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Perth Global Game Jam 2012

Published on December 23, 2011 in Events. 2 Comments

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Global Game Jam is back in Perth for 2012!

Sounds great, but what is Global Game Jam?

GGJ is an annual premier event for game developers around the world and consists of an intense 48-hour game development marathon where people meet locally, form teams, design and make games based on a theme given by the GGJ organisers.

Thanks to our generous venue sponsor Edith Cowan University for providing us with a room for the entire period and to our industry sponsor Immersive Technologies. Extra special thanks goes to Amy from the School of Communications and Arts at ECU for all her help with coordinating this event with us.

Interested in participating?

Simply register on the GGJ website and join our local Let’s Make Games Inc. jam site (by the 13th January 2012 if you want internet access). On the day, bring your computer or laptop, a power cord/board, and some food and drink. We’ll be releasing more event details and a full schedule early next year.

Details:

  • Location: Building 16 Room 104/105, Edith Cowan University Mt Lawley Campus
  • Address: 2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley, WA 6059
  • Start: 6pm Friday 27th January 2012
  • Finish: 6pm Sunday 29th January 2012
  • Cost: Free!
  • RVSP: Register on the GGJ website, and join our local site by Friday 13th January  if you want internet access! (Otherwise, BYO internet)

Map:

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Sponsors:

   

All our generous sponsors from our  last Pozible drive

[Community Post] Aussie App Sale 2011 is live!

Published on December 5, 2011 in Events and General. 0 Comments

If you’re looking for great value bargains on Aussie-made apps this Christmas, check out this awesome community post!

Aussie App Sale (www.aussieappsale.com) launched its third sale event this Saturday December 3rd. Aussie App Sale features exclusively Australian made iOS apps, many of which are dropping their prices for the event (or are already at the ridiculously cheap $1 price point!). 

This year’s launch line-up is the site’s largest yet, featuring 26 games and utility apps. The event features a wide range of different apps; from photography to property, train sets to TV guides, and gamebooks to music tappers. Aussie App Sale is proud to promote the quality and diversity of Australian iOS apps.

Featured in this year’s Sale are three Perth iOS gems – Star Hammer Tactics by Black Lab Games, Turbo Fick Demon GPU by DrewFX and the musical-tapping Orbeats by WRK and published by StirFire Studios.

Aussie App Sale started Saturday December 3rd and finishes Tuesday January 3rd. As with previous years, the Sale will continue to update with more and more apps throughout December. Developers interested in joining the campaign should contact the Aussie App Sale website.

 

Aussie App Sale (www.aussieappsale.com) is a proudly Australian website that promotes the hard work and creativity of Australian iOS App developers.

 

By: Anthony Sweet

WA Game Developers: Your end-of-year party is this Sunday (27 November)

Published on November 21, 2011 in Events. 0 Comments

Dear Perth Game Developers,

Your end-of-year party is this Sunday (27 November 2011). It’s been a fantastic and eventful year, and it’s time to celebrate the Western Australian game development scene together.

This is a FREE event open to all local game creators (professional, hobbyist, and student) and those interested in games. Please RSVP (on facebook or by emailing events@letsmakegames.org).

See you on Sunday!

- The Let’s Make Games Inc. team

Details:

  • Time/Date: 3pm-7pm, Sunday 27 November 2011
  • Location: Upstairs at the Universal Bar, 221 William Street, Northbridge
  • RSVP: facebook or email to

Flyer (print it out and post it at your place of work or study):

End of Year Party!

Map:


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Activities (setup in different areas):

  1. Meet or catch-up with local game developers in a friendly social environment
  2. Check out games created this year in WA (featured in our 2011 showreel)
  3. Get interviewed by our videographers (see last year’s interviews)
  4. Get physical with fun, easy-to-play games in our physical games area
  5. Learn about local games and their creators by playing the 2011 WA game creator card game
  6. Play other fun social and mixer games that test your wit and resolve!
  7. Win fantastic door prizes (if you have RSVP’d)

Notes:

  1. Please note that the Universal Bar is a licensed venue (minors will have to be accompanied by parents)
  2. RSVP on facebook or by emailing to be in the running for our door prizes
  3. Submit your videos to our showreel by sending YouTube links to
  4. Bring your games and portfolios to show off on your mobile devices (sorry, no power or network available)
  5. Help spread the word by tweeting about #lmgparty2011 and inviting people to the facebook event!
Sponsors:
Finally, we’d like to thank our sponsors who have made this event (and our ongoing work) possible:
With Anthony (our Treasurer) away this week, we may have an outdated list of sponsors. Please let us know if you’re missing or incorrectly listed!

Join our Games Culture Round Table this Sunday!

Published on September 27, 2011 in Events and News. 0 Comments

Knights at the Roundtable

Photo by glamhag

National Cultural Policy Review: Digital Culture Public Sphere

As you may know, the National Cultural Policy (which includes game development) is under review and a 10 year strategic vision is being planned. We’ve been given an opportunity to provide input for our respective industries.

Let’s Make Games Inc. is holding a round table discussion to collate our responses as a collective representing the game development community of Western Australia. Here are the deets:
  • Date: Sunday, 2nd October 2011
  • Location: City of Vincent Library and Local History Centre, Media Room, 99 Loftus St, Leederville. See map below.
  • Time: 1pm-3:30pm
  • Ample free parking
  • Light refreshments provided
  • RSVP: respond to this post or to the PIGMI mailing list or on the Facebook event page

It would be good to come prepared with your take on these questions (found on the wiki):

  • Statements on the current status and useful facts to understand the landscape. Please add links for references.
  • How do you imagine the sector could look in the future? How could Australia excel? What would a 10 year plan look like?
  • What are some tangible ways we could measure progress in this area?
  • Ideas to achieve the vision for Australia.
  • Any additional information you think might be useful, including case studies, success stories, research papers.
  • Leading case studies from the sector to help contextualise Australian innovation in this area.


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Other Upcoming Events

Check out our calendar as we’ve added a bunch of dates, and be sure to save the date for our end-of-year party: Sunday, 27 November 2011

Show Us Your Bits (2011)

Published on August 3, 2011 in Events. 2 Comments

Update: Check out the new flyer!

We are very happy to announce our third event for 2011: Show Us Your Bits!

Last run in 2009, Show Us Your Bits is all about showcasing locally-developed games and local game developers. If you make games, we encourage you to come on down and show off your work. If you’re interested in games, this is a great opportunity to meet local game makers, play their creations, learn more about how games are made, and even make your own!

As with all of our events, this is a free public event. Please download our hi-res flyer, print it out, and post it wherever you think it will be of interest. ;)

Details:

An RSVP isn’t necessary if you just want to stop by and see what’s happening, but we really appreciate them because they help ensure enough space and food!

Activities:
  • BBQ (12:30pm-1:30pm): Our popular BBQ returns with $2 hot dogs and $1 soft drinks (or water). Catch up with local game developers in a casual and friendly environment. (Vegetarian options available.)
  • Showcase (12:30pm-4:30pm): Game developers are encouraged to bring their laptops (and other devices) to show off their games, and everyone is invited to play some games and meet the people who made them.
  • Presentations (1:30pm-3:30pm): There will be six ten-minute presentations from local game creators on topics such as: game engine development, and card game prototyping and design.
  • Paper Jam (3:30pm-4:30pm): Bring a deck of standard playing cards, ten sheets of paper (cardboard preferred), scissors, and pencils (or markers) and make a game in this free hour-long workshop!

Registration:

You only need to register (via the contact form) if you would like to present your work in the showcase or give a presentation. Here are some quick details on what you will need to do:

  • If you would like your work shown in the show-reel (which will be played on a large projector during the showcase, and embedded on this website), just upload a video (1-4 minutes) to YouTube and send us a link. ;)
  • If you would like to show off your work as part of the showcase, please send us a title, screenshot, and team name (and logo if you have one). We’ll send you more information (such as when to setup etc.).
  • If you would like to give a presentation, please contact us with a title, your team name, and (very) brief description. (Our presentation places fill up pretty quickly, but we try to give everyone a chance to present and will keep you in mind for the next event if we can’t fit you in this time!)
Sponsorship:
Firstly, we’d like to extend a huge “Thank you!” to our Platinum sponsor, ECU. They have been a fantastically supportive venue sponsor and great to work with!
Secondly, we’re looking for Gold and Silver sponsors and any other donations to help make this event the best event it can be (and to ensure that we can keep running these events in future).
Every little bit helps! If you’d like to help us out and get your name or brand in front of hundreds of local game developers (students, hobbyists, and professionals), please contact us for more information.
That’s all for now. See you at Show Us Your Bits on Saturday 27 August!

What’s Up Pitches?!

Published on May 9, 2011 in Events. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Update: All standard presentation spots are now taken (although there are challenge spots still available), and there have been some minor changes to the schedule.

For the latest information see this blog post.

Do you have a burning hot concept that you just need to tell everyone about? Have you been head-down for six months and are ready to show off your hard work? Need to find an artist or programmer for your masterpiece?

Now’s the time to pitch it to us!

What’s Up Pitches?! is a Let’s Make Games micro-pitching event being held at Central Institute of Technology on Friday, 27th May. Bring your 3-minute pitch about your game-related project or topic, participate in interactive activities, or come and listen to see what developers in the local industry are thinking and working on.

Flyer (click for larger version):

If you are interested in presenting a 3-minute micro-pitch, please respond to this post, to the Facebook event, to the PIGMI mailing list thread, or use our Contact page.

Details:

  • Time/Date: 5:30pm – 8:00pm, Friday 27th May 2011
  • Location: Central Institute of Technology, East Perth (140 Royal Street, formerly known as eCentral TAFE)
  • Schedule: Registration from 5:30pm, pitches start at 6:00pm!
  • Activities: Micro-pitches, interactive activities, networking
  • RSVP: If you intend to provide a pitch at the event, please RSVP by 20th May.

Some members of Let’s Make Games are already preparing micropitches about their current projects and pet peeves. We also have two special guest speakers (Garth Pendergrast from Stirfire Studios and Quie Ying Morrison from WA Tourism) who will pitch an idea and pose questions on this website for you to respond to with your own pitches!

So, what are you going to pitch?

Flyer photo credit: John Morgan

Games panel discussion & networking session for ScreenWest

Published on March 9, 2011 in Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Together with ScreenWest, we are running a games panel discussion and networking event next Wednesday (16 March 2011). Obviously, we’re super excited! Any time we get to share our love for games is a time to look forward to.

This event is the perfect opportunity for Let’s Make Games to let local traditional screen practitioners know all about games (what they are and how they are made), and to introduce them to local game developers! So we hope that you can all attend, and encourage your other media colleagues to be there as well!

Keep an eye on our homepage (or follow us on twitter) as we will announce the panel line-up later this week. Thanks to ScreenWest for putting this event together!

Details:

And here is a handy map!:


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Update: Fixed the RSVP email address! The correct address is rsvp@screenwest.wa.gov.au (It was previously incorrectly listed as rsvp@screenwest.gov.wa.au).

BBQ for Perth game developers

Published on February 9, 2011 in Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Oh my gosh, Let’s Make Games are having a barbecue and you’re invited!

It’s summer time and that means spending time near the cool river, throwing a frisbee, kicking the footy, and chowing down on some snaggers. You know, if that’s your thing. Alternatively, you could hang out in a gazebo and chew the fat with local game developers. I’m sure that there will be people interested in a bit of both!

Much like last year’s Sundowner, this year’s summer event is an outdoors get-together. Students and anyone curious about games in Perth are welcome!

Here are the details:

  • Time/Date: 4pm-8pm, Sunday 27 February 2011
  • Location: BBQ area at Matilda Bay (meet at the Gazebo)
  • Schedule: 3pm setup, drinks and food from 4pm!
  • Food/Drink: BYO or buy our $1 soft drinks and $2 hot dogs
  • Activities: BYO picnic mat, footie, frisbee, etc.
  • RSVP: In comments or on the Facebook event page.

Here’s a handy Google Map (click the markers for more information):


View BBQs at Matilda Bay in a larger map

And here’s a time-lapse from last year’s event to get you excited!:

Let’sMakeGames.org Sundowner from Deceptikong on Vimeo.

(Image credit: BBQ with Steak Tips by bucklava)

Let’s Make Party!

Published on October 26, 2010 in Events. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

Update: A huge thanks to our sponsors: Different Methods, Rockethands, DrewFX, Binary Space, and Handwritten Games.

Update: Please RSVP via the contact page or on the facebook event page by November 21! (This helps us make sure that we have enough food)

As 2010 draws to the close, Let’s Make Games would like to invite all of you in the local game development community to our second end-of-year party!

Last year’s party was a huge success (thanks to our volunteers, sponsors, and all of our attendees) and we’re calling on everyone to make this year’s party even better.

We’ve secured an exclusive upstairs bar at a great centrally-located venue, we’re organising for live music, and we’ll be putting on a bit of a spread for a weekend sundowner (which will no doubt kick on for a while afterwards).

Details:

  • Title: Let’s Make Party!
  • Time/Date: 4pm – 8pm, Sunday 28 November 2010
  • Location: Universal Bar & Cafe (upstairs), 221 William St. Northbridge
  • Description: End-of-year party for WA’s game development community. Come and meet local game developers, check-out this year’s games, and have an all-round fantastic time!
  • RSVP: 21 November 2010 for registration and catering purposes

It all takes place in just under five weeks, so mark the date on your calendar and let your friends know. Anyone interested in game development is welcome to attend. We always love seeing new faces and a wide range of people (eg. students,  artists, programmers, animators, designers, musicians, gamers, gamer-curious).

We’re currently looking for sponsors and volunteers, so please contact us if you feel that you can contribute. In regards to sponsorship, it’s a great way to engage (or give back to) the local community and we have many options available to suit any budget. So please don’t hesitate to contact us!

We’ll be announcing more details leading up to the event (eg. how to show off your games at the venue), so be sure to visit the site or subscribe to our feed.

Update: You can RSVP via the contact page or on the facebook event page.

Short talks by Perth game developers

Published on August 27, 2010 in Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Let’s Make Games is proud to announce our next event:

  • Title: Short Talks by Perth Game Developers
  • Time/Date: 5:00pm – 8:00pm, September 10, 2010
  • Location: Room B202 (the theatrette), eCentral TAFE, 140 Royal Street, East Perth
  • Description: Let’s Make Games has invited four local game developers (Matt Comi, Saxon Druce, Aranda Morrison, and Paul Turbett) to share their first-hand experiences developing and releasing games for various platforms (iPhone, Flash, Xbox360, Playstation 3, and PSP).

We’re very excited to have such a great line-up of speakers talking about recently released games on multiple commercial platforms. Perth game development has sure come a long way in the last few years!

Here are some links to our speakers’ games:

Here’s the event flyer (click image for a print-ready version):

Hope to see you there!

Update: If you are on Facebook, check out the Facebook page for this event.

Update: Location updated with Room number (B202, the theatrette). We’ll be putting up signs and guiding people to the right place, but it’s nice to know the room number just in case!