Mid-Semester Expo Details

The mid-semester expo will be held on Thursday, March 4th at 7:30 PM in OLS 120. This is a change from the previously scheduled time and venue of 7:00 PM in OLS011, so take note. The event will take commence effectively upon the conclusion of the Zynga presentation scheduled for the same day, so make plans to attend that too. Furthermore, Logan Margulies of Riot Games will be talk about how he broke into the industry. Additionally, Bryan Larson from Zynga will hang around for the expo as well.

After the game presentations are over, SGD will hold officer elections for the 2010/11 academic year. Positions up for grabs this year include: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Asset Administrator, and External Relations. If you wish to run for a position, please email the current officers ASAP.

Further, the club will also be voting on recently-proposed additions and changes to the SGD constitution. Changes and additions essentially are related to the CIO's interaction with 3rd parties wishing to interact with the club. For information on the proposed changes, you may again email the current officers (use the link above).

Zynga Presentation on 3/4

The presentation by Bryan Larson of Zynga Game Network originally scheduled for February 11 has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 4, at 6 PM in OLS011. Again, the company is actively seeking candidates for full-time positions and summer internships this summer so be sure to bring your resumes! In addition, food will be provided and there will be a Netbook raffle.

Zynga was founded in 2007 by Mark Pincus and is one of the leading developers of social video games, among which they have developed include Mafia Wars and Farmville.

Mid-semester Expo [Spring 2010] Keynote Speaker Confirmed!

The Spring 2010 Mid-semester Expo [Thursday, March 4th, 2010 @ 7PM in OLS005] is upon us! In addition to checking out all the other teams' games, come listen to Logan Margulies of Riot Games tell his story of how he broke into the industry.

According to Logan, his story is "a little unconventional." After relating his history to us, he will be talking about the status of the industry from the viewpoint of an indie dev/publisher, and the shift going on in the industry right now, especially with respect to Riot Games.

Riot Games' website

Archive: T-Cubed

T-Cubed combines classic Tetris gameplay with fast paced microgames, challenging the player to complete these games in order to buy powerups and destroy rows. Players must juggle between the two types of gameplay as the speed constantly increases. T-Cubed was developed by Andrew Gaubatz (Director), Nick Wasilewski (Technical Director), Zack Reilly, Eric Walden (Programming), Momin Khan and Jeremy Liu (Design).



You can download T-Cubed by clicking here.

Archive: Gravity

Gravity is a 2.5-dimensional game where the player can adjust the gravity to help them traverse platforming puzzles. Gravity was developed from scratch in C++ from Fall 2007 to Spring 2008 by Brice Morrison (director), Scott Geiser (technical director), Chris Dodge, Dan Andrino, Dan Magnusson, Kevin Chang, Avik Dayal, Wolf Richter, Steve Johnson, Aaron Liu, Jason Crowder, David Horres, James Ro, Ryan Mahony, Jeff Gaither, Alex King, and Eddie Verrilli.

You can download Gravity by clicking here.

Video Game Prototyping Presentation 3/1

Tom Carbone of the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy will be hosting a presentation concerning video game prototyping and game design graduate education opportunities on Monday, March 1. The presentation will commence at 6:30 PM at OLS 009.

You can download a flyer for the presentation, which contains more detailed information regarding it, by clicking here.

Zynga Presentation on 2/11

Bryan Larson of Zynga Game Network will be giving a presentation about the company on Thursday, February 11, at 6 PM in OLS011. The company is actively seeking candidates for full-time positions and summer internships this summer so be sure to bring your resumes! In addition, food will be provided and there will be a Netbook raffle.

Zynga was founded in 2007 by Mark Pincus and is one of the leading developers of social video games, among which they have developed include Mafia Wars and Farmville.