Casual Games SIG/Conference Calls/December 2008

International Game Developers Association

Notes taken by James C. Smith 12/2/2008

Contents 1 Role Call 1.1 Who's Here 1.2 Who's Not 2 Initiative Updates 2.1 Quarterly Newsletter 2.2 Whitepaper Update 2.3 Mailing List 2.4 Developer Publisher Attribution 3 Conference Call Logistics

Role Call

Who's Here

James C Smith, Alex Ionescu, Alfredo Chaves, Kirsten Duvall, Dave Rohrl, Rex Sikora, Michael Thornton Wyman, Dan Prigg

Who's Not

Brian Robbins, Vishal Gondal

Dave will ask Brian and Vishal if they wish to continue being on the SC

Initiative Updates

Quarterly Newsletter

Michael Wyman / Alfredo Chaves

• Winter issue posted. Final PDF online and promotions sent to casual mailing list. Gamezebo and IGDA main e-mail blast with also be linking to it soon
• Have about $4,600 money in the bank to use on future printing and other expenses
• Alfrado will check on printing coasts so was can budget
• We will use basecamp until IGDAs drupal site comes online. Dave will setup the account to manage the payments
• Next issue is on track for contributes by February. Issue will include exclusivity roundtable, postmortem (maybe Bejeweled Twist?) and ??? (see Basecamp site for more data on future issue planning)

Whitepaper Update

• 2008 Casual paper: Public beta will be posted next week and final edits to fallow
• 2009 paper on Casual MMO: Kirsten is not getting replies from writers who previously volunteered. Dave will personally reach out to some contributes. Dave will send Kirsten an e-mail with instructions for section editor and contributor so people know how to help. Conference call never scheduled due to lack of replies.
• 2009 Social gaming: Dave got no replies from CEOs he contacted. Alex found one contributor through LinkedIn and will post to casual sig mailing list for more.
• 2009: iPhone section suggested by no editors volunteered. Dave suggested asking Brian Robbins if he is interred. Lots of interest but market is too new to present any real data or advice. Will revise next year.

Mailing List

James C. Smith / Alfredo Chaves

• List has moderate traffic level
• James Will post articles from quarterly to list

Developer Publisher Attribution

Rex Sikora / Dan Prig

• Rex and Dan had a strategy meeting. Decided best strategy is to show benefits, rather than claiming entitlement. Rex is looking for contacts at companies who show developer credits to see if any can show increased sales by credits links.
• Strategy will be revaluated in February when some data has been collected

Conference Call Logistics

• Next call January 6th at 9:00 AM Pacific