So Vince has finally done it! GOG is currently taking pre-orders for the June 19th release of XII Games‘ retro adventure game, Resonance! You can pick up the collector’s edition for $25 or the downloadable version for $9. (Downloads will be available from GOG or on Steam.)
The OGDA members that got to play it a few months ago really thought it was an innovative, interesting, and fun experience. Please support our OGDA buddy, Vince, and grab a copy!
Below is the official launch trailer.
Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict with CAMPOmaha, this month’s meeting will be at 6:00pm at Legend Comics & Coffee at the corner of 52nd St & Leavenworth.
The plan is to have some sort of analog mini-game-jam to stretch those creative muscles. We’ll decide the details in the first 15 minutes or so of the meeting. We may self-organize into teams or go at it lone-wolf style. Who knows?!
I’ll be bringing a bunch of materials and random assorted bits, but I doubt I’ll have enough for everyone. Try to bring whatever random bits and pieces you might have lying about. Thrift store board games are a plus. Bring anything you don’t mind cutting up and writing on.
Till then!
I don’t always announce individuals that have discovered the OGDA. However, this one stuck out a little. First, we don’t have a lot of game musicians in the OGDA (other than me and I’ve been retired from doing the composing/arranging/recording gig for about 15 years). Second, you might actually recognize work that this one has done.
David Carney of DVG Music recently tweeted:
@OmahaGameDev I just discovered you guys! Looking forward to meeting everyone at the next meeting
Among other things, David did the soundtrack for Independent Games Festival finalist, One and One Story.
Take a listen to some of the soundtrack in this gameplay trailer video of One and One Story.
I know that there are quite a number of OGDA studios that are going to love having a talented game music composer in the group. Take a minute and listen to some of his work on the DVG Music site.
Welcome David!
Our very own Vince XII of XII Games has reached an amazing milestone. After 6 years of indie development, and having spent the past few months frantically finishing his game, Resonance was accepted by Steam! That means, of course, that it will be up for sale shortly. Look for it soon!
Also, Resonance has been getting some serious attention from the press… including on Forbes.com!
Much of this final push can be credited to Dave and Janet Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games who took Vince and Resonance under their publishing wing (so to speak).
I believe that all the OGDA members that had a chance to do some testing of the game a few months ago all feel that it is an exciting, deep, and very intriguing game. And, of course, we can’t help but feel a little bit of reflected pride that something so noteworthy is coming out of Omaha!
Congrats Vince!
Our next OGDA meeting is Saturday, May 19th, from 6-10 at CAMP as usual. We aren’t exactly sure what all is going to transpire that night. There might be a few demos of people’s games they have been working on. If you have ideas, bring ‘em up! Otherwise, it will just be an open social discussion meeting!
Advance notice: expect the June meeting to be on the 16th.
SkyVu designer and OGDA member, Andrew Sipotz, needs your help! His design doc entry to the EA Pong Indie Developer Challenge has made the cut and is in the final 20 entrants! Take a look at what he sent below.
I am assembling a team to create a prototype based on my GDD. Currently I have one engineer, an artist here in SF, and myself as designer and producer. We’re potentially bringing on-board another engineer, but he hasn’t fully committed to the project.
What I’d like to know, is if there are any engineers interested in joining. It’s uncompensated sadly, but if the team pulls through, engineers will receive a 10k payout from the reward and a portion of the rev. share, it’s also a fantastic launching point for a career in the industry and they will be interacting with top tier talent during the process.
I am going to discuss with our other engineer what the exact skill-set we are going to need will be tomorrow. But I wanted to give you the heads up and see if you knew anybody who may be interested.
If you want more information or think you can help Andrew, contact him at his first name at SkyVu.net.
If you are a student, you can qualify for a trip to E3 through an IGDA student scholarship! Scholarships include not only an E3 pass, but industry mentorship, studio tours, all-access to participating events and lots of other nifty stuff!
The deadline for application is April 27th… Friday of next week!
(I personally know two people who won this last year and they were given some spectacular opportunities! — Dave)
Ludum Dare starts tonight at 8PM and runs all weekend at CAMP.
Alex Meyers, Director of the Game Studies program at Bellevue University will be coordinating the event for us. We need artists, programmers, designers… and just people with fun ideas! All you need to do is show up!
For those not familiar with Ludum Dare, it is basically a big game jam combined with a competition – although they call it an “accelerated game development event.” The idea? Make a game in 48 hours! Because people will be working in teams, everyone is welcome to come and participate.
For more details on who is going to be there and how it should work, jump over to this thread on the OGDA forums. Remember to drop a note on there to let people know you are planning to attend and participate!
Remember, since this is the same weekend as our regularly scheduled OGDA meeting, we will not be having a regular meeting on Saturday. However, there should be plenty of people… er…camped out… at CAMP for you to visit!
Just a reminder that because of the Ludum Dare this weekend, there will be no regular meeting. However, since CAMP will be hosting Ludum Dare, you are more than welcome to swing by and see what everyone is working on!
Our May meeting will be Saturday the 19th.
Hey… a lot of us have been using Unity lately (myself included) and for good reason. Recent OGDA member, Skid Vis needs someone familiar with the platform to show it off to a user group he is involved with. More details on the forum in this thread.