Industry Panel – What inspires you to make video games?
July’s meet up has an industry panel discussing what inspires them to make games. Come along and hear what they have to say, and ask what you want to ask. Confirmed on the panel are: * Kevin Chan –...
View ArticleA bit more about July’s industry panel night
Game creators are invited to head down to The Embassy on Tuesday 6 July to catch up, meet people, and discuss what it is that drives people to make games with those that do. The evening starts at 7pm...
View ArticleJuly’s Meetup: Studio Panel Recap
As most of you are aware, our most recent meetup was on the 6th of July. We hosted Tony Reed (Game Developers’ Association of Australia), Neil Rennison (Fraction Studios, Tin Man Games) and Cameron...
View ArticleLooking for a bar sponsor and more Summer party details (aka ‘can anyone say...
The plans for the party are underway – and numbers are filling fast. We’ve got the location – Big Ant Studios right in the middle of town – thanks! *waves* – and this also means we’ve got the list at...
View ArticleInvites are out and it’s looking like a doozy – IGDAM Christmas
If you registered (correctly) for the IGDAM Christmas party on Big Ant’s roof top thanks to Autodesk and FMOD you should have received your invitation via email. It looks like there’ll be people from a...
View ArticleMelbourne games development scene pulls together again
Wow. Just wow. On Sunday night we launched a crowd funding campaign on Pozible to support this year’s IGDAM Christmas party. Within 2 days of asking we’ve done it! And I mean we. Everyone’s been...
View ArticleHappy New Year! January IGDAM plans
Welcome to 2012 – at IGDAM Central we’re starting with a bang and a jam. Our first meetup for the year will be pre-jam at 1000 Pound Bend and will include info about game jam as well as a chance to...
View ArticleMaking Jam: The Melbourne Method
Ingredients: 101 juicey jammers One secret theme ingredient 101 computers* see below for pre-made recipe 2 jamming labs 1 sleeping lab – be sure to overchill 5 special guest panelists 1 smattering of...
View ArticleTasters are polishing their spoons: Game Jam starts this Friday!
The Global Game Jam is primarily collaborative, not competitive. The focus of the weekend is for everyone to make great games. However we’re game makers, so we can’t resist the urge to spice things up...
View ArticlePlay the games made at Melbourne game jam: Tuesday 21 February
A selection of newly conserved games from the Melbourne Global Game Jam will be available for your sampling pleasure at the next IGDAM meet up. Please note the unusual date (didn’t want to cramp...
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