Our last meeting

Hello fellow bloggers and readers; I hope you're had a good Thanksgiving break (at least here in the U.S.)! It's been awhile since our last meeting, but I wanted to post about what we did last time so members or potential members who couldn't be there will be kept in the loop.

1. What is GDC

                            GDC (Game Development Club) is about games developers and enthusiasts meeting together to talk about (and later create) video games. We do this my meeting weekly at Southern Arkansas University in Wilson 119 at 6 P. M. or by blogging on this website. During our meetings we discuss video game news and opportunities related to GDC or in our region, critique games, present our game ideas, build friendships, and eventually create games. We're currently as new as our university's Game Design major, so now is the time to visit, express your ideas, and help define GDC for years to come.

2.     Game Presentation                                                   
                  
                           GDC's Cody Duncan presentation included a PowerPoint about a game he and his co-developer Cody Bonner have been working on for quite some time. The game will feature exploreable and active  environments in which the protagonist will level-up in a apocalyptic world.  Since this game idea is so huge, the creators of this game are looking for help with art and writing. If you would like to help with the development of this idea or have any questions, you can email Cody Duncan at Codyjay95@gmail.com.

3.      IGDA and GDC

                          GDC plans on joining IGDA (International Game Developers Association) in the year of 2014, which will provide scholarships and other benefits to it's members. As a non-profit organization, it will also provide information and discounts for potential game conferences that we may visit later on, such as E3 or GDC (Game Developers Conference). However, any student in the video game field can now volunteer their time for Game Developers Conference through an application without being a IGDA member. There is more information about IGDA here here and GDC here .

4.     Theme Night

                          Most of us want to develop video games because we enjoy playing video games. Thus, as a club, we will have game nights centering around a genre or generation of games. We will pull aside a night and play: retro games, fighting games, frighting games, driving games, and indie games. This will be an opportunity to discuss why we love the games we play and introduce games and game ideas to members with similar interest.

5. Altruism

                         To be apart of IGDA and improve our community, we discussed altruistic acts we could participate in or create. We decided to donate time to Angel Tree, which is an on campus organization that gathers gifts for underprivileged children for the Holidays. Here is a  Link to the various ways we can help Angel Tree achive its goal of giving every child in our community a present(s).

6. Time and meeting

                           The group has decided to meet in Wilson 119 from now on, which hosts a large room with over 20 computers. We will continue meeting on Thursday at 6 P.M., with meetings being no longer than two hours.


Thanks for reading about what our meeting consisted of and hopefully you will come to our next meeting on 12/5/2013 in Wilson 119 at 6 P.M.