GASIG GDC San Francisco 2008

International Game Developers Association

Contents 1 GDC San Francisco 2008 2 NEW STUFF 3 OLD STUFF 3.1 Publicity TaskForce 3.2 For All Authors 3.3 Proposals 3.3.1 GDC Main 3.3.1.1 Submitted 3.3.2 Non-SIG Proposals 3.3.3 GDC Summits 3.3.4 IGDA Track 3.3.5 EXPO Booth 3.3.6 Cancelled Proposals

GDC San Francisco 2008

NEW STUFF

• GDC08_GamePlan Information for those attending GDC08

OLD STUFF

This is where we are putting all proposal notes and eventually the final versions of our GDC 2008 Proposals.

Publicity TaskForce

• Spread the Word (Project "Get People in the Seats and to the Booth 2008!")

For All Authors

• What is Needed in All Proposals

Proposals

GDC Main

Submitted

• Adding Game Accessibility to the Game Development Curriculum ((Game Design/None 60 Minute Panel with Michelle/Kevin/Eelke + Bruce Maxim/Stacey Simmons (Members of the IGDA Education SIG))

• Game Accessibility 101 (Design Track/60 Minute Poster with Michelle/Kevin/Richard/Dimitris)

• Game Accessibility: Rediscovering Why Games are Important (Vision Track/60 Minute Lecture with Michelle)

• 10 Key Points To Game Accessibility (Design Track/60 Minute Lecture with Richard/Michelle/Dimitris)

• Creating Dynamic Closed Captioning Systems (Programming Track/2 Minute Lecture with Reid)

• Turning Gamers Into Jedis Using Creative And Accessible Design Tools (Design Track/60 Minute Lecture with Thomas/Eelke)

• When Audio IS the game experience: Gamers with Visual Disabilities (Audio Track/60 Minute Lecture with Richard/Michelle/Che/Reid)

• Seriously Pissed Off: Disabled Gamers Rant! ("None"/Design Track/60 Minute Panel with Mark Barlet/Stephanie Walker/Robert Florio/Che/Michelle/Reid)

Non-SIG Proposals

Below is Eitan's proposal that he's submitting solo -- Comments are WELCOME!!!!!!

• AudiOdyssey Postmortem - How to Make Accessible Games for Everyone

GDC Summits

• Serious Games Workshop

• Indie Accessibility Arcade (Why? pre-expo so this would be a chance to get the stuff in the convention center, tested, and working then move into the expo booth)

• Post Mortem: Accessible Games For the Non-Disabled Gamer Too! (Design Track/60 Minute Panel with Michelle/Eitan/Eric Walker/Reid Kimball/Barrie Ellis)

• Indie Hardware! (Design Track/60 Minute Panel with Michelle/Barrie Ellis)

IGDA Track

• Game Accessibility Meet and Greet

EXPO Booth

Final information not yet available from CMP

Cancelled Proposals

Below are the proposals that we decided not to with in the interest of time.

   * Selling more games by adding CC (Business and Management Track/20 Minute Lecture with 
     Reid/Eelke)

   * When Audio is NOT the game experience: Gamers with Auditory Disabilities 
     (Audio Track/60 Minute Lecture with Reid/Eelke/Richard/Michelle)