UPDATE: It’s not too late to donate. Students for Cambodian Schools is accepting donations online here. Don’t forgot you can watch them here!

Hi all,

At the start of spring quarter, the Students for Cambodian Schools came to us with a single request: Make the world’s most boring video game… for charity! Students for Cambodian Schools has been determined to raise $13,000 to build and support a school in for poor children in rural Cambodia. In order to raise the money needed, they are holding a fundraiser: the more money donated, the longer they will be forced to play our boring video game. More information about the fundraiser came be found on their website.

In a little over two months, the Game Developers Club was able to not only meet, but exceed their expectations for boredom. Through the dedication and hard work of Michael Lauridsen, Blake Curry and Chris Monti, our club has created Old Man Ranting. The scenario: your grandfather is ranting and you are falling fast asleep. The goal: stay awake by moving the mouse or else you will fall asleep and your grandfather will yell at you!

The Students for Cambodian are currently playing Old Man Ranting right NOW! People have donated enough money for them to play the game for over 40 hours in a row! That means they will be play Old Man Ranting all night tonight, all day Friday, and at least a portion of the day on Saturday without stopping. So come down to the lobby at Gracie’s dining hall and watch them play/suffer through our boring game. Or better yet, follow them on twitter or watch them live 24/7 via streaming webcam!

Finally, I just want to thank everyone who has supported the Game Developers Club in the past year. It been a great pleasure working with everyone this year. I wish you all the best in the years to come!

Rob Yates
GDC President ‘08-’09

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Hey everyone,

We’ve got a few updates from today’s meeting to bring to your attention.

• The slides from Sela Davis’s presentation on Game Audio & XACT are now available on the RIT GDC website here.

• The RPI Game Festival will be the weekend of Week 7 (April 24 - 25). It runs from that Friday evening until Saturday afternoon, and features a keynote by the esteemed Chris Crawford. If you are interested in attending, please reply to ritgdc (at) gmail.com ASAP so that transportation and lodging can be arranged. There will most likely be two groups of students leaving for the game fest, one in the morning and one in the evening. For more information and the full schedule, see the RPI GameFest website.

• Looking for a summer job? The RIT GDC has been contacted by Emagination Computer Camps with opportunities for game-related summertime employment. These are paid internships with room and board provided by the camp. The website is here.

Thanks,

Samuel Roden

PR Officer

RIT Game Development Club

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Hey everyone,

This Sunday is the next meeting of the RIT Game Developers Club. As before, it will be at 4PM in the GD&D Lab (70-2000).There are a number of cool things on tap for this meeting:

• GDC alumni Nick Germain will be giving a presentation on Game Development for Social Networks. He is looking for artists and programmers for his new Facebook game and was kind enough to post the details on our forum here .
• We will be watching the first two episodes of Once Upon Atari. Learn what it was like to work at the first game company!

Also, for those of you leading student-run projects, the next Project Leads Meeting will take place before the general meeting at 2PM. 

Thanks,

Samuel Roden

PR Officer

RIT Game Development Club 

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Hey everyone,

Just a reminder that this Sunday, Jan 18 is Laser Tag Day for the RIT Game Developers Club. We will be meeting in the lounge outside the Game Dev Lab (70-2000) at 1PM and we will carpool to laser tag from there. Take a break from your midterm cramming and have some fun with the GDC!

Also, the RIT GDC is looking for people interested in attending the ‘09 Game Developers’ Conference. If you are interested, reply to this email or speak with a club officer at the next GDC meeting. Rates for the conference can be found here. The IGDA is offering scholarships for student members to attend the GDC and the info can be found here.

Thanks,
Samuel Roden
PR Officer
RIT Game Development Club

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Hey all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that the next GDC club meeting is this Sunday, January 11 at 4PM. As before, it is in 70-2000, the Game Design and Development Lab.

RIT GDC member Wesley Paugh will be giving a presentation entitled “Writing and Storytelling in Games.” This presentation will be an introduction to many of the facets of writing for games, including industry insights into how games today incorporate story and character development to enhance the player’s experience.

Also, we will be giving a brief overview of the games produced during the last Rapid Game Dev Day. There were a bunch of good prototypes developed and they are available on our wiki here.

All upcoming GDC events can now be found on our Google Calendar!

Thanks,

Samuel Roden

PR Officer

RIT Game Development Club

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Hey everyone,

This Saturday, the RIT Game Development club is hosting another Rapid Game Development Day! It runs from 12PM to 11PM in room 70-2000, the Game Design and Development Lab. The goal is to form small teams and, within 11 hours, design and create a working game prototype. The Fall Rapid Game Dev Day was a great success, and some of the prototypes created went on to become full fledged GDC projects. So, come along and bring a friend and we’ll make some games! Students of all majors are welcome and no game design experience is required. Lunch and dinner will be provided.

Check out the event on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=48479249459.

Also, the CSC is hosting a Charity Dodgeball Tournament this Saturday from 12PM to 3PM to help support Rochester’s Open Door Mission. “Bring friends and 5 canned goods or 1 toy.” More info is available at http://csc.masterpi.org/index.php?id=48.

Finally, the next general meeting for the GDC will take place on the first Sunday after Winter Break. There will be no general meeting Week 3.

Thanks,

Samuel Roden

PR Officer

RIT Game Development Club

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Still looking for a co-op or that one last course to take winter quarter? GDC’s got you covered.

Co-op Programmer : ActionXL is a small company producing motion based PC and DS games and motion sensing game controllers. Action XL works with other developers to integrate the controllers with their games, in addition to producing games of their own. They are currently seeking a graphics programmer and a general programmer. For more information, go to http://www.ritgamedev.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=283

Part-Time Game Artist (and possible User Interface Designer) : A group of students are seeking to start a company making facebook games. They are IMMEDIATELY seeking a game artist that can rapidly produce “gift” art, similar to facebook’s static, virtual gifts for their next game. They are also seeking a wide variety of both artists and user interface designers for future games. Please see http://www.ritgamedev.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=285 for details, and send your portfolios and questions to nbgermain {at} gmail {dot} com

Alternative Interfaces Seminar : Looking for an interesting game design class to take for winter quarter? In Alternative Interfaces Seminar, you learn how game controllers work and get to design your own! See the full course description here: http://www.ritgamedev.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=284 and register for course number 4002-590-01.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Rob Yates
GDC President

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Be sure to show up this Sunday for the last GDC meeting this quarter! We thought we would give this quarter a twist ending, so this week’s game discussion will be about the XBLA puzzle-platformer Braid. We will be having a panel discussion as well as a live demonstration of the game and its interesting time-manipulation mechanics. Also, we will get status updates from our currently running projects and a sneak preview of things to come in the Winter quarter. 

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Here are some general updates:

1.) We have just been informed that the Autism Collaborative - Student Art Director position has been filled. However, they are still looking for 3D Artists. Click here for information about the new position.

2.) We have space for 1 (possibly 2) extra male students and 2 extra female students to go to the Montreal International Game Summit. Therefore, you may be able stay at the hotel at a reduced rate. If have not signed up for Montreal and would like to go, please email us at ritgdc -at- gmail -dot- com by Thursday at midnight.

3.) We are looking for a new Public Relations officer! If would like to take a more active role in the Game Developers Club, please show up at this Sunday’s meeting on October 19 or email us before Sunday to run for the position.

Our next meeting is this Sunday, October 19 at 4pm in room 70-2000. See you there!

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