"Breaking into the game industry"

nuACM WEEKLY SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS:
"Breaking into the game industry"
Seth Sivak of Conduit Labs
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 11:45am
108 West Village H
Northeastern Univ.
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Join Seth Sivak, gameplay engineer at Conduit Labs, as he talks about why and how to break into the gaming industry.

Conduit Labs is social entertainment company, focused on creating social gameplay through music interaction. They are creators of the music social gaming community Loudcrowd. The founders come from a background in web and gaming, being involved in the popular social games Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and in the pioneering massive multiplayer game Asheron’s Call.

Loudcrowd is a place to experience music together through games. Now with over two million plays, nine record labels contributing music, and new games every two months, Loudcrowd is Conduit Labs' experiment in music and play. They built Loudcrowd for people who want to do more with music than just listen.

Obama And LittleBigPlanet Team Up, For Kids

The White House is announcing today a program to improve science and math education with a variety of Entertainment Software Association-backed initiatives including a program to put LittleBigPlanet in libraries as well as a $300,000 game design challenge.


Full article : HERE

Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Entretech Forum:
Making Your Name in a Changing Gaming Industry

The EntreTech event will feature a lively and interactive discussion between panelists and the audience on how young entrepreneurs and their start-ups canbe successful in today’s changing gaming industry. The panelists bring a wide range of experiences as developers, entrepreneurs, and executives from the industry’s premier companies. They will discuss international competition, getting funded, publishing your games, changing gaming platforms, and the strategies that will help you make your name in this dynamic industry.

Cost: FREE for Students & Active Military, $10 Faculty Members & NEU Staff and $25 Community & Others


For more information : http://www.northeastern.edu/eweek/2009/entretech.php

MassTLC and Massachusetts Network Communications Council Combine

Mass Technology Leadership Council and Massachusetts Network Communications Council Combine to Focus Resources on Driving Innovation and Company Growth

Move Creates the State’s Leading Business Association Representing the World’s Top Global Tech Brands, Growth Companies and Entrepreneurs




http://www.masstlc.org/massnetcomms/

Beta House: "Boston Indie Summits"

We've asked Mark Allio of the MA Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) to kick things off for us on 11/3. Mark is a regional director for the MSBDC and has started two successful ventures himself, and will be presenting some of the considerations and challenges inherent in starting a company, especially one in the game industry. There will be time for Q&A, as well.

For more information : Go here

Friday Games at GAMBIT: Procedural Level Generation with Darius Kazemi

This Friday, Darius Kazemi from Orbus Gameworks and Boston Post Mortem will present a talk on the procedural content algorithms of Derek Yu's Spelunky, and we'll play some other games with procedural level generation (that are not roguelikes!) such as:
Dwarf Fortress
Diablo
Infinite Mario
Strange Adventure in Infinite Space
Left For Dead
The TIGSource Procedural Generation Competition
Canabalt
Yoda Stories

See you at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab this Friday! We'll start around 4pm.

Philip Tan
Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab

Not Your Average Game Night!

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST
5:30PM - FOOD, DRINKS; NETWORKING
7:00PM - PRESENTATIONS BEGIN!
CARLSON HALL, MT IDA COLLEGE, NEWTON, MA

On Wednesday, October 21st we are planning a game night like no other. Leave the board games at home and join us for an evening of compelling speakers and presenters...

Speakers will include:

Yuris Mangolds - C2i Studios, showing his Craft Director Studio workflow

Jason Arnone: Art Manager, Harmonix - Jason is coming back this year sharing the role the art department played in the new Beatles Rockband game!


For more details check HERE