Events
Public Lecture and Industry Night @ IE2007 - 5th of December 2007 |
A Box of Chocolates: Designing for the Wii
Speaker: Robin Hunicke, Lead Game Designer, Electronic Arts
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) – Melbourne, the Fourth Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment (IE2007) and The Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne are please to invite you to a Public Lecture and IGDA chapter meeting
Robin Hunicke is the Lead Game Designer at Electronic Arts, within the Sims Division. She is working on a new game built exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. An active member of the International Game Developer's Association, she participates in several of its community efforts. Through public speaking, industry and academic work, she seeks to evangelize fresh perspectives and cross-disciplinary thinking. This includes promoting student, female, independent, and international developers, as well as facilitating collaborations between the games industry and academia. Her research interests are in Artificial Intelligence and Video Games and she is currently completing a PhD in Computer Science at Northwestern University.
When: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 5th of December 2007
Where: Theatre 1 (ground floor) ICT Building, 111 Barry Street, South Carlton
This event is proudly supported by The Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne.
Entry is free as per usual.
| IGDA Melbourne Relaunch! | The IGDA Melbourne chapter has had a makeover for 2007. Come along,
hang with your Melbourne dev homies, have a few gratis drinks and
nibbles, hear some interesting talks, and grab some freebies.
Event lineup includes:
Various lucky GDC-attendees with a GDC Post-Mortem
Damian Scott on "The Psycho-Sexual Aesthetics of Gaming"
Katharine Neil on Manifesto, the independent games initiative
Four-player Wii Sports on the big screen
and so forth!
FREE BAR!
FREE FOOD!
FREE GAME DEVELOPER MAGAZINE!
FREE T-SHIRTS!
(Some) FREE BOOKS and GAMES!
FREE DAVID HICKS!*
* Please allow nine months for delivery.
To be held at
The Plough and Harrow
a.k.a. The Canada Hotel
a.k.a. O'Hara's Irish Bar
a.k.a. the usual place,
596 Swanston St,
cnr. Swanston and Pelham Streets
Wednesday 18th April, 7pm-11pm
All developers/students etc. welcome.
IGDA Membership not necessary.
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Generously Sponsored By:
STORMFX
Autodesk
Peachpit
CMP
| IGDA LAN event, 1st of April 2006 | We are hosting an LAN Party for Melbourne Videogame Developers and Publishers on April 1st.
This event is an official IGDA event, it will be held at Torus in Mitcham. (Thankyou Torus!) We will have competitions thought the day, in RTS, FPS and Racing, but there will be plenty of activities for those not wanting to bring your computer along, Including a Mario Kart comp just after lunch, Warhammer 40K and other Table Top, Console games on the big projector screen, music and socialising with your game-dev peers. Pre-Registration is required and seating is limited, $18 for BYO computer LANning, $13 otherwise including lunch. The event will run from 10am April 1st to 2am April 2nd Any proceeds will be going to charity.
Visit the website: http://lan.bludger.org/ for more details and to sign up!
Please pass this on to other developers in Melbourne, and if you are attending you are welcome to bring a guest, but this is an 18+ event. | Social Meeting. Wednesday 8th of Marth 2006 | Meeting will start around 7pm, and will finish whenever it runs out of steam (this is typically around 10pm, but of course you can arrive late and/or leave early – it's all very informal). The meeting will be held at the Canada Hotel on Swanston St, Carlton, in the big room out the back. Bring along any and all ideas and suggestions, a few business cards if you have them, and a few dollars for a pint and/or a feed, if you're so inclined. Any Northbound Swanston St tram should get you there from the city – get off the next stop after Queensberry St, and you're there. | |
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