The Central Ohio Gamedev Group

We are observing and online experience for Prototype and Play events while we stay at home. This event will be online and remote via our Discord channel. Feel free to sign up here on Meetup and know that we are now inviting all interested participants to showcase their games online! Come see our games and/or present. If you are interested in showcasing, please message me on Discord in our COGG Server here: https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ (I'm WolfG4M3r#6815) OR email us at [masked]. Please let me know who you are, what you are showcasing, a contact if possible (email is best!), and about what time frame you want to showcase between 6pm-9pm. It could be the whole time if you like! If you have any questions or comments, as always, feel free to reach out to us at [masked]!

Hello COGGers! We are excited to bring you our new Let's Play series! On the third Sunday of the month from 2-4pm, Caleb will host a design deep dive of a game of your choice! Each month there will be a focus. Depending on the game, you might get a chance to participate in the stream! This month's emphasis: (TBD) Vote on which game you'd like to see analyzed and come join us in the fun! We'll host on our YouTube Live channel here: (TBD) VOTE HERE: (TBD) As always, feel free to reach out to us via our email [masked]

Come join us for our annual Global Game Jam hackathon! Sign up here: https://globalgamejam.org/2021/jam-sites/coggjam-2021 Please note, this year we have the option to start Wednesday Jan. 27th if we want to. However, for now in the traditional spirit of GGJ, we're defaulting to a Friday Jan. 29th start. Check back here for updates before the event. More coming soon! Whether you're a professional developer, hobbyist designer, a student, or new to the game; this is a great opportunity to meet new people and use your skills to create something special over 48 hours. Come be a part of the growing Game Dev community and make something cool while you meet new people. With most at home and for the safety of jammers this year is all ONLINE and we're hosting on the COGG Discord server: https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ. This event is the best way to experience game development at its most heightened-hardcore state among friends to support and guide you through the whole process. • Weekend Overview - Weekend Hackathon - Curated Discord support and team check-ins from staff - Guidance from Game Developer veterans - AND MORE! • With no costs in food and venue required, this year is 100% FREE! • What we'll do The GGJ brings together talented individuals from within our local can extended communities. It is a unique opportunity for people to push their skills and challenge their way of working under a crunched time-frame. Participants work concurrently with developers around the globe; we rally around a central theme, and then have 48 hours to create a game. It's our hope that we will see some very experimental yet realized prototypes that you can continue to work on after the jam. Many games developed in previous Game Jams have become fully realized games. The GGJ is an open source event in both hardware & software agnostic and all projects are protected under a Creative Commons license. We encourage people to try out new ideas and push themselves, within reason. We also strongly encourage participants to remember to eat and sleep (even while at home), to stay at their best! • What to have at home Computers, Stable Internet, Creativity For more details, please read the Event Details guide here: (LINK COMING SOON!) Participating in this event also agrees to our event wavier guidelines. Please review, sign, and bring/fill out on Wednesday January 29th: (LINK COMING SOON!) --- Special Thanks to Our Sponsors --- Multivarious www.multivarious.com More coming soon! Email us if you would like to be sponsor ([masked])

This event is differed for Global Game Jam weekend! Come join us online on January 29th-31st: https://globalgamejam.org/2021/jam-sites/coggjam-2021