Triangle Game Development Meetup

IGDA Triangle Chapter May Professionals Meeting

May 8, 2013 · 7:30 PM
Room 1025 Engineering Building 2, NCSU Centennial Campus

Two announcements (5/8/2013):

One, I'm providing my phone number to Meetup members for navigation assistance purposes. While NCSU tends to have an easy-to-navigate campus, if you get turned around, you can call and someone at the meeting will guide you in. [masked])

Two, as was announced by Rogelio not long ago, reps from the NC company JouleBug will be at this month's meeting! If you've ever wanted to ask questions about how to gamify something that seems impossible to gamify, here's your chance: JouleBug specializes in adding game elements to sustainability.

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While attending East Coast Game Conference, I was introduced to the gentleman bringing our local chapter of the International Game Developers' Association back to life, one Rogelio Cardona-Rivera. Considering meeting space is a tough thing to find, and we're always looking to expand our reach, I have decided to take him up on his offer to consolidate resources. As such, I will add any and all future IGDA Triangle meetings to our calendar as they come up.

This particular meeting is for professionals (both members and non). No need to have your membership credentials handy, but having some business cards to share would probably be wise. More details will be added as they become available.

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Jay C.

Nice meetup. Great Talk.

1 · May 8, 2013
Jeromie W.

Sorry, I was contemplating coming but have a church event tonight.

0 · May 8, 2013
- Amanda d.
  
  It's all good, man. It happens. We'll probably be having a regular Meetup event in the next six weeks, so no worries. We'll see you eventually.
  
  0 · May 8, 2013
Wayne M.

I will try to attend since I will miss the student one this rotation.

0 · May 6, 2013
Wayne M.

When you mean professionals, does this mean actually working within the video game industry or professional developer regardless of the field? What is the focus of this versus the other meeting with "student" in the title?

1 · April 30, 2013
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- Norman W.
  
  Great question Wayne, I am confused myself!!!
  
  0 · April 30, 2013
- Rogelio E. C.
  
  Hi Wayne, thanks for your question. The intent is for game development professionals to attend, but if you're a professional coming from a different field and you want to attend one of our meetings, you are certainly welcome to do so. Most of our professional meetings are geared towards game development professionals (e.g. game development post-mortems or skills development), but you may find the content interesting, regardless of your profession!
  
  0 · May 1, 2013
- Rogelio E. C.
  
  With regards to your second question, the focus for students (as opposed to professionals) is to get to know other students in the area, as well as develop games. In that sense, the professional chapter serves professionals by sharpening their skills, whereas the student chapter serves students by building their skills in the first place.
  
  0 · May 1, 2013
- Rogelio E. C.
  
  Oh, one last thing - both professionals and students are welcome to the student meetings. :)
  
  0 · May 1, 2013
- Wayne M.
  
  Then I'm more in the student bucket, making games. However, this time around I will not be able to make it to that one, will be at Google I/O, so I'll try and make this one.
  
  0 · May 3, 2013
- Wayne M.
  
  Thank you for explaining the differences.
  
  0 · May 3, 2013
Rogelio E. C.

Hello everyone! Just as a heads-up, the (recently minted) newsletter has a bit more details for the monthly meetings. I hope you can make it! The newsletter can be found here: eepurl.com/y0R-z Cheers!

0 · May 2, 2013
Brian C.

Will try to make it.

0 · April 29, 2013
Amanda d.

To add: If memory serves (though I was unable to touch base with her while at ECGC), our very own Laura Angell is also an integral part to the reestablishment of IGDA's NC Triangle chapter.

0 · April 29, 2013