2011 Indiana Video Game Developers Business/Game Design Panel

The Independent Video Game Development Association(IVGDA) and the Indianapolis Chapter of the International Game Developers Association(IGDA)along with Tilt Studio Arcade will be hosting the 2011 Indiana Video Game Developers Business/Game Design Panel at Tilt Studio in the Indianapolis Circle Center Mall on October 22nd 2011 from 1:00 to 3:30 pm.

The panel will consist of Indiana Interactive Multimedia and Game Developers from Basilisk Games, The Basement Design and Motion, Plow Digital, Studio Cypher, WisdomTools, and Attorney Kevin Leslie. Panelists will be answering questions the current state of the Indianapolis video game industry and game development studio practices.
This event is open and free to the public. Pizza and soft drinks will be available while supplies last.

Point of Contact for this event is Thomas D. Marshall, current IVGDA Chair, and IGDA Indianapolis Chapter Coordinator.

Please address all question to: chair_ivgda@hotmail.com
Subject Line: 2011 Indiana Game Design Panel

Panelist List

Thomas Riegsecker
Owner / Lead Developer, Basilisk Games, Indianapolis, IN
basiliskgames.com

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/1/5/0/event_58584912.jpegThomas Riegsecker is the founder of Basilisk Games and the Lead Developer on a series of role-playing games called the Eschalon Trilogy. To date Basilisk Games has shipped the first two games of the trilogy, with the third game currently in production and set for release in late 2012.

Brian Phillips
Executive Creative Director, The Basement Design + Motion, Indianapolis, IN
http://www.thebasement.tv

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Brian Phillips has spent the last 10 years of his career building design studios. Currently, Brian is a founding partner and the executive creative director at The Basement Design + Motion, a digital design and animation studio located in Indianapolis. His companies have won numerous entrepreneurial and design awards, notably INC. Magazine's Fastest 500/5000 Growing Companies and Best Online Video Game for KFC and Activision at the 2009 National ADDY Awards.
He serves as an advisory board member for the Indiana University School of Informatics Media Arts and Science program, the Art Institute of Indianapolis, Heartland Truly Moving Picture’s Heartland Institute, and Purdue's Computer Graphics Technology Advisory Board in Indianapolis. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at Indiana University's School of Informatics and Ball State University's School of Art. In 2010, Brian founded the MG Collective, a professional organization for animators and motion graphic artists, in an effort to cultivate Indiana’s growing animation industry.

Greg Phillips
Founder/Partner, Plow Digital, Indianapolis, IN
www.plowdigital.com/

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/c/b/4/event_58583732.jpegFounder of Plow Games a computer game development company and Plow Digital an interactive agency based in Indianapolis Indiana. The firm's work received numerous national and international awards, and Greg himself was a finalist for Ernst & Young's prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Plow Games develops online, mobile, social, and iOS and Android games for the consumer, business, educational, and entertainment markets. Plow has worked with game publishers and brands such as; Activision, THQ, Atari, Brady Games, Destineer Studios, BRP,BMW, Audi, Guinness World Records, and many others.

Nathan Mishler/Ian PottMeyer/ Will Emigh
Founders, Studio Cypher, Bloomington, IN
www.studiocypher.com

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/6/8/c/event_58586252.jpegAn individual of diverse interests and talents, Nathan Mishler is most at home helping people of different backgrounds and professional roles communicate with each other. As a Computer Scientist, Nathan understands implementation of both hardware and software systems. As an artist, he realizes the importance of style and soul of content. His desire is to help make the world a better place through interaction and communication.
http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/7/4/0/event_58586432.jpegIan graduated college prepared to be an opera singer. From there he became a composer, then a composer of video game soundtracks. Now he creates the games themselves. He has taken on numerous design roles at Studio Cypher, from game to graphic to web to audio. His game designs are often marked by his desire to help the players be as personally creative as possible.
http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/7/d/6/event_58586582.jpegWill has always been interested in rules, so his undergraduate work at NCSU in Computer Science and Philosophy seemed like a natural fit. Since then, he’s used his powers for good by designing games for children, journalists, artists, and millions of people on the Internet. He designs both the technical systems that make the game work and the game systems that make playing it fun.
Studio Cypher is a game and advanced experience design company based in Bloomington, IN. SC’s focus is helping clients engage their customers through digital media. SC has helped clients as diverse as the Chicago Field Museum, academic conferences hosted by the Indiana University Telecommunications department, and nonprofits such as Feed the Children by creating educational and donation-generating video games both for websites and physical kiosks.

Dr. Sonny E. Kirkley
CEO, WisdomTools, Bloomington, IN
http://www.wisdomtools.com

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/0/1/a/event_58584602.jpegDr. Sonny Kirkley is chief executive officer at WisdomTools Enterprises, Inc. For over 15 years, Dr. Kirkley has served as the principal investigator on serious games projects with the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the U.S. Army, as well as range of corporate clients.
Serious games have focused on hazardous materials control and containment, use of small, unmanned ground vehicles to support Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), decision-making strategies with regard to pharmaceutical validation processes, and K-12 STEM learning through Mars colonization.
Prior to founding WisdomTools, Dr. Kirkley served as assistant director of research and development at the Indiana University Center for Excellence in Education. Dr. Kirkley holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Informatics at Indiana University and has published and presented in the fields of next generation blended learning, serious games, augmented/mixed reality technologies, embedded training, problem-based learning, human-computer interaction, adventure learning, and instructional design for new technologies.

Kevin Leslie

Attorney, Indianapolis Indiana

Kevin grew up near Chicago and is a 2001 graduate of Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. He has practiced in areas of civil litigation and military law as a Judge Advocate in the Indiana National Guard. Kevin is also versed in the legal areas impacting developers, and has worked with Ninetail Studio during their recent game development for the Indianapolis Children's Museum as well as other freelance game projects. He has deployed twice with the military, serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Kevin is an Indianapolis resident and has three great kids.

Tilt Studio Indianapolis

Circle Center Mall, Indianapolis

Tilt Studio Indianapolis is Indy's last and largest deducated arcade, featuring state of the art games and attractions, we guarantee a fun time for all. We gladly welcome this panel because without designers and developers creating the next generation of great games, we wouldn't be here.