We are having a special event this week to talk about controlling games with your brain. We are having the team at Peak Achievement come in and demo their technology that can read activity in the brain. We’ll discuss the possibilities of using this in games.
When: Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Where: Base 163: 163 E. Main St., Lexington, 3rd Floor
What Time: 7:00pm
How Much: FREE
When: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Where: Base 163: 163 E. Main St., Lexington, 3rd Floor
What Time: 7:00pm
How Much: FREE
Join us to hear from Randy Hukle. Randy will be talking about the different game playtesting methodologies, the psychology of design elements, and the results of the research he has done.
When: Friday, April 20th, 2012 to Sunday, April 21st, 2012
Where: Black and Williams Community Center
498 Georgetown Street Lexington, KY 40508
Directions
What Time: 9:00pm
How Much: FREE
The 10th-anniversary Ludum Dare 48-hour game dev competition! We’re going to be hosting a local gathering for devs & artists working alone (LD Compo) or in teams (LD Jam). More info at http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/
EKU Event
When: Friday night at 7pm to 11pm, then Saturday and Sunday 9am to 9pm
Where: EKU Campus, Wallace Building in room 452
Email Chris Cottrill for more info: Christopher_cottr@my mail.eku.edu
The results of RunJumpDev’s MolyJam 2012 have been posted.
Download our game What Did Moly Dream? – The game is a wild trip through the dreams of Peter Molydeux. Each scene/dream is inspired by a tweet.
When: Friday, March 30th, 2012
Where: Black and Williams Community Center
498 Georgetown Street Lexington, KY 40508
Directions
What Time: 7:00pm
How Much: FREE
When: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Where: Base 163: 163 E. Main St., Lexington, 3rd Floor
What Time: 7:00pm
How Much: FREE
This month is a social event where you can show off your current game project, pitch your new game idea, or just eat pizza with other game developers. We’ll also discuss the Game Developers Conference and game ideas for the MolyJam.
When: Friday, March 30th, 2012
Where: To be determined
What Time: 7:00pm
How Much: FREE
@petermolydeux is a long running satire of the sometimes grand pronouncements of notable game designer Peter Molyneux (former head of Bullfrog and Lionhead), known for sometimes grandiose ideas. Moly Jam is a game jam focused on bringing to life some of the crazy game ideas. Check out some of the ideas here: http://molydeux.tumblr.
When: Tuesday, February 27th, 2012
Where: Base 163: 163 E. Main St., Lexington, 3rd Floor
What Time: 7:00pm
How Much: FREE
Join us to here from Tim Knowlton. Tim will be talking about Flare, the game he helped make at the Global Game Jam event. All the results from the game jam can be found here: http://runjumpdev.com/events/ggj2012/
Hope to see you there.
Tomorrow, February 17th, the Shift design group is hosting a stop on the gallery hop at Base 163. It is an exhibit with everything having gone through some digital process. A couple of games and a Kinect piece will be on display. More details here: http://galleryhop.base163.com/
Wednesday, February 22nd, Heather Chandler, a video game producer, will be speaking at UK campus. More details here: http://uknow.uky.edu/content/video-game-producer-offers-career-insights
Finally, February 28th, is our normal RunJumpDev meeting. Tim Knowlton will be talking about Flare, the game he helped make at the Global Game Jam event.
Hope you can attend.
The Unity Programming workshop video and source code has been posted. Unfortunately the video gets cut off toward the end. Check out the Unity Resource page.
And don’t forget to register for the game jam.
The schedule for the global game jam has been posted. We have several events and workshops leading up to the game jam. Check out the details here.
And don’t forget to register for the game jam.
