International Game Developers Association,

Twin Cities Chapter (igdatc)

https://tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Schedule

6:15 - talk amongst yourselves!

6:45 - introduction / welcome slides

7:15 - Presentations

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June 9th, 2020

https://tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Welcome new folks!

Our meetings are open to everyone.

We aim to be a safe and inclusive community for game developers and aspiring game developers.

You can read our code of conduct here: �https://igdatc.org/safe-event-policy/

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Many thanks to the Nerdery for hosting our past meetings and buying pizza!!!

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Also thanks to our Volunteer Board of Directors

Dev Jana

Zach Wendt

Martin Grider

Cameron MacDonald

Eli Berg-Maas

Ryan Foss

Beth Korth

David Mann

Mark LaCroix

Peter Yang

I used to organize speakers!

I organize VR & HCI!

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Board Updates

This slide in the interest of openness and transparency...

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• We are excited to do in-person events again, but we haven't made any plans for this yet. There are a lot of open questions and we don't yet have any answers.

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• We have also decided to postpone any board member elections until we have in-person events again.

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

About our Meeting

Intro – (~6:45, 5-10 min.) Quick IGDATC stuff. Thanks to Nerdery!

Plugs & Announcements – (~7:00, 5-15 min.) Time to plug other upcoming events, new game releases, or anything game development related!

Presentations – (~7:15, 60-120 min.)

After the meeting – (~9pm, until late!) Come have a drink or a bite to eat and chat. Maybe play a game or two. (Speak up if you want to follow someone there, or need a ride!)

Joe Senser’s Kitchen & Bar�4217 American Blvd, Bloomington

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

IGDA Twin Cities – Calendar

GameDev Meeting

• 2nd Wednesday
• 6:15-9 pm
• Location: Twitch
• Next Meeting: �Presenter needed!

MN VR & HCI

• 4th Wednesday (usually)
• 6:30-9:30 pm
• Location: AltspaceVR & Twitch
• Next Meeting:�TBD!

Twin Cities Playtest

• 3rd Wednesday
• 6-9 pm
• Location: Twitch
• Next Meeting: �Looking for games!!!

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

MN VR & HCI - September 2020

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Twin Cities Playtest

Every 3rd Wednesday.

• A new monthly igdatc event?! 🤯
• We’ve missed holding public playtests, so we took it online!
• All games welcome, including local multiplayer games!

Three ways to participate:

...as an attendee: Join us on Twitch! Easy!��...as a playtester:

• Contact us in advance, or just say ‘hey’ in Twitch chat during the event!
• No need to download builds, but you will need Parsec, a low-latency app for streaming games, and Discord, if you want to provide voice feedback as you play.

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...as a developer:

• Send us a Windows build. That’s it! We also encourage you to join the stream via Discord voice chat as well.
• Contact Peter Yang to sign up. You’ll send builds to Mark LaCroix.

More details & instructions are on the Twin Cities Gamedev Discord server, in the #events-info channel: https://discord.me/twincitiesgamedev

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Connect �with us!

• #IGDATC-meta channel on MSPGameDev Slack�
• Tweet / FB / Email (igdatc@igdatc.org) with any ideas or feedback or suggestions.

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Presenters Wanted

Would you like to present? Do you know someone or something that might make a good presentation?

We’re always looking for recommendations, ideas and helpful suggestions.

Talk to any of us IGDATC Organizers, or:�� email events@igdatc.org,� tweet: @igdatc� web: http://igdatc.org� facebook: IGDATC� google form: bit.ly/IGDATC

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Our Parent Organization – IGDA.org

The world’s largest membership association for game developers.

If you register for an IGDA membership, please tell them �IGDA Twin Cities is your chapter!

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Read about the benefits of membership at igda.org.

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

IGDATC & Twitch

In these unprecedented times, we are experimenting with our event format and want your feedback.

• This is still new to us!
• We want your feedback.
• Leave us feedback & your ideas in #igdatc-meta in MSPGameDev Slack.
• We will be chatting and playing games after this meeting!
• Please stick around and join us on Discord for games and conversation.�
• Find the "Connect with us" page on igdatc.org for links to all of the above.

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Plugs &

Announcements

Community�Calendar

https://icecold.games/

For access, errors, and �omissions contact � @zacharyjohnson

Any other upcoming events we should all know about?

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Twitch Chat Announcements

• Anyone else release any games since last meeting?
• Post your links in chat!�

LFG (Looking for Group)

• Are you looking for collaborators? Work?
• Know of a company hiring for gamedev?
• Post it in chat!��
• Other announcements?
• Post 'em in chat!

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

General Call for Announcements

• Anyone release any games since last meeting?�

LFG (Looking for Group)

• Teams looking for collaborators?�
• Individuals looking for Teams?
• Programmers
• Artists
• Music/SFX
• Writers, Legal, Websites, "other"!?

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

PRESENTATIONS

INTERMISSION

Old Slides

DO NOT PRESENT BEYOND THIS POINT!!!

May 14th, 2021

Fir Coat's SpeakTear album release

Local musician/game developer Brock Thompson is releasing music as Fir Coat.

His latest album, SpeakTear:

http://fircoat.bandcamp.com/album/speaktear

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Seth Batin – Project Success

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

April 14th, 2021

Magical

Unicorn

Quest –

Unicorn

Traitor

The Kickstart will be live on April 15th.

The following is a link to the Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magicalunicornquest/magical-unicorn-quest-unicorn-traitor?ref=b8yjoe&token=0d11bb75

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

March 10th, 2021

Nice Games Club

New Episodes are back!

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Newt One Speedrunner

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

February 10th, 2021

REM5 - Baseball

We're launching a webxr event/space with the Minnesota Twins.

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It'll be completely free, cross device accessible and open 2/10-2/24.

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Additionally we'll be doing a bit of a Twins pop-up at REM5 both weekends with free swag and the experience on Quests for people who are big Twins fans.

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

January 13th, 2021

Thrive Digital – Trailer

Marketing efforts are underway!

New landing page too.

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Still no release date...

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Wisconsin-Stout, Adjunct Faculty Position Open

The Department of Design at the University of Wisconsin–Stout in Menomonie, WI is searching for an adjunct faculty member to teach a junior-level 2D video game design course for the Game Design & Development program for Spring 2021.

Spring 2021 semester classes commence on January 25, 2021.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Baccalaureate degree in a field related to game design
• An interest in advancing student learning in the area of video game design & development
• Knowledge in HTML5 games, WebGL, and third party libraries for game mechanics, common, or non-standard game engines.

For questions regarding this position, please contact:

Department of Design Chair: Julie Peterson

Phone: 715-232-3490

Email: petersonj@uwstout.edu

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

2021 Global Game Jam

The Global Game Jam is at the end of the month!

Preliminary Schedule:

Thursday�- 7pm – Team forming event (on discord)

Friday�- 5 pm get started online, chatting, Q&A, etc�- 5:30 brief stream to kick-off�- 6:00-ish official start time

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Sunday�- 4 pm encourage everyone to stop work and upload their projects�- 5 pm everyone is done

Wednesday - 2021/02/10�- IGDATC GGJ recap event� (our regular meeting time)� Come show off your creation!

Sign up for the IGDATC jam site at globalgamejam.org: https://globalgamejam.org/2021/jam-sites/igdatc-msp-gamedev

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

August 12th, 2020

MN Electronic Theater – Scott Gaff

Call for submissions and more info at https://minnesotaelectronictheater.org/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Pillars of Creation – Luke Mayo

Pillars of Creation is a real-time card game in development!

Learn more and see the trailer here http://froglingames.com/pillars-of-creation

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

November, 2020

MN VR & HCI - April 2020

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Newt One Soundtrack

devnari.com

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now on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/7poVcERRGfO7n6FtZfMVXY

Apple music, etc. coming soon

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Foregone Fail

Supervise an elementary school during a pandemic

http://foregone.fail

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

July 8th, 2020

Flame Point Games – Magical Unicorn Quest

https://flamepointgames.com/

Andrew Kuplic

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Will Tice – Low Rez Jam 2020

Low Rez Jam 2020 is coming: https://itch.io/jam/lowrezjam-2020

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The only rule is that your game must be 64x64 pixels or less!

Starts on July 1 at 6PM and runs until August 16 at 6PM.

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Joining is free, and the whole event is virtual!

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Dylan Myers

A composer and sound designer who would like to work on your game.

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His website:�http://dcmcomposer.com

His re-score of the Smash Bros Ultimate trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEzSgt_Qflo

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

nicegames.club

http://nicegames.club

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

May 13th, 2020

UW Stout – Virtual Senior Show

Friday May 15th (THIS Friday)

More details: https://www.uwstout.edu/about-us/news-center/senior-show-stout-game-expo-premiere-online-may-15

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Microsoft MR Dev Days

5/21 - 5/22 in AltspaceVR

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/mr-dev-days

Registration is free.

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Notable Game Jam Releases

• Retrobulbar – https://stefenism.itch.io/retrobulbar
• First-Person Puzzle game - a maze for your eyes
• Made by Stephen & Zack for the most recent Ludum Dare

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• Dirigible Fighter - https://nimblegorilla.itch.io/dirigible-freighter
• Steampunk economic sim
• Made by Nate Yourchuck for GGJ 2020 (but released on itch recently).

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Celestian Tales: Realms Beyond

MN local narrative designer Nick Didier worked on this game.

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Out now on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/684700/Celestian_Tales_Realms_Beyond/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Elemetals - Death Metal Death Match

Ty Burks has been working on and showing this game for years.

On now on Itch.io and Steam – https://www.wallridegames.com/

2-4 players, local-multiplayer deathmatch - trailer

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

April 8th, 2020

MN VR & HCI - March 2020

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Adam's Apple Games - Planet Unknown Kickstarter

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamsapplegames/planet-unknown

https://adamsapplegames.com/planetunknown/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

March 11th, 2020

Tonight

Mark - Nice Games Alliance

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GGJ Post-Mortems

• Zach - 3 Snoots 2 Chutes
• John Zaharick - When the Levee Breaks
• Scott & Mark - Super City Mayor
• Martin - Super Hex Racer
• Dale & Beth - Corporate Espionage
• Zach - Super Honk's Level Repair

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

MineFaire – St. Paul – March 21-22

Looking for game dev exhibitors.�IGDATC booth needs volunteers / staff.

10,000+ attendees / Minecraft fans

https://www.minefaire.com/

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Please contact Martin or Peter to get involved with the IGDATC booth!

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

February 12th, 2020

Con of the North

Twin Cities Longest Running Games Convention.

This weekend: February 14-16, 2020�Friday Noon to 2 AM�Saturday 8 AM to 2 AM�Sunday 8 AM to 10 PM

Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West

http://conofthenorth.org/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

M+Dev

Also THIS weekend.

https://www.mdevconf.com/

M+DEV is a video game development conference for professional game developers and those seeking to become professional game developers. This conference provides a gathering place for game developers in the state, the region and beyond to discuss and share the latest information on the science, art, mechanics and business of making games.

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Feb 14th, 2020

Madison, WI

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

ESC: Experimental Sensory Collective

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/esc-experiential-sensory-collective-v20-tickets-88119260079

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Eileen King – VGMCon

Youth game jam & Volunteering

https://vgmcon.org

March 6-8th

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

David Pisa – Cabal

Special offer for IGDA Twin Cities!!!

https://www.walkingshadow.org/cabal/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Ian Davis – Cosmitic Blast

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/2180603022058839/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Joe Harford – Airship Images

http://www.airship-images.com

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Joe Bonney

Card game prototype.

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Peter Yang – SPACEPUNK

https://www.facebook.com/SpacePunkTTRPG/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

January 8th, 2020

IGDATC Global Game Jam site - IGDATC @ Xirgo

5151 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina

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...coming soon to globalgamejam.org

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Jesse Myers

Game Audio Demo Reel

Https://Www.jessemyers.net/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Samuel Miller

https://thespokenolive.itch.io/topad-obligation

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Bradley Elenbaas

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Charles McGregor

https://hyperdotgame.com/

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

M+Dev

https://www.mdevconf.com/

M+DEV is a video game development conference for professional game developers and those seeking to become professional game developers. This conference provides a gathering place for game developers in the state, the region and beyond to discuss and share the latest information on the science, art, mechanics and business of making games.

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Feb 14th, 2020

Madison, WI

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Eileen King

A youth game jam at VGMCon

https://vgmcon.org

March 6-8th

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Dominique Devereaux

https://paragon.loptrlab.com/

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Trane Folks

Layoffs & Demo reel

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Prime Digital is Hiring

Hit up Dev Jana for details. Maybe?

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1676709923/

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IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides

Slides before 2020

Previous announcement slides have been archived in a copy of this document, and can be found:

HERE

IGDATC.org ~ tinyurl.com/igdatc-slides