Meeting 9/1
First Info Session
Agenda
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Introductions
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What do we do?
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Member Roles
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Attendance
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Timeline
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Wrapping Up
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Introductions
Meet the board
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What Do We Do?
Make Games
Game Jams
Halloween Game Jam
Valentine’s Game Jam
Speaker Events
Outer Wilds Dev Team
UPenn Alumni and Friends Panel
Workshops
Intro to Unity
Advanced Unity Programming
Debugging Workshop
Intro to Blender/3D Game Assets
Unity Shaders
Club Collabs
Penn SIGGRAPH Chapter
Penn Esports
Trips
GDC
PAX East
PHL Gaming
Photo dump!
No applications required.
From our Penn Clubs page:
Whether you like programming, drawing, modeling, writing, composing, or anything else, we welcome anyone who's interested in any aspect of game dev.
While previous experience with any of these roles is expected, we will get you up to speed with any game dev-related stuff, and you'll hit the ground running on your very first game in a matter of days.
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Member Roles
Org Chart
Member
Be in the Discord
Board
Admin, logistics, and mentorship
Perks
Get to work on our first and second sem games!
Name in credits for published projects
Eligible for events that require club funding!
Perks
Attend social events, chill in Discord
Dev
Programming, tech decisions
Artists, musicians, modeling, writers
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Attendance
Attendance Policies
Member
Attendance not mandatory
For people who just want to observe or socialize
Everyone starts as a Member be default, nothing you have to do
All Members that successfully complete the demo minigame will promoted to Dev!
Dev
Attendance to work meetings (Saturdays) and check-ins (Wednesdays) are mandatory
For people looking to publish, compete, or learn technical skills
Active contribution and updates are expected.
Please let us know if you need to miss a meeting in advance!
Too many unexcused absences will result in a demote
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Timeline
First Sem: Introducing PennBoy!
Semester 1 Timeline
Week 1-3
Introductions, software setup and creating minigame
Launch Window
Weeks 10-14
Game Launch, Playtesting, Presentations
PennBoy
Weeks 4-9
Develop 1 minigame to completion
Training Period
Game Jam
October
UPGRADE Game Jam
Location:
Levine 307
Saturdays
2pm - 5pm
Untitled Tank Game
Semester 2 Timeline
Jan 18-25st
Design doc rundown, how our game works, planning
Launch Window
April 5th-26th
Playtesting, linking all levels together, game launch
Level Development Stage 1
Feb 1st-March 1st
Level planning feedback, development in groups (playtesting too)
Intro to Untitled Tank Project
Level Development Stage 2
March 1th-29th
Reiteration, continuous polishing and playtesting…
GDC
March 17-21
Location:
Levine 307
Saturdays
2pm - 5pm
PAX East
May 10… TBD
Game Jam
February
UPGRADE Game Jam
Side Quest
While《Tanks》will be UPGRADE’s main game, we are also working on some other smaller games.
Introducing 《 Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep 》(Remastered)
If any of you are interested in learning Godot + working on this game, please reach out to Faye at the 9/8 meeting.
CG art, made by Jackie.
Danganronpa-inspired rhythm battles.
Duck Detective-inspired 2.5D.
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Wrapping Up
New member form
Please fill out this form to help us plan for this year!
Questions?
About the club, Penn, classes, life, anything?
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Thanks for coming~!
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