Sunday, November 15, 2020

Hey everyone! A big thanks to everyone who participated in the Twine jam this weekend - there were some great games! You can view and play the submissions here

We're very excited to have our last guest speaker of the semester at our next meeting on November 16 at 5:30 MST (AZ time). We'll be doing a Q&A with Jeremy Lecus, a developer with quite a few titles under his belt and current technical producer at Cryptic Studios. He's worked on games such as D&D Neverwinter, Magic: Legends, and Star Trek Online. Previously, he has also worked as a producer at Warner Bros on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and as a producer and QA lead at Telltale games on titles such as Minecraft Story Mode and The Walking Dead. We don't always get to hear from people with this much experrience, so we hope as many of you as possible will join us on Twitch . Be sure to bring your questions!

If you can't make it to the meeting, feel free to submit questions in advance on our Discord. The meeting will be saved on Twitch and available to view for another 2 weeks. 

We're also coming up on holiday season! In the past, it's been our tradition to end the semester with a white elephant gift exchange. Since we obviously can't do that this year, we are going to have a virtual Steam gift exchange during our last meeting (November 30th) instead! There will be a a bot going live on our Discord server soon, and you can sign up for the exchange through there. 
A few rules:
- Participation is entirely voluntary! You do not need to participate. However, you must give a gift in order to get one.
- The spending limit is $15. Please do not go over this amount when purchasing your gifts.
We will announce more details on how it will work soon!

Lastly, our Officer Intern applications close this Thursday, November 19th!  Fill out this form to applyWe will be contacting applicants shortly to schedule interviews for the weekend of the 20th - 22nd, and interns will be announced at next week's meeting on the 23rd. 

Sunday, November 8, 2020

It's time for the Fall Twine Jam, everyone! 

The Twine Jam is an 8-hour "mini jam" for creating text-based adventure games in Twine. It is scheduled for Saturday, November 14th from 10am-5pm MST (AZ time, with game showcases taking place on our Discord server for the hour afterwards (5-6pm). Twine is super easy to pick up -  it's particularly good for those interested in writing more story-heavy games or with little to no prior programming experience. There will also be an optional theme revealed at the start of the jam. Sign up here!

In preparation for this, for Monday's meeting (November 14th), we'll be joined by the founder of our club's Twine jams himself, former club president Jeremy Deutsch! He'll be giving an interactive demo on how to create a Twine game, so come ready to exercise your writing chops! 

Also another reminder that Officer Intern Applications are now open! We will be taking on around 1-3 interns (depending on the number of applicants) to join the officer team during the spring semester. Interns will join us for weekly officer meetings and help plan club meetings and events. If you're interested in becoming a club officer or just want to see what it's like, we encourage you to apply! 
Here is the Google form application. It will be open until November 19th, after which we will contact applicants to schedule virtual interviews.
Feel free to reach out to any of the officers if you have any questions about the application or officer interns in general


Monday, November 2, 2020

We hope you all had a fantastic Halloween (and remembered to reset your clocks for Daylight Savings if that applies to you)! But if you're craving more spooks, you're in luck because we'll be hearing from the creator of indie horror game "Nevermind"!


On Monday November 2nd at 5:30 pm MST (AZ time), we'll be doing a Q&A with game designer and founder of Flying Mollusk Studios
Erin Reynolds! She's happy to talk about biofeedback, serious game design, founding an indie studio, and anything else game-dev related you can think of, so be sure to bring your questions! If you can't make it, you're welcome to submit questions on our Discord server ahead of time, and the meeting will be saved on Twitch and available to view for at least another two weeks. 

Also, Officer Intern Applications are now open! We will be taking on around 1 - 3 interns (d
epending on the number of applicants) to join the officer team during the spring semester. Interns will join us for weekly officer meetings and help plan club meetings and events. If you're interested in becoming a club officer or just want to see what it's like, we encourage you to apply! 
Here is the Google form application. It will be open until November 19th, after which we will contact applicants to schedule virtual interviews.
Feel free to reach out to any of the officers if you have any questions about the application or officer interns in general

We will also be hosting a Twine Jam on 
Saturday November 14th from 10am-5pm MST (AZ time), with games showcased from 5pm - 6pm. This is a mini one-day jam for creating text-based adventure games in Twine, so mark your calendars!







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