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'''Welcome to the IGDA Albany Wiki Page!'''
=='''Albany Chapter Links'''==
*[http://www.igda.org/albany/ Blog Website]
*[http://www.igda.org/Forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=178 Forum]

=='''Chapter Game Project - "Holy Strike"'''==
Bret Dunham, a designer from Vicarious Visions is starting a chapter game project in 2006. The project is in the early planning phase right now. Read about the project and discuss in the following [http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?s=7f0bc86db8507d211e0e3e87dadcee0d&threadid=20079 forum post].

'''To get in quick contact with us''' visit our irc channel at irc.OFTC.net #holystrike or you can use the link:
irc://irc.OFTC.net/holystrike/
I recommend using the irc client listed here:
http://www.silverex.org/news/

[[IGDA Albany/Chapter Mod Project|IGDA Albany Chapter Mod Project]] - Official concept summary

[[IGDA Albany/Chapter Mod Project Design|IGDA Albany Chapter Mod Holy Strike Game Design Document]] - Game Design Document

[[IGDA Albany/Chapter Mod Project Team List|IGDA Albany Chapter Mod Project Team And Contact List]] - List of members on the team and contact information

[[IGDA Albany/Chapter Mod Project Jobs List|IGDA Albany Chapter Mod Project Jobs List]] - Jobs list and who is doing them

[[IGDA Albany/Chapter Mod Project Development Resources|IGDA Albany Chapter Mod Project Development  Resources]] - List of development resources.

[[Holy Strike Source Control Information|Holy Strike Source Control Information]] - Source control setup how-to and structure.

[[Holy Strike Teamplay Engineering]] - HL2 team-based engineering information.

=='''Studios'''==
Game development studios that are in Albany and the tri-city area go here.
*[http://www.1stplayable.com 1st Playable Productions]
1st Playable Productions is a company that focusses on developing games for kids on hand held game systems.
*[http://www.agoragames.com Agora Games]
Agora Games is a company that focusses on stat tracking for games. They're technology was most recently featured in Metroid Prime: Hunters for the Nintendo DS. Agora Games was founded by the same people who started Agora Studios who also developed the Half-Life 2 Mod, Plan of Attack. Plan of Attack was finalist in the mod category for the 2006 Independent Game Festival.
*[http://www.vicariousvisions.com Vicarious Visions] 
Vicarious Visions is one of the oldest and largest video game developers in the area and is one of Activision's many studios. Vicarious Visions does development on all major hand held gaming and console systems.
*[http://www.tubehead.com Tube Head]
Tube head is a small developer that specializes in educational pc software for children. Their primary product is Switch Zoo 
*[http://www.edenstudios.net Eden Studios] 
Eden Studios is a table top roleplaying games company with many published titles include All Flesh Must Be Eaten, a zombie survival horror rpg, the City of Heroes table top rpg game and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Role Playing Game.
*[http://www.talismanstudios.info Talisman Studios] 
Talisman Studios is a developer of table top games, comic books and also intellectual property.
*[http://www.platinumarts.net Platinum Arts]
Platinum Arts is a new company started by the developers of the Award Winning cooperative mod for Doom 3, Last Man Standing. It was the winner in the Doom 3 mods category at the 2006 Indepent Game Festival.
*[http://www.digitalthermite.com Digital Thermite Games] 
Digital Thermite Games is a small wireless games company that developed Jeopardy! 2005 and Elevator Action both for Sony Pictures Mobile.

=='''Schools'''==
Local schools with game development programs and related classes.
*RPI
"Today’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is combining its legacy of leadership in technology-based education with an expanding emphasis on the pursuit of discovery." -from [http://www.rpi.edu www.rpi.edu]
*Mildred Elley
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*Oneonta
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*ITT Technical Institute
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=='''Conferences'''==
Conferences in the Albany area and nearby cities go here.
*[http://www.montrealgamesummit.com/ Montreal International Game Summit]
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*[http://www.siggraph.org/s2006/ SIGGRAPH 2006]
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=='''Related Organizations and Activities'''==
Put other relevant professional organizations and local game related activities.
*[http://gamedev.acm.cs.rpi.edu/ RPI Game Development Club]
"The Game Development Club is here to provide support and encouragement in the creation of computer and console games by RPI students." -from [http://gamedev.acm.cs.rpi.edu/ http://gamedev.acm.cs.rpi.edu]
*Genericon
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=='''Mod Projects'''==
Locally developed mod projects.
*[http://lms.d3files.com/ Last Man Standing]
This is a cooperative Doom 3 mod, lead by a designer who is in Schenectady NY.
*[http://www.planofattackgame.com Plan of Attack]
This is a Half-Life 2 mod developed by the company Agora Studios. Mike DelPrete presented on this mod during the November 2005 Albany IGDA meeting.
*[http://www.darkharvest.com Dark Harvest]
This mod was developed by a team of RPI students for a capstone project.

=='''Jobs'''==
Put paid job opportunities here. Full time, part time & internships and summer positions.

=='''Potential Meeting Locations'''==
Places we have had IGDA meetings in the past or looked into having future meetings.
*[http://www.troyhotspot.com/ Troy Hot Spot]
Open 7 days a week till 10. Has space for 50-60 people. No charge for the space. If we arrange an event there they will give us the entire space. Has a stage and two HD TV's for presentations and also a mic and amp. Serves food and drinks but no alcohol. We would need to select a limited menu of 3-6 items so that food could arrive in a timely manner. Not available Monday night (they have a board game night) or Wednesday night (they have an open mic night). Has wifi.
*DeJohns Restaurant
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*Java++
Right next to the RPI campus. Rather small, however.
*RPI SBRL
RPI Social and Behavioral Research Lab in the Gurley Building. We've had a meeting here before in August 2005.
*Albany Public Library
Near Lark Street. Has two rooms available. No food and you can't bring any into the meeting spaces.
*Brown's Brewing Company
On River Street in Troy. Has an upstairs that could possibly be used as a meeting space. Has food and drink. No place to put a projector.
*Holmes and Watson
In Troy on Broadway. Has an upstairs room for events with space for 50. Serves alcohol and food.
*Flavours Cafe
On 4th street in Troy. Has sandwhiches, deserts, coffee and tea. Kind of small. Has a big screen tv but no projector.
*The Daily Grind
Coffee shop in Troy. Has food (deserts and coffee) and a wall to project on. Not available Thursday nights because they have an open mic night then. Space available for 20-30 people.
*The Pump House
Located in Albany. Has an upstairs meeting space that was used for the first IGDA meeting.



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