Category Archives: Announcements

Games++ Game Jam in the OGDA Forums

Lucas Hartman was clever enough to start a thread in the forums for people to coordinate teams and logistics for the Games++ Game Jam in a few weeks. If you are going to participate in the jam, drop a reply … Continue reading

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October Meeting to be broadcast on Google+ Hangout

We are going to be experimenting once again with using the OGDA Google+ page to host a “hangout”. That will let  those of you who can’t make it in person to see, hear, and even participate with what’s going on … Continue reading

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More content for October meeting…

A couple of additions to the lineup for this Saturday’s meeting: XII Games‘ Vince Twelve and I will be talking about some of the incredible indie games we saw, heard about, and played at the recent IndieCade in LA. Lucas … Continue reading

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Games++ Game Jam Returns Nov. 10th!

  Last year’s Games++ game jam — which spawned games like Facepong and KillSmile Studio’s “Block Monster” — is back again this year — this time in Omaha! The announcement just went up. Once again, the event is organized by … Continue reading

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Omaha Studio SkyVu to get Battle Bears TV show!

Omaha game studio SkyVu has announced that their Battle Bears franchise is being turned into a TV series! More info here. From the press release: Los Angeles, CA (October 4, 2012)  – W!LDBRAIN Entertainment, a DHX Media, Ltd. company and one … Continue reading

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Get on Twitter!

If you are into game dev and you’re not on Twitter, you’re doing it wrong! It has been often said that the entire game biz is on Twitter. Where else can you follow the industry news, follow studios, get game updates, … Continue reading

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Need Some Help with Your Project? Want to Help Someone?

Do you need some help with your project? Looking for an artist for your game? Looking to do some work for someone? Please let us know at admin at this domain and we will let people know! These can be paid … Continue reading

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Reminder: Send Us Your Portfolio Links!

Remember, if you have a web site or a portfolio of your game stuff, send it to us via admin at this domain. We will put it on the links bar on the right side of this site. Let everyone … Continue reading

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OGDA LinkedIn Group

For those of you on LinkedIn, the OGDA has a LinkedIn group. We don’t use it for discussions, etc. since we have other areas to do that. However, by joining the group, the OGDA group “badge” will appear on your … Continue reading

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Live streaming FTW!

The interview with Raph Koster will be a first for the OGDA. We will be live streaming the interview over the internet using our new Google+ page and via our YouTube channel. By following either of those two locations, you … Continue reading

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