Let’s Make Games events are fun social get-togethers for local game developers and gamers. It’s great to catch up with the local scene and see what people they have been working on, and there’s always a friendly atmosphere for curious newcomers.

The original event announcement has all key information, but here are a few new highlights…

GameTraders (Carillon City and Carousel) will be bringing along two PSPs for a pre-release demonstration of Dissidia: Final Fantasy. One PSP will be connected to a projector for general viewing. Dissidia: Final Fantasy is scheduled for local release in September.

A number of local games companies will be demonstrating their latest iPhone games. This includes Surf Prodigy by DrewFX and RocketFuse by RocketHands. Also attending (and possibly demonstrating) will be game developers from Istpika, Spinfast, Staring Man, Subversive Games, Black Lab Games, Interzone Entertainment, Sandbox Software, and Kruger Heavy Industries.

Crewjo are looking for local mobile game developers and may make a brief announcement. Finally, GO3 will be announcing a special opportunity for local developers to showcase their work and to network with other companies at the upcoming GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo in October.

We hope to see you there!

We apologise if we missed mentioning any developers who plan to demonstrate and have RSVP’d. Feel free to bring along short promo videos (on a USB stick) for our video loop.

Update: Anthony will be bringing Bomberman for multi-player wireless DS gaming tonight!

So be sure to get your $10 pre-purchase tickets from GameTraders (Carillon City or Carousel). Remaining tickets will be $15 at the door.

We are very happy to announce that WALAN (Perth’s longest running computer gaming event) will be our drinks sponsor, providing over a dozen coupons for jugs of beer or soft-drinks to be given out as prizes throughout the evening.

WALAN’s next gaming event will be at the SupaNova Pop Culture Expo this coming weekend (July 4-5). More details are available on the WALAN forums.

We’d like to extend a huge thanks to WALAN for making this event all the more awesome!

Update: If you plan to buy tickets at the door, please contact us with numbers so that we can arrange tables accordingly.

Pre-purchase tickets are available now exclusively from GameTraders Carillon City and Carousel.

Details:

• Title: Let’s Make Games Videogame Trivia Night
• Time/Date: 7:00pm – 11:00pm, Tuesday, June 30 (2009)
• Location: Victoria Park Bowling Club (18 Kent Street, East Vic Park)
• Cost: $10 pre-purchase (any remaining tickets will be $15 at the door)
• Food: BYO food (no drinks) or order pizza ($5 per half) on the night!
• Links: Facebook event page

Get some friends together, grab a table, bring food, and have a good time! Please note that handicaps will apply for teams of more than 8 people, so try to form teams of 8 or less.

The schedule for the night will be:

• 7:00pm: Doors open
• 7:30pm: Pizza orders must be in ($5 per half)
• 8:00pm – 10:00pm: Trivia (4 rounds with half-time intermission)
• 11:00pm: Venue closes

There are some great prizes lined up and you don’t need to be a video-game genius to win something. The questions will be varied and we’ll have door prizes and fun challenges that everyone can participate in!

Finally, here’s the event flyer (click image for a print-ready .pdf file):

Please feel free to print the flyer out and post it where it may be of interest (or let us know in the comments section where we should post our fancy colour flyers!)