Reminders and Announcements:
Open Game Labs: The group hosts an Open Game Lab every Tuesday 5:30PM – 8PM and on the 3rd Sunday of the month 2PM – 5PM. These labs are unstructured time for anyone to come to the space, hang out and work on their game. If you are just starting out this is also a great time to come ask questions!
Next Game Jam – August 21st – 24th! The date of the next game jam has been set; mark your calendars!
Call for Topics! If you’ve been to a meetup you know that the group is very informal and you do not need a well timed and polished presentation. A presentation can simply be discussing a topic while showing a demo on a laptop. If you are interested in presenting or have a request for a topic you would like to see covered please contact Michael at michael.neel@gmail.com
Facebook and Twitter: You can also stay up to date with members of the group on Facebook. The group is closed, so you’ll need request access and it make take a day or two to get approved. If you don’t get approved in a few days, send me an email at the address above. There is also a twitter list maintained by Levi. For info on joining the twitter list, contact Levi @gatechgrad.
All this too much to keep up with? The Knox Game Design website has a calendar!
This Month’s Topic: Open Discussion
This month come ready to ask any and all your game design related questions and we’ll try to answer them or at least direct you onward in the quest for information. It is also a good time to share current projects and tools you use without having to prepare enough content for a full monthly meetup.
If you’ve never been to one of the open discussion meetups and worry that the content might be light: don’t! If the past is any guide the open discussions meetup are more dense with information that presentations and are an excellent way to get to know everyone in the group.
Location and Time
The meetup will be held at the Technology Cooperative located at 13 Emory Place, Knoxville TN. Parking is available in front of the Technology Cooperative. We start at 2PM and open with some roundtable discussion and a Show ‘n Tell where everyone can show a bit of their in progress game, favorite tool, mechanic they love in another game, or anything they find helpful and want to share with the group.