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Global Game Jam 2013 Wrap-up

Published on January 28, 2013 in Events. 5 Comments

It was a big weekend, full of jamming and creativity and joy and despair and stress eating, but we all made it through! The Perth Global Game Jam was a huge success, all thanks to our wonderful sponsors, volunteers and organisers.

To see the games that came out of Perth’s game jam, visit the Perth GGJ game page. There’s fifteen games there to look at and play – and please leave comments for the creators!

And The Winner Is…

This year Microsoft Australia have sponsored a Judge’s Award, which was deliberated on and decided by our three guest judges after the game jam presentations. We would like to announce Adventricule as the winner of the 2013 Judges’ Award at Perth Global Game Jam.

Congratulations to the Adventricule team, and all of the participating teams.

If you find yourself with some spare minutes free, take the time to check out the games made in Perth this weekend!

Say Cheese!

And of course, it’s not Game Jam without the rogues gallery of sleep-deprived jammers. Here’s some happy snaps of the event taken by Rich in between bouts of jamming.

Thankyous.

Once more, we’d like to thank our sponsors Edith Cowan University, Savage Cabbage and Microsoft Australia, our volunteers, caterers, organisers, and of course, our jammers. Thank you all for an excellent weekend; we’re already excited about next year’s game jam!

Perth Global Game Jam 2013

Published on January 6, 2013 in Events. 3 Comments

We hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing festive season. We’re excited to start our year by hosting Perth’s Global Game Jam 2013! It’s just under 3 weeks away and you can register for this event by signing up to the Global Game Jam site and joining our Perth Site. Here are some chunky-sized details to help you plan out the 48 hour event.

Details:

  • Venue:
    • Edith Cowan University
    • 2 Bradford St Mt Lawley
    • Building 16, Rooms 104 &105 (same as last year)
  • Date: 5pm Friday 25th January through to 5pm Sunday 27th January 2013
  • Entry: $5 payable at the event
  • Food: Light snacks and drinks provided and we’ll also organise food runs during meal times
  • RSVP: on our Global Game Jam local site
  • Parking: Free after 5pm on Friday, and for the entire weekend. Park in bays marked: staff, students or visitors.
  • Internet: Wireless internet available at venue, please see one of the organisers for login details.

Schedule:

  • Friday 25th January
    • 5pm: Registrations and set up
    • 6pm: GGJ Keynote
    • 6:30pm: Form teams and start making games
  • Saturday 26th January
    • 9am: Breakfast and coffee van
    • All day: Make games
  • Sunday 27th January
    • 9am: Breakfast and coffee van
    • All day: Make games
    • 5pm: Pencils Down and Presentations
    • 6pm: Clean up, pack up and finish!

What to bring:

  • Computer(s)/laptop(s)
  • Art tools
  • Software tools and APIs (Some event licenses are available for selected tools. Details to come on the GGJ website.)
  • Snack food and drinks (Some provided)
  • Personal hygiene products
  • Air mattress, sleeping bag, pillow if you are planning on sleeping at the venue (Space may be limited)

If you have any questions or are keen to support/sponsor this event, please contact events@letsmakegames.org.

init LMG Perth Global Game Jam 2013

Published on December 7, 2012 in Events and General. 0 Comments

Yes it’s true, Let’s Make Games is hosting a local site for Global Game Jam 2013. It’s happening over the Australia Day weekend, so you can kick back and catch up on sleep the following public holiday Monday. Aw yeah!

For those unfamiliar with GGJ, it is a premier event for indie game developers around the world. Participants gather at their local site, form teams and create a game based on a theme revealed at the start of the jam. It runs over a weekend and there are presentations and (hopefully) prizes at the end of the event.

Registrations are now open, so if you are interested in participating register at the Global Game Jam website. You need to create a login and join our local Perth site.

To help make this event awesome, we are seeking volunteers and sponsors so if you are keen to get involved or contribute, hit us up at events@letsmakegames.org.

Event details are still coming together and will be released soon. So in the mean-time, save the date: Friday 25th January, 2013 through to Sunday 27th January 2013!

Image courtesy of Robert Whitehead

LMG November Update

Published on November 30, 2012 in Events and News. 0 Comments

LMG End of Year Party Post-Mortem

Earlier this month Let’s Make Games hosted its annual end-of-the-year party. The event was a smashing success; it was great seeing the majority of the Perth development community in one place again.

Thanks to everyone who turned up and we hope everyone enjoyed had a good time. We’ll see you next year!

Jumping because game development is awesome

Look at how much fun everyone is having. This is practically what the event was like the entire time.

Some 3D-printed gifts for several of the LMG team from local developer Chris McCormick

An additional thank you shout-out to Greg Mildenhall for his donation towards the event.

 

Game Dev Meetup this Sunday, 2pm at Frisk Small Bar in Northbridge

Frisk Bar map

Click image to go to the map

Several developers are meeting up this weekend for the Game Dev meetup at the Frisk Small Bar (http://frisksmallbar.com.au/) at 31/103 Francis Street, Northbridge.

We hope to see a few familiar faces there.

 

“Jam Like There’s No Tomorrow” – Christmas Game Jam

Several local developers have got together to start their own Game Jam from now (as of writing this, essentially) until December 14.

The Facebook group, if anyone is interested in joining and creating their own games, can be found at Jam Like There’s No Tomorrow.

 

Global Game Jam 2013 Coming Up Soon (January 25 – 27)

Global Game Jam 2013, January 25 - 27

The good people at the Global Game Jam have released a new trailer about the upcoming event, happening in slightly less than two months from now.

Considering the success of the last Global Game Jam, we can’t wait to see what next year’s has in store. Stay tuned to Let’s Make Games for more information on the upcoming event.

 

Let’s Make Party THIS SUNDAY

Published on November 12, 2012 in Events. 0 Comments

First things first: a big THANK YOU to all of our generous sponsors and supporters of our Pozible campaign. The amount of support we get at our events and fundraising efforts is always incredibly heartening. Thanks to you guys, we’re able to host Perth’s premier game networking event with plenty of food and funtimes.

To add to our previous list of special sponsor shout-outs, we’d also like to thank:

  • Eric Spain
  • James Strauss
  • Hungry Sky
  • Jayeson Lee-Steere
  • Kamil Czajko
  • Wesley Lamont
  • Matthew Dyet

Party Time!

In case you need the details again, here’s the event info:

What: Let’s Make Games end of year party
When: Sunday 18th November, 3:00 – 7:00pm
Where: Terrace Bar, upstairs at Universal Bar & Cafe, 221 William Street (two doors up from the Brass Monkey)
How much?: Entry is free! (Bar is discounted for first two hours.)
RSVP: On Facebook!


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Showreel Reminder

Lastly, don’t forget to send us the URLs of your gameplay videos, teasers and trailers for our party showreel. We need all of your videos by Wednesday so that we have time to put it together.

See you all on Sunday!

 

Makin’ Partytimes Pozible

Published on October 19, 2012 in Events. 0 Comments

(You’ll have to pardon the pun, but it was just too easy to ignore.)

Our Pozible fundraising campaign for the LMG 2012 Party has launched!

All money donated will go towards the end of year party, plus future LMG events if we go above our funding goal. There are a number of tiers available, and we greatly appreciate every single donation!

Don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook – this will help us estimate numbers for catering. And lastly, we’re now collecting videos for the 2012 games showreel, so please get in contact and tell us about your YouTube content!

Indie Games Business Workshop

Published on September 14, 2012 in Events. 0 Comments

A little while ago the folks at Business Foundations asked to sit down and have a chat with us about the WA game-making community. They were very interested in finding out if there was a way that they could help local developers with their businesses, with an intent to run a workshop specifically targeted towards the games environment in Perth.

(You might remember the whiteboard asking for input at the showcase last month?)

Zip forward to now, and Lachy at Business Foundations has just announced the details for the workshop! The workshop will be focused on business skills development, focused specifically for indie and freelancing game developers, and will feature guest speaker Scott Reismanis, founder of Desura and IndieDB. The workshop is being hosted by our friends over at Spacecubed, and best of all it’s free!

What: Indie Games Business Skills Workshop
When: 5pm, Tuesday 2nd October, 2012
Where: Spacecubed, 45 St. Georges Terrace
Cost: Free!
RSVP: Call 9430 8569, or keep an eye on the Business Foundations Inc. for booking details

Make sure to book your spot soon for this insightful workshop!

LMG Showcase Tomorrow

Published on August 24, 2012 in Events and General. 0 Comments

Let’s Make Games Showcase is on tomorrow! We’ve got 18 local games being showcased at our event and we’re expecting a good turnout so come down and check out some of the local produce on display. In case you missed all the info or what’s going on, where and when, here it is again for your viewing pleasure:

Event Details

Showcase Schedule
  • 1:00pm Showcase setup and Showcaser Registration
  • 1:30pm: Showcase starts!
  • 3:00pm: Short Talks: “Showcase Spotlight”
    • Connectorium – Poya Manouchehri
    • Freedom Fall – Garth Pendergrast and Lisa Rye
    • Legacy of Barubash – Kamil Czajko
  • 3:30pm: Discussion Panel: “What’s Wrong with this Game?”
    • Tim Colwill
    • Martin Smith
    • Liza Shulyayeva
    • Nick Lowe
  • 4:30pm: Event ends
Very light refreshments available.
This event would not have been possible without the help of our awesome sponsors Qantm College and Film and Television Institute as well as Central Institute of Technology for being our venue sponsor.
See you there!

Let’s Make Games Showcase 2012

Published on August 3, 2012 in Events and General. 4 Comments
It’s that time of the year again to polish off those games you’ve been working on as eager hands await to playtest! Interested in finding out what’s happening in the local game development scene? Come down and check out the local game produce at our showcase. Got some burning questions to ask the local game developers?  Find yourself a seat at our showcase panel discussions (topics and panellists list coming soon). Event details below:
Tentative Schedule:
  • 1:00pm: Showcase registration and setup
  • 1:30pm: Showcase starts
  • 3:00pm: Panels starts
  • 4:30pm: Event ends
Panel discussions will take place in the theatrette and the adjoining meeting room will have display tables, *some* extension cords and power boards for the showcase. If you can BYO electrical cabling that would be great.
We’d like to thank the Central Institute of Technology for being our venue sponsor, and Qantm College and Film and Television Institute for coming on board as our Gold Sponsors!
And here’s a link to our high resolution flyer which we encourage you to print and share. More info coming soon so stay tuned!

WUP: Announcing Winners!

Published on June 5, 2012 in Events and General. 0 Comments

What’s Up Pitches?! was two weeks ago, damn time flies!  It was a very successful event and we hope all those who attended enjoyed themselves as we did, even after the event as pictured above!  We would like to take this opportunity to thank our great sponsors once again for helping us run a better event.  They are:

MVX by Sentient Computing

“We create virtual worlds using gaming technology. This enables companies to visualise their data, create interactive and engaging training systems and add a whole new dimension to managing their operations remotely.”

Qantm College - “Qantm College has been at the forefront of digital media education in Australia training students for employment in one of the fastest growing sectors in the country”

and Spacecubed - “Spacecubed facilitates a community of changemakers in a 550sqm co-working, collaboration and innovation space located at Ground Floor rear, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth. Spacecubed provides central access to hot desks, team working space, events, seminar and meeting space”.

And the Winners are *drumroll*:

Our two winners of a 1-month subscription to Spacecubed each are:

  1. Brock Atkinson for his Pitch on “Productivity and Managing Procrastination”.
  2. The Team from Meteorite Games pitching their game currently in development entitled “Eternal Tournament”.

Congratulations to both winners on their successful pitch.  To those that did not win but are still really keen to try out Spacecubed, they have an open house day every Wednesday from 12pm-2pm and we’ve also been told that if you sign up to a community membership prior to our launch on the 20th you can have unlimited access to the space for the month of June!  That’s this month right now so head over to their web page and shoot them an email and I’m sure the friendly people over there will be more than happy to guide you through all the necessary details.

Last But Not Least:

We managed to record a portion of the pitches which we will make available this week so stay tuned for more info!