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Slides from the presentation: Join Nashville game developers David Corrigan, Christopher Cotton, and John Saba as we host a panel on game development. We will discuss what is involved in writing games.
Time for our monthly meet up. It will be this coming monday, April 30th,
at 7pm - 9pm. Held at our usual location
The Score of Cool Springs, 4091 Mallory Lane #124, Franklin, TN 37067
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/340819515981106/
Come to our monthly meet up. Meet other game developers in the Greater Nashville area. Talk with programmers, designers, artists. This month we will be starting our Game Challenge Demos. Anyone in the Game Challenge will be able to demo anything they have worked on so far.
Also, Christopher Cotton will be doing a debrief on the Spaceward Ho! for iPad game. Talking about the process and all the details.
Ever wonder how many apps you are competing against when you write your next game? Or looking to find out what category to write a game for? Well, I went through the current list of iPad and iPhone Paid apps. Here are the totals:
Genre iPad iPhone ===== ==== ====== Action: 4238 11947 Adventure: 2217 5479 Arcade: 4363 11286 Board: 2363 4528 Card: 1196 2605 Casino: 564 1518 Dice: 280 837 Educational 5051 8637 Family 4503 9177 Kids 6937 11827 Music 491 1382 Puzzle 5445 12504 Racing 619 1355 Role Playing 646 1927 Simulation 1409 3803 Sports 1022 2833 Strategy 2100 4715 Trivia 1034 3512 Word 996 2460
Yes, for those of you who want to work on developing with Unity, go get this now! It is the iOS and Android versions for free. This is normally $800, and if you ever upgrade to Unity Pro it will save you $800.
Reblogged from makegames
Required reading for anyone who is in the “Game Challenge” this year.
As I work towards completing my own game, I’ve been thinking a lot about finishing projects in general. I’ve noticed that there are a lot of really talented developers out there that have trouble finishing games. Truthfully, I’ve left a long trail of unfinished games in my wake… I think everyone has. Not every project is going to pan out, for whatever reason. But if you find yourself consistently backing out of game projects that have a lot of potential, it could be worth taking a step back and examining why this happens.
Time for our monthly meetup. Monday, Jan 23rd, 7pm-9pm
@ The Score, 4091 Mallory Lane #124, Franklin, TN 37067
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/301745439860809/
Beege will be giving a presentation about AndEngine http://andengine.org/ the Android game engine. He will give an overview of what it can do, show some sample code, and answer any questions.
Come to our monthly meetup of game developers. Bring any demo to show off your recent game development work (artwork, concepts, software, games, etc)
During the last meeting, we had an open call for demos. Three developers showed off the projects they were working on. Me (Christopher Cotton), Dan Ledford, and John Saba. I demoed the upcoming iPad game Spaceward Ho!
Dan showed off two games. One was a very neat RPG style game, where you had a set of characters and could attack various enemies with spells. You even had items you could use such as a Panini! The game showed quite a bit of promise. I look forward to when it is available to play test.
The other game Dan showed off was a Frogger type game, except for shopping. You had to maneuver your cart through the aisle and get to the checkout counter. Nice theme change on the original game.
The final developer was John Saba. He has made quite a bit of progress on the game he is working on. This was the game he showed off the previous meeting, but this time with real levels, graphics he drew, and some improved game play. The demo was pretty awesome and John ended up winning the demo night. Congrats to John on his demo!
Come join the Nashville Game Developers, as we attend ScoreCon 1. There will be many of us there.
