Student Game Developers at the University of Virginia

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StudentGame Developersat the University of
Virginia

• Second Meeting
• January 30, 2007

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Purposes of Game Developers

• To provide a flourishing culture of game
  development for students of all skill levels
• Providing software
• Finding teammates and forming projects
• Gaining experience
• To provide industry contacts, events, and
  opportunities
• Internships, speakers, resume builders (EA)
• Social Events

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Member Project Presentation

• Show off member projects at the beginning of each
  meeting
• Share ideas and encourage one another
• Call for artists, programmers, designers
• Take it away, Mr. Campbell
• If youre working on a project, share it with us!
  Email Ben (bbm6f) to get set up with a slot

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SGD points system

• Who wants a Wii?
• ..and other fabulous prizes

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Membership Points

• End of the semester raffle!
• Prizes include
• Nintendo Wii
• Best Buy Gift Cards
• etc.
• Tickets for the raffle are based on points

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How do I get points?

• Easy.
• -showing up to meetings and events
• -getting new people to join the club
• -participating in club fund raising events
• -helping out with advertisements
• -making games
• Soo.
• the more you participate the better your odds

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Membership Dues

• Dues can be paid after the meeting find Scott
• 8, or 6 get a friend to join
• Be sure to write your friends name when you sign
  up
• After you become a member, create an account on
  our forums and introduce yourself (required)

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Multimedia Fusion Tutorial

• A powerful game-development engine for beginners
• Lets make a simple game
• Hands-On experimentation
• This is also a good time to pay dues with Scott
• Lets do it! But dont leavemore great
  announcements afterwards

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How to License Multimedia Fusion for your Team

• Teams can be assembled by
• Simply getting together with friends (Fun)
• Pitching an idea / looking for a team on the
  forums (Most effective)
• Talk with Scott or Ben (Not very effective)
• Once you have a team together, you can submit a
  request to license the MMF engine via email
• Info will be available on website soon
• Torque Engine will be available starting next week

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Social Event Games Day

• Fun times for building teams
• Who would be interested?
• When? Lets vote.
• Wednesday at 700pm
• Saturday at 230pm
• Info will come later via email
• Ideas for other social events can be suggested on
  the forums were willing to expend resourced if
  its a fun idea

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Game Developers Spring 2007 Compilation Project

• Will use Multimedia Fusion
• A collection of mini-games for easy division
• Ideas are welcome post on the forum
• Theme
• Overall design
• Art
• This and other games will be sold