I just wanted to let you all know about the upcoming GameCamp Toronto 2.

The event will be held on May 3rd, 10am-6pm at the Bahen Center of Information Technology, 40 St. George St. Room BA1130. Registration is free but mandatory.

Head over to www.gamecamptoronto.com to register.

GameCamp Toronto 2 is an event which aims to increase awareness of the game development industry in Toronto. We hope to grow the community of our city into a large, healthy and successful industry. The target audience is composed of: indies, professionals, and aspiring students.
Attendees have the opportunity to network with the other enthusiasts, learn various development tricks, and have some fun. Presenters get an opportunity to practice their pitches, share their knowledge with others and recruit young talent.

In other words, it’s GREAT FUN! Don’t miss it!

Here are some of the speakers we have confirmed so far:

Mare Sheppard and Raigan Burns, N+ Creators
Jean-Luc David, Microsoft
Mathew Di Iorio, Independent Games Project
Nelson Yu, Casually Hardcore Games
David L. Blazetich, Bedlam Games
Jim McGinley, ToJam
Chris Charabaruk, IGDA indie SIG
Andy Smith, IADT

Kazra Zokaei, J2Play

Hope to see you all there!

- Mark Cautillo

Hello.

Well, it’s been a journey but the last utGDDC meeting of 2007-2008 school year is tomorrow - April 11th, 2008 @ 5pm in BA 3004. The agenda is:

1. GMD 2008 Awards ceremony - we will (finally) announce the winners and distribute prizes
2. utGDDC elections

Hope to see you there!

Hello fellow game devvers. U of T will be hosting a video gaming research symposium on May 13th (I guess you can think of it as a conference). Basically they want to showcase what kind of video games research they will be conducting, and they are looking for a couple volunteers:

Opportunity to volunteer at University of Toronto’s inaugural video gaming event !!!

This event is the first of its kind and will show case the breadth of video gaming research and activities at University of Toronto.

In attendance will be researchers, industry, academic and government agencies interested in promoting video gaming capabilities in the GTA.

Volunteers are required from 11 am - 2pm on May 13th, 2008.

They will be required to guide attendees and manage the event in general during that time frame.

Your participation will be acknowledged with a letter of recognition

To participate please email Rida Wali at rida.wali@utoronto.ca with your complete contact information and availability.

To find out more about the event please visit http://www.bul.utoronto.ca/events/videogaming

*EDIT: Volunteers will be paid an honorarium!

Greetings Comrades,

It’s election time!

As discussed in meeting, we will be holding elections next week.

Just in case anyone who wants to run for an administrative position wasn’t at the meeting this week. Please post here if you’d like to run for any position.

The current nominees for each position are as follows:

President: Jennifer Ruttan / Katie Gnus
Vice-President: Jennifer Ruttan / Katie Gnus
GMD Coordinator: Barry Rowe
Advertising: Shane Zeagman
Web Admin: Shane Zeagman
General Admin: Liesl A.

Next week will be elections, so if anyone wants to run for a position please post here by then.

- Mark

http://gmd.utgddc.com/2008/game/

The winners and results will be announced shortly. In the mean time, if you have time, check out the games!

This week’s meeting will be in BA 3004 5-7pm on Friday.

We will be talking about the upcoming elections for the club for next year, and giving an update on the progress of the GMD judging.

See you there!

I was unable to book a room for a meeting this week, and since we haven`t really had any non-meeting club events this year, I propose that we go out to an arcade or net-cafe and relax!

This weeks meeting will be in an arcade or net cafe at 5-7pm on Friday March 28th.

We can meet at 5pm in the circle on the 2nd floor of Bahen.

- Mark

Since this Friday is a holiday, there won’t be a meeting this week. HOWEVER, CSSU is hosting another Game Night this Thursday!
It starts at ~5pm in the Bahen Great Hall, 3F. More info here.

Today’s meeting will be in BA2165 at 5-7pm

Hope to see you all there!

Since last time was such short notice,  I figured I’d let you guys know about the band I mentioned a while back’s next performance,   here’s the info:

The Runaway Five
15/03/2008
500 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario
Cost : $5.00
Come join The Runaway Five to here live video game music arranging in the jazz idiom. If you don’t like game music, come for the jazz. If you don’t like jazz, come for the game music. If you don’t like jazz nor game music, come to see Alex Goodman do a quadruple backflip while wearing a dress (The Runaway Five assumes is not liable for Alex Goodman’s lack of backflip ability or ability to fit into a dress). This night will include music from many games including: Final Fantasy, Sonic The Hedgehog, Earthbound, Super Mario Brothers, Chrono Trigger, Zelda, Megaman and many more! With the growing popularity of video game music, this will sure be a night to remember. Come be part of a unique audience and help support live jazz and video game music!