The Ludum Dare 15 - 48 hour competition is happening again - August 28th-30th
Always interesting seeing what gets created for this and a good chance for people to get involved with a quick competition.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Boston Game Loop
For anyone on the East coast, especially around Boston, check out the Boston Game Loop
GameLoop is organized by Darius Kazemi (Orbus Gameworks) and Scott Macmillan (Macguffin Games) who are great characters who do a lot for the local scene and are instrumental in the success of the local IGDA chapter, the Boston Post Mortem.
The event this year is the second to be organised and has a much wider reach of people attending from all over the country, but obviously with a more local slant of attendees.
It's a "unconference" which basically means people talk about what they know to those who are most interested. How it works, people turn up and introduce themselves and what they are interested in at the beginning. With that information, people can suggest topics to talk about that they have knowledge in and that other people are interested in and can contribute towards.
This means that there might be micro niche topics with only 5-8 people being involved, but they will all gain and give so that they all benefit.
The whole point is to have a more intimate setting, people aren't putting on massive GDC style talks which only hold interest in parts for some people.
There's also a $20 suggested donation for this event to help the organisers cover the cost of the event which other wise would be out of their own pockets, cover costs of coffee and snacks etc.
Location, the "NERD" centre on the first floor of the Microsoft Office, Kendal Square, MA
Go, enjoy, learn and network!
Edit: to add, this event is on the 15th August, and for industry people only, so no students.
GameLoop is organized by Darius Kazemi (Orbus Gameworks) and Scott Macmillan (Macguffin Games) who are great characters who do a lot for the local scene and are instrumental in the success of the local IGDA chapter, the Boston Post Mortem.
The event this year is the second to be organised and has a much wider reach of people attending from all over the country, but obviously with a more local slant of attendees.
It's a "unconference" which basically means people talk about what they know to those who are most interested. How it works, people turn up and introduce themselves and what they are interested in at the beginning. With that information, people can suggest topics to talk about that they have knowledge in and that other people are interested in and can contribute towards.
This means that there might be micro niche topics with only 5-8 people being involved, but they will all gain and give so that they all benefit.
The whole point is to have a more intimate setting, people aren't putting on massive GDC style talks which only hold interest in parts for some people.
There's also a $20 suggested donation for this event to help the organisers cover the cost of the event which other wise would be out of their own pockets, cover costs of coffee and snacks etc.
Location, the "NERD" centre on the first floor of the Microsoft Office, Kendal Square, MA
Go, enjoy, learn and network!
Edit: to add, this event is on the 15th August, and for industry people only, so no students.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Back pain during work?
Bit random this, but just got a pair of Fit Flops - Freeways
Just really nice to wear while walking around the office or home when having a break from the computer. Could be purely coincidental, but it does appear to have helped relieve a bit of lower back pain whilst taking a break from things. If nothing else, they do help tone up the calf muscles a little.
Just really nice to wear while walking around the office or home when having a break from the computer. Could be purely coincidental, but it does appear to have helped relieve a bit of lower back pain whilst taking a break from things. If nothing else, they do help tone up the calf muscles a little.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Maya 2010 Deal
Bit spammy I supose, but I got sent this and thought others might be interested -
Autodesk has combined Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited into Maya 2010! If you were planning on buying Maya, you have a very short window to be able to save some serious cash... From today until August 10th, you can buy Maya Complete ($1995) and subscription ($595) for a total of $2590 and still have access to Maya 2010 when it is released on August 12th.
Maya 2010 is one Maya, one value. It will include all the functionality of Maya Unlimited 2009, with Maya Composite, Autodesk Backburner and Autodesk Matchmover. The Network (NLM) version will also come with 5 Mental Ray batch nodes.
Maya 2010 will retail at $3,495 (SLM) and $4,370 (NLM). Subscription will be $595 and Gold Subscription will be $895.
Call Dawn at 800-875-0025 or email dobrien@get.com for more details.
Autodesk has combined Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited into Maya 2010! If you were planning on buying Maya, you have a very short window to be able to save some serious cash... From today until August 10th, you can buy Maya Complete ($1995) and subscription ($595) for a total of $2590 and still have access to Maya 2010 when it is released on August 12th.
Maya 2010 is one Maya, one value. It will include all the functionality of Maya Unlimited 2009, with Maya Composite, Autodesk Backburner and Autodesk Matchmover. The Network (NLM) version will also come with 5 Mental Ray batch nodes.
Maya 2010 will retail at $3,495 (SLM) and $4,370 (NLM). Subscription will be $595 and Gold Subscription will be $895.
Call Dawn at 800-875-0025 or email dobrien@get.com for more details.
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