UPCOMING EVENTS

Hey all,

We took a week's break after the Global Game Jam to get our bearings, but we're coming back this week with two events:

Firstly, EA is doing a technical presentation on Tuesday Feb 9 at 5:30pm in the South Campus Hall Festival Room. I actually don't know much about it, other than that Alex Hyder, Executive Producer from EA Montreal, will be the one giving the presentation. Executive Producer of a studio is a pretty big deal, so I'm sure he'll have plenty of interesting stuff to talk about. You should all come out, as there's going to be free pizza and the opportunity to network with people in the industry!

Secondly, Jonathon Rodriguez and Stephen Whitmore will each be giving a post-mortem talk regarding their Global Game Jam entries. They'll talk about what went right, what went wrong, and what they'll do differently next time. It should be an interesting set of talks, both for people that were in the Jam (that can relate), and for people just making games in general, as much of what they learned can be applied to longer projects. The talks will start at 6:00pm on Wednesday night, though we still haven't gotten confirmation of a room yet, so I'll let you know where they'll be in a later post in RCH 205!

I hope to see all of you at both events! They should be a good time!

Cheers,
Sherban Gaciu
UW-GDC President

POST GLOBAL GAME JAM

Hey all,

Before anything else, a huge congratulations to everyone who participated in the Global Game Jam. I am still feeling the tiring after-effects of getting 7-8 hours sleep over two days, but, as I'm sure everyone at the Jam can attest, it was well worth it!

Here our games; bask in their glory!

http://www.globalgamejam.org/sites/university-waterloo/games

It was hard, and I'm sure we'd all do things slightly differently next time, but I hope everyone who went enjoyed it, and I really hope some friends were made in the process.

If you did come to the Jam, post a quick comment about what you thought. It'll help us make it better next year, and hopefully get even more people to participate!

Cheers,
Sherban Gaciu
UW-GDC President

P.S.: Here are some photos taken of some participants. Special thanks to AJ Fraser for taking them. There's also video coming soon!