IGDA Twin Cities

International Game Developers Association

Welcome to the Twin Cities IGDA chapter. The IGDATC Google Group is the central place for this chapter's discussion. Sign up to receive announcements.

[edit] Sponsors

Thanks go to the Minnesota School of Business for space and snacks!

[edit] About

Twin Cities Chapter IGDA Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm. These meetings are free and open to all interested game developers, practicing or aspiring. Each meeting is focused around a particular game development topic via an informal presentation and/or guided discussion. These meetings are a terrific place to network and connect with like-minded locals. They are all about building relationships, sharing experiences, bouncing ideas, and learning to have more fun.

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[edit] Next meeting - Thu Aug 6th 6:30pm - Main Event TBD

We're skipping July 2nd because of the holiday and MSB school break.

Member Project: (tentatively rescheduled)
IMGDC 3.0 Post-Mortem and MMO Roundtables Presented by: Jonathon Stevens, CEO of Last Straw Productions and founder of IMGDC.

The 3rd Independent MMO Game Developers Conference (IMGDC 3.0) was held April 17-19th in Las Vegas, NV. Come hear the good, bad and ugly of putting on the conference, and lessons learned.

MMOs are really possible on an indie budget! Some success stories, and some common strategies for doing more with less.

[edit] Location

[edit] Actual meetings

Minnesota School of Business, Richfield
Student Commons on the 2nd floor
1401 West 76th Street
Richfield, MN 55423
(at the intersection of 76th St South and I-35W)
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NOTE: the 76th street bridge over 35W is now open. Lyndale exits from 494 are closed.

[edit] Virtual convergence

IGDATC Google Group

[edit] Upcoming meetings

Aug 6th: Main event: TBD. Member Project: (tentative) IMGDC post-mortem - Jonathon Stevens of Last Straw Games

[edit] Past events

[edit] 2009

June 4th - E3 Highlights and MMO design roundtables

May 7th - How to Develop Games the Monster Way - Richard Garcia, president of Monster Games

Member project: ActionChess for iPhone - Martin Grider

April 8th - Dead Space â€“ Creature creation, from Concept to Gameplay - Sandra Voelker Electronic Arts

Member project: GDC recap - various.

March 5th - Indie game dev and Arcane-FX middleware - Jeff Faust Faust Logic

Member project: Recent projects and intro to UnityMatt Gravelle of Graveck

Feb 5th - Making and Selling iPhone Games - Andy Korth, Scott Lembcke of Howling Moon Software and Chris Dillman of Plaid World Studios

Member Project: Crysis mod and into to Sandbox2 editor - Jesse Comb

[edit] 2008

Dec 11th - Holiday Party at PUNY

Nov 6th: Agile Development for Games - Jesse Crafts-Finch - Johnson Simulation Center

Member Project: Mouse House for iPhone - Chris Dillman - Plaid World Studios

Sept 2nd: Deconstructing Sandbox Games - Zach Wendt

Member Project: Interactive Fiction with Inform, Game Dev at Carleton - John Mawhorter

Aug 7th: Member Project Night

Interactive Visualization - Ryan Foss - BAE Systems

ScribBall for Mac and iPhone - Andy Korth, Scott Lembcke - Howling Moon Software

Training and Educational games - Jesse Crafts-Finch, Brandon Schapekahm - Johnson Simulation Center

Mouse House for iPhone - Chris Dillman - Plaid World Studios

May 1st: Indie and DS development - Ken Patterson, Matt Heinzen and Don Patterson - Big John Games

April 3rd: IMGDC Recap - roundtable session.

March 6th: Commercial Flash Games - Seth Walker and Alexis Mason - Ham in the Fridge

February 7th: Camera-Controlled Motion Games - Yuichiro Tanabe, Cory Petosky, and Pete Border - Puny Entertainment

January 3rd: Video and Traditional Board Games - Martin Grider Go-Tetris and Darrell Hardy

[edit] 2007

December 6th: Holiday Social at PUNY

November 1st: Microsoft XNA Introduction and Hands-On - Zach Wendt

[edit] 2006

December 13th: Wii Demo Spotlighting ExciteTruck - Chad Jasper

October 11th: Organizational Meeting - Gary

August: No August Meeting

June 14th: The Fun Factor, Machine Learning, and Gameplay Metrics - Ben Geisler

April 12th: GDC 2006 Wrap & TikiWiki Introduction - GDC2006 Attendees

February 8th: Education and Games Panel http://igda.org/twincities/images/igdarss.gif RSS - http://igda.org/twincities/images/igdam3u.gif Stream - http://igda.org/twincities/images/igdazip.gif Mp3 Zip

[edit] 2005

December 14th: Digital Game Distribution - Wes Pederson

October 12th: Tablet Development, and MN Game Jam 1 Games - Gary Dahl

August 10th: Sound Effect Basics for Games - Damian Kastbauer http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/IGDA/LCLPDF.gif Summary - http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/IGDA/LCLPDF.gif Slides

June 15th: Flash Game Development - Andreas Heim

April 13th: GDC and MN Game Jam 0 Wrap-Up - Group

March 9th: Teaching Journalism with Never Winter Nights - Matt Taylor

February 9th: Dynamic Simulation at Pixar Animation Studios - David Baraff

[edit] 2004

November 11th: Game Maker - Gary Dahl

October 12th: The Video Game Revolution - PBS

September 14th: Scrolling Game Development Kit - Benjamin Marty

August 10th: Blender - Kent Mein, Joshua Seaver

July 13th: Pen&Paper vs Computer Game Design - Christopher Weiss

[edit] Call for Topics

Is there a topic you'd like to see featured at an upcoming meeting? We're always looking for new ideas. So whether it's something you'd like to speak about, or hear another professional present, send your suggestions to [1].