We'll be linking people to this group again, with the goal of playing more games together!

If anyone is in this group but not in our Discord, you're missing out on a very active community. As of 2025, we have 6 monthly in-person events (many of which are streamed live).
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Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3839662534/

(10-20 min Member Project timeslot is open as of this posting, contact igdatc@igdatc.org if you'd like to present.)

Justin Peck - Crowdfunding Your Game

Despite a few high profile successes, three-quarters of all Video Game Projects on Kickstarter fail. What makes a project more likely to succeed? What are the things you should consider before crowdfunding your game?

Local game company, QONQR, is preparing their own Kickstarter Project. Justin Peck, co-founder of QONQR, will give you a behind-the-scenes look and share the practical tips and tricks they have picked up along the way.

Agenda:
6:00 Pizza and Soda - Thanks to the Nerdery
6:30 Member Project TBD
7:00 Justin Peck

We'll be heading to Joe Sensers in Bloomington after the event.

The IGDATC Podcast E3 Zen
Ryan and Tori welcome back Jacque to discuss E3 2012, discuss games, personal efforts, development, and gamer hate. We’re back on track with the release of the 18th episode of the International Game Developers Association Twin Cities Chapter podcast.

We invite your feedback and comments. Thank you for listening.

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http://www.igdatc.org/2012/06/ep-18-e3-zen/

Update: Anyone not registered before 6/13 2pm can simply sign-in at the door and hand write a name tag. It's still quickest to pre-register on EventBrite.

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3681738178

Ben Houge - Dynamic Music Solutions for Just About Anything

Tom Clancy’s EndWar was praised by GameSpot for its “fantastic audio” that puts you “in the thick of the action.” As audio director of that title, Ben Houge cites the game’s innovative music system as a key contributor to the game’s immersiveness and replayability.

In his presentation, Ben will share how a cell-based musical approach allows for tight synchronization in an unpredictable, open world environment without compromising production values. These ideas are relevant to sound design as well as music, and could equally be applied to animation or visual effects. Further, he will show how these techniques can be applied in other real-time scenarios outside of the world of games, with examples from his recent sound installation work and his new asparagus opera, in collaboration with Chef Jason Bond, as featured on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/29/153950254/the-sounds-of-asparagus-as-explored-through-opera

Ben Houge has been developing audio for video games since 1996, including seven years at Sierra (Leisure Suit Larry 7, King’s Quest: Mask of Eternity, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Arcanum) and four years at Ubisoft (Tom Clancy’s EndWar, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30). His string quartet soundtrack to Arcanum was praised by the Seattle Times as “sophisticated enough to pass muster on its own as an extended string quartet,” and has been widely performed in a concert setting. Ben is also active in the world of digital art, and his work has been exhibited at the Today Art Museum in Beijing, the True Color Museum in Suzhou, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Shanghai eArts Festival, the Boston Cyberarts Festival, e4c in Seattle, and Studio Z in Saint Paul.

Prior to relocating to the Boston area over a year ago, Ben lived in Shanghai, China, for the previous six years, where he worked for Ubisoft’s Shanghai studio and was active in the underground music scene. Currently Ben teaches video game music at the Berklee College of Music and Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts, and last winter he was a visiting artist at the MIT Media Lab, working on sonification of data from real-time sensor networks. More information about Ben is available at http://www.benhouge.com

Agenda:
6:00 Pizza and Soda - Thanks to the Nerdery
6:30 E3 and Eyeo highlights - various
7:00 Ben Houge

We'll be heading to Joe Sensers in Bloomington after the event.