The second annual Board Game Jam is happening next month at George Brown College. It’s going to be an awesome time when you can start a board game on Saturday and play it on Sunday night with your friends.
Check out the announcement of Board Game Jam 2012.
Your going to want to get your ticket as soon as possible as the early bird tickets are selling fast!
Looking for other cool people to make a video game with? Look no further and just come out to GameChangers! GameChangers is a series of workshops and events designed to increase the diversity of people who make games by getting people to build games.
Come out on February 4th to learn more about the project and find some potential teammates to make a game with!
GameChangers builds diverse teams to creates games. Team participants receive support from game leaders while they network and share experiences. In April, we’ll showcase the games and celebrate everyone’s involvement with prizes.
More about the event can be found here.
Looking to submit your game to a gaming competition but don’t know where to start? Check out CompoHub, it’s a good resource for finding what competitions are happening and when.
Stephen Downes has a great post on how to get the most out of a conference and it’s worth a read if you’re going to your first conference or your 1001st. It’s a wonderfully long and worthwhile read!
It’s a great breakdown of what to do before, during, and after the event. Some of it’s obvious (pick applicable conferences) and some of it is quite insightful. I found quite a lot of advice in his post that were new to me and I’m sure any conference veteran would enjoy reading this if even to get a different perspective on some issues. I still say, that if you can, don’t check baggage on a flight and try to take it all on with you.
One thing that every presenter should do – and this can’t be stressed enough – is to bring your presentation (in multiple formats for cross-platform love) on a flash drive; better yet do that AND put a copy online.
Here’s a snippet from one section of Downes’ advice:
Preparing for the Conference
A conference comes and goes in an instant. Even a long conference might only be four days long – most are only one or two days. You won’t have time to find your feet, even if you’re arriving early.
Research the conference. Who will be there? What will they be talking about? As much as possible, scan the program, look for people (especially keynotes) talking about things that are interesting to you, and look them up on Google. Do this before the conference! Sometimes it’s nice to be surprised by someone you weren’t expecting, but the experience is so much more rewarding if you know where they’re coming from.
You also want to be looking at the program to see which sessions you want to attend. You don’t have to decide right away (but if you do, create your own schedule and put it on your iPad or computer – it will be really hard to find this information at the conference itself, because they almost never post big signs with the conference program on it (they just assume everyone has their program).
Going to a conference? Then read how to get the most out of a conference now!
JAMuary is a game jam that obviously takes place in January – and you should participate. Dames Making Games is a result of the first run of The Difference Engine which aims to get more women into making games.
Who can participate in JAMuary?
We have space for 10 individuals (or small teams) to participate in the workshops and present their finished product at the end of the month. These spaces will be limited to female game-makers, with a preference for those making their first game, and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
What if I have no coding or game design experience?
You don’t need to have worked on games before to participate in JAMuary. We have a resource package for new game-makers to help you get started.
About the Difference Engine
Check out the info on JAMuary!
Hat tip to the Hand Eye Society.
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