IGDAM Central, and when the lovely folk from Traction Games (http://tractiongames NULL.com NULL.au/Games NULL.aspx)got in touch wondering where all the drinking networking nights were being held, we were happy to add to the festivities of GCAP by helping them out sorting drinks on Monday.

So….

All GCAP participants are invited to a lovely evening of networking at bevvies

When: 8:00 Monday 14 November

Where: Bluestone Bar (http://www NULL.bluestonebar NULL.com NULL.au/), 349 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Thanks to GDAA and Traction Games, hope to see you there!

To assist us with estimating expected numbers, it would be appreciated if you could RSVP to the facebook event (https://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/event NULL.php?eid=260218827361881&context=create).

(http://gcap NULL.com NULL.au/)Thanks to  the Games Developers’ Association, we can offer a 10% discount on all tickets to GCAP, 14-16 November 2011 (http://gcap NULL.com NULL.au/) to all IGDA Melbourne regulars.

To make sure you are actually involved in IGDAM you need to contact Giselle directly, giselle@igdamelbourne.org for a unique code, which can be entered at the time of booking your conference ticket.

This is the biggest local developer conference in the Australian calendar and it’s highly recommended that you don’t miss out.

GDAA members receive a 20% discount, so if you’re a studio or indie it would be worth checking out membership options too.  For further information email info@gdaa.com.au

The Game Developers’ Association of Australia is now soliciting session proposals for speakers from all disciplines to address our core theme of ‘The Journey’ for Game Connect Asia Pacific 2011.

The 2011 conference aims to establish the foundations on which the Australian industry will grow to become a major international game development territory in the future by exploring the lessons learned in the past 30 years of Australian development, how they have led to the current development landscape, and how those lessons can influence the future of studios, projects, and the creation of intellectual property.

The event also seeks to identify and understand the resources, tools, production processes, platforms and new business structures that exist for the industry, and how the implementation will assist the creative development and competitiveness of the Australian industry.

GCAP Event Information

Date: 14 – 16 November 2011

Venue: Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia

GCAP Structure

GCAP consists of a number of tracks:

Programming | Art | Design | Production | Business Development

and has multiple presentation formats:

Panel/Roundtable discussions | Lectures | Workshops | Masterclasses

For more details head over to your friendly, neighbourhood GDAA website (http://gdaa NULL.com NULL.au/gcap-2011-call-for-submissions)

MELBOURNE – 19 July 2011 – The Game Developers’ Association of Australia today announced that the industry conference Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) is returning to Melbourne in November 2011.

With it’s theme of ‘The Journey’, GCAP 2011 will deliver a series of lectures, master classes and discussions, designed to identify the processes, resources and opportunities that will grow the Australian industry over the next few years.

“’The Journey’ is a liberating theme for the conference as it not only allows us to look forward and plot the path of the Australian game development industry over the next few years, but also lets us look back at our evolution, dissecting what has been learned over 31 years of creating games in Australia,” said Antony Reed, CEO of the Game Developers’ Association of Australia.

“GCAP 2010 was a community driven event and in many ways defined the capabilities of the Australian industry. For 2011, participation from every discipline in the game making process ensures we establish the right foundations for the industry’s future growth.”

GCAP 2011 ‘The Journey’ will consist of a number of tracks – programming, art, design, audio, business development and marketing – addressing the needs of the whole industry. The conference will also include multiple presentation formats, including panels, round table discussions, lectures and master classes.

GCAP 2011 will be held at the new Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre from Monday 14 November to Wednesday 16 November 2011.

The GCAP 2011 website will go live on August 1, 2011 – www.gcap.com.au (http://www NULL.gcap NULL.com NULL.au/)

About Game Connect Asia Pacific:
Game Connect: Asia Pacific (GCAP) is Australia’s premier annual game development conference, exhibition and networking event for the Asia Pacific Games Industry and is administered by the Game Developers’ Association of Australia. GCAP 2011 will be held at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre from Monday 14 November to Wednesday 16 November, 2011.

For event and media information, contact:

Alison Barnes

Director

Alpha Event Management

Ph: + 61 2 9126 9412

E: alison@alphaevents.com.au (alison null@null alphaevents NULL.com NULL.au)

Due to the horsies doing that thing they do on the first Tuesday of November, we’ll be having our next meet up:

Tuesday 9 November

3 Degrees, QV Building

7.30pm – 11pm

More info available soon (we’ll let you know!) but the following speakers will be supplying a triple treat for our November meetup:

Symphonic Pixels: Courtney (Hae Won) Kim - http://symphonicpixels.com/ (http://symphonicpixels NULL.com/)

Cokoon: Yi Yi Wang - http://cokoon.com.au/ (http://cokoon NULL.com NULL.au/)

Rhys Sullivan

In addition there’s sure to be many a lively discussion over the good’s (GCAP) and the bad’s (Krome) of late.

We hope you can make it, if you ever want to get more actively involved just let us know, the more the merrier!

…..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