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16. June 2009 by admin.
Tuesday, June 30th for our first ever IGDA Chicago Demo night! Demo night provides local game developers with an opportunity to present work-in-progress or recently completed projects to an audience of their peers.
We have already lined up some great things to show you, like Robomodo’s Tony Hawk: The Ride and Vogster’s Robocalypse: Beaver Defense…. and are looking for more entries!
Demo nights have been hugely successful at other IGDA chapters and if feedback is positive we can potentially have this as an ongoing event. If you think you might have something to show, please contact us as soon as possible since space is limited.
Thank you to Flashpoint Academy (www.flashpointacademy.com) for graciously offering to host this event.
MEETING DETAILS:
When: Tuesday, June 30th, Doors open at 6:30 PM, Presentation starts at 7 PM.
Where: Flashpoint Academy, 28 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60602. Flashpoint Academy is near the intersection of Clark & Washington and is very close to all major el lines in Chicago. The closest parking facility is near the intersection of Washington & Wells.
Cost: $5 non-members, $0 IGDA members and Flashpoint Academy Students. Light snacks and refreshments provided
RSVP: Space is limited to the first 150 guests. Please RSVP to igdachicago@gmail.com.
Here’s how it works – each presenter will have 5-10 minutes (depending on the number of entries) to show whatever it is they are working on. This can be a finished project, or any game project past alpha. It would be great to see games across all types of genres, i.e. casual, iphone/mobile, console – all are welcome.
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13. January 2009 by admin.
The Global Game Jam is Coming to Chicago: January 30- February 1st, 2009
Need a game for your portfolio? Need practice and recognition for your game art and design ideas? Try the Chicago Game Jam, a participant in the Global Game Jam.
What:
From the site:
“A Game Jam is an event which brings together artists, programmers and designers to spend a weekend working together in intense game development and design. Why ? To work with people you might not otherwise meet, to show off your skills and creativity and to get respect for making great and innovative games under extreme time constraints!
All participants in the Global Game Jam, including those in the DePaul Game Jam, will be constrained by the same rules and limitations, with each time zone having one distinct design constraint.”
When: Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 2009, 5:00 pm to Sunday 3:00 pm.
Where:
DePaul University
College of Computing and Digital Media
243 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604-2300
How Much? $40
Registration is here . . .
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10. November 2008 by admin.
September 3 - 5, 2009
CNAM, Paris, France
http://www.entertainmentcomputing.org/icec2009/
Sponsored by International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
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We invite you to participate at the prestigious 8th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2009). Entertainment has been taking very important parts in our life by refreshing us and activating our creativity. Recently by the advancement of computers and networks new types of entertainment have been emerging such as video games, entertainment robots, and network games. Based on the very successful preceding workshop and conferences, the next ICEC2009 has been set up to offer an occasion to exchange experience and knowledge among researchers and developers in the field of entertainment computing.
Important Dates:
ICEC 2009 Tutorial Proposals: 23rd February 2009
Full Paper Submissions: 2nd March 2009
Decisions on Full Paper Submissions: 30th March 2009
Short Paper, Poster and Demo Submissions: 20th April 2009
Decisions on Short Paper, Poster and Demo Submissions: 4th May 2009
Camera Ready Submissions for all Papers: 1st June 2009
Conference Topics:
Suggested research topics include, but are not limited to:
· l Interactive Design for Entertainment
· Aesthetics, Ontology and Social Reflection
· Art, Design and Novel Media
· Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality
· Computer Games and Game Based Interfaces
· Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies
· Entertainment and Healthcare
· Novel and Evolutionary Platforms / Hardware Devices
· Social and Human Factors of Entertainment
· Interactive Digital Storytelling, and Interactive Tele-Vision
· Mobile Entertainment via e.g. Mobile Phones, PDAs etc
· Narrative Environments and Intelligent Medias
· New Genres, New Standards
· Pervasive Entertainment and Game-Playing
· Robots and Cyber Pets
· Self Reflecting Entertainment
· Simulation Applications of Games, and Military Training
· Sound, Music, Creative Environments
· Real time and Interactive Technologies for entertainment (Graphics, Sound, AI…)
Artworks:
We are planning a dedicated Art Exhibition. Confirmation and details of this event will be published soon!
Proceedings:
The proceedings of ICEC2009 will be published Springer in the series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
ICEC2009 Committee:
General Conference Chair:
Stephane Natkin (CNAM/ENJMIN, France)
Progam Committee Co-Chairs:
Stephane NATKIN (CNAM/ENJIM, France)
Masayuki NAKAJIMA (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Bras BUSHMAN (University of Michigan, USA)
International Steering Committee:
Ryohei Nakatsu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Mark Cavazza (University of Teesside, UK)
Zhigeng Pan (Zhejiang University, China)
Stephane Natkin (CNAM/ENJIM, France)
Matthias Rauberberg (Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Don Marinelli (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Hyun Yang (KAIST, Korea)
Roy Ascott (University of Plymouth, UK)
Sara Diamond (Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada)
Scott Fischer (USC, USA)
Organizing Committee:
Chair：Ben Salem (Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Stephane Gros (CNAM, France)
Xan Qiu Hou (CNAR, France)
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13. October 2008 by admin.
Over the last month every day we turn on the news and hear more devastating news about the economy. Companies are closing, layoffs are becoming more frequent and our 401K statements are simply too painful to open. I’m sure all of us are wondering how this is impacting the video game industry and more specifically how this will impact the industry in Chicago. Is it true that video game companies fare well in a depressed economy? Are their segments of the industry that will become more stable than others? Is development in Chicago increasing or decreasing? Where do we see the future of game development overall and in Chicago?
We have a very well rounded panel including not only console developers, but also the full scope of the industry including mobile game developers, arcade developers and slot-machine developers. This is a rare opportunity to hear from the best and brightest in our industry.
Our panel of experts will include:
Additional information on our panelists will be forthcoming, but as most of you know this is a rock-star line up of industry experts and is a panel not to be missed. Space will be limited however to the first 150 people to RSVP.
This meeting will be sponsored by and hosted at Flashpoint Academy. Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, is Chicago’s first digital media arts college, offering an intensive two-year program for high school graduates and adult learners in five digital disciplines: Film, Recording Arts, VFX & Animation, Game Development and Broadcast Media.
Flashpoint is geared for those individuals with a passion for anything digital, a desire for creative expression, a story that needs to be told, or an imaginative spark that needs ignition. For those students that aren’t thinking pre-med or pre-law or any “traditional” pre-determined path. Students that have the potential, but have yet to find the proper focus. No preparatory classes are required; Flashpoint’s nurturing staff has crafted a curriculum that starts at square one.
MEETING DETAILS:
When: Monday, October 20th, 2008, Doors open at 6:15 PM, Presentation starts at 7 PM
Where: Flashpoint Academy, 26 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60602. Flashpoint Academy is near the intersection of Clark & Washington and is very close to all major el lines in Chicago. The closest parking facility is near the intersection of Washington & Wells.
Cost: $10 non-members, 5$ IGDA members and Flashpoint Academy Students. Light snacks and refreshments provided
RSVP: Space is limited to the first 150 guests. Please RSVP to igdachicago@gmail.com.
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