I am sure this is pretty hot in demand. The video for his talk is coming soon; please bear with us!

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It was a hot Saturday afternoon on the 24th May, but that didn’t stop a group of game enthusiasts from making their way to the MICA building under the less-than-comfortable heat.

The auditorium saw a capacity crowd consisting of not just programmers and game designers, but artists, business students, film producers and even writers like myself, all eager to find out more about game design!

The first speaker for the event was Razer’s Product Director, Mr. Theo Sanders.

A former producer at Blizzard, Mr. Sanders worked on titles like World of Warcraft. “The difficulty in talking about game design is that there are so many areas to talk about,” Mr. Sanders said. Deciding on something which would cover multiple game genres, Mr. Sanders talked about ‘punish’ and ‘reward’ systems, citing examples like Unreal Tournament’s ’spree’ and Team Fortress 2’s ‘nemesis’ systems.

“You don’t need a million dollars to get started,” he said as he introduced an assortment of tools ranging from free to affordable. Some tools, like RPG Maker XP, caught the attention of the audience more than others!

Des, a project officer at Nanyang Technological University, found the event humorous, yet informative.

“It explored the psychology behind the games which are being made,” she said. Above all, Des found the event, true to the spirit of games, a fun experience!

Hi guys, if you are big into XNA, the Microsoft Game Developers’ Day is coming up! The speakers will touch on various issues, including its Community Games and Registered Developer Program. For more information, check out here!

A big thanks to everyone who turned up for the meeting on the 24th May. We are thrilled to see so many students and people from the industry and please, try to forget the corny voices from the videos

The first part of the aftermaths is the slides I had for my talk. Don’t worry, Mr Sanders will be sending us his slides soon too

You can download the slides here.

And yes, do remember the special offer for the ExoroGame workshop! If you are interested, RSVP now! Remember, we need to hit at least 30 to 40 people!

Hi all,

ExoroGame(tm) is a real-time business strategy game, independent of any luck and hence success lies in your own hands! This game teaches the basics of business and the running of a company, and usually a session would cost each participant around $50.00 each!

However, our friends at ExoroGame(tm) has kindly agreed to organise a special workshop for us at a cost of $12.20 per participant (that is like, less than watching a movie on a weekend plus popcorns). Developing games is one thing; selling them is another. So if you wish to find out more about the business aspects, do consider joining us.

We have room for 40 people, and we have to reach that quota So don’t hesitate, RSVP now and grab your friends along!

Hello guys!

We are really honoured to have Mr. Theo Sanders, who is now the Director of Products at Razer and was a former producer at Blizzard, as a guest speaker for our next IGDA.SSC meeting. It’s an opportunity not to be missed!

The meeting will be from 2pm to 5pm, ending with an informal sharing session. Here are the details:

Day: 24th May, Saturday
Time: 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Venue: MICA Building (just behind Funan - Google Map Link), Esplanade Room

So what will be going on?

First, we have Mr. Theo Sanders, a former Blizzard Producer and who is now the Director of Products at Razer Inc, to speak on considerations on product design, especially for games.

Second, the IGDA.SSC will have a quick session on “101 Ways to Make Games” - you don’t need a $100 million budget to make games; this quick session introduces the different tools which allows you to quickly put together a game, as a form of hobby.

If you are coming, please go to this page and register for the event!

Hi guys,

Paradigm Infinity (PI) will be organising the SPORE - a time of wild board games fun and if you haven’t see a game of Dungeons and Dragons in action (role-playing game), it’s a good time to do so and it a semi-historical moment as they are playing the first dungeon ever createed by Gary Gygax, the father of role playing games. (if not for him, you will not have Baldurs’ Gate, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights!)

The event will feature Settlers of Catan tournaments, live Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, Warhammer 40K tournaments (not the computer game, but the actual table-top one) and more besides.

The details are:

SPOREcon 08

Venue: Chua Chu Kang CC
Date: 06 June 2008
Address: 35 Teck Whye Ave
Time: 9.30 am to 8.30pm

You can find out more about SPORECon here.

The first of the “Photoshop Xmasher” tutorial series has been released over at Xmashed.com. This week’s article addresses the age old question of how to do rounded rectangles. Be sure to take a look.

Click here for a direct link to the article or visit Xmashed at http://www.xmashed.com/.

Hi all,

We have a confirmed fourth candidate for the XNA Coaching Session. A forum will soon start for the session so the rest can follow their work but the one to one face to face coaching is strictly for those 4. Sorry, there is only one instructor

The Four Confirmed Are:
Huan Jeow
the dropout
Wenjun
Edward

Game Maker and lots of other freeware game engines are pixel-based art, and making pixel art for them could be a lost Dark Art in the years to come. So if you are interested in pixel-based sprites, you can find some really nice read-ups on the theory of pixel art and some concrete tutorials at “So you want to be a pixel artist?”