Ozark Game Developers

How do you start your own game studio, moving from hobbyist or employee to full-time creator working with a team to build original games—and even worlds?

Join us for a fireside chat with Causeway Studios, a local independent game studio. We'll sit down with studio director Kjartan Kennedy, creative director Greg Rogers, and art director Brianna Jenkins (all U of A grads) to discuss their experience crafting both games and a studio. We'll dig into their creative process, the day-to-day experience of making games together, and their unique world-building approach to game development.

Time will be left at the end for questions, and pizza will be provided!

Let's meet up with some fellow game developers from the area and get some work done on your favorite project! Indie games, work, art projects, tutorials, all are welcome. Just bring your laptop and whatever else you need to work and get to it.

No formalities, no speakers, only game dev!

If you haven't participated in Game Club before, it's similar to a book club format. Everyone who would like to participate will vote on a game to play, and then play that game up until everyone meets to discuss and analyze the game. We'll always start with a focused discussion on the chosen game, but branch out from there to similar games, and other games we've played recently.

The goal of Game Club is to expose us game developers to a wide variety of games, strengthen our ability to critically analyze the games we play, and discuss our experience with other developers in order to strengthen our own games.

Voting is closed, and Oxenfree won! See you there!

Schedule:

Voting: 9/4 - 9/10

Voting Announcement: 9/11

Playtime: 9/11 - 10/12

There is also a discord for the Ozark Game Developers group if you have any questions or want to talk about the game before we meet. If you need an invite to the discord, ask me or any of the other Ozark Game Developers' organizers!

FAQ: Can't play the game because of Cost/Console/Etc? That's fine! Your participation in the discussion can still be valuable. If you can, try to familiarize yourself with the game or watch somebody else play it.

Let's meet up with some fellow game developers from the area and get some work done on your favorite project! Indie games, work, art projects, tutorials, all are welcome. Just bring your laptop and whatever else you need to work and get to it.

No formalities, no speakers, only game dev!