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Welcome to the Twin Cities IGDA chapter. The [http://groups.google.com/group/igdatc IGDATC Google Group] is the central place for this chapter's discussion.  Sign up to receive announcements.

== Sponsors ==
Thanks go to the [http://www.msbcollege.edu/ Minnesota School of Business] for space and snacks!

==About==
Twin Cities Chapter IGDA Meetings are usually held the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm. These meetings are free and open to all interested game developers, practicing or aspiring. Each meeting is focused around a particular game development topic via an informal presentation and/or guided discussion. These meetings are a terrific place to network and connect with like-minded locals. They are all about building relationships, sharing experiences, bouncing ideas, and learning to have more fun.

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== Next meeting - Wednesday, November 4th at 6:30 P.M.  - Games for Android/gPhone by Robert Green, President [http://www.batterypoweredgames.com/ Battery Powered Games, LLC] ==
Agenda
*What is Android?
*The future of mobile gaming, iPhone and Android
*Why choose mobile?
*How to get started in Android game development
*Game demos and a overview of their development
*Mobile game marketing 101
 - Designing a game that can get high ratings
 - Using feedback to improve your game
 - Gaining visibility to increase downloads 
<b>Member Project:</b><br>
Nate Pacyga, Studio Head [http://trycatchgames.com/ Try Catch Games] - Recent iPhone and Flash games

NOTE: the 76th street bridge over 35W is now open. Lyndale exits from
494 are closed, use Penn. 

Details, directions and Oct topics on our website:
http://igda.org/wiki/index.php/IGDA_Twin_Cities

==Location==
===Actual meetings===
Minnesota School of Business, Richfield<br>
'''Student Commons on the 2nd floor'''<br>
1401 West 76th Street<br>
Richfield, MN 55423<br>
(at the intersection of 76th St South and I-35W)<br>
[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1401+W+76th+St,+Minneapolis,+MN+55423,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=44.867489,-93.289633&spn=0.021717,0.039911&z=15&iwloc=A&om=1 map]
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'''NOTE: the 76th street bridge over 35W is now open.  Lyndale exits from 494 are closed.  '''

===Virtual convergence=== 
:[http://groups.google.com/group/igdatc IGDATC Google Group]

== Upcoming meetings ==
:Nov: Robert Green, President [http://www.batterypoweredgames.com/ Battery Powered Games, LLC] - Games for Android/gPhone
::Member Project: Nate Pacyga, Studio Head [http://trycatchgames.com/ Try Catch Games] - Recent iPhone and Flash games

:Dec: Holiday Social: details TBD

==Past events==

===2009===
:Oct 6th - Educational Games - Mike Palmquist, Partner and Creative Director [http://www.portageinteractive.com/ Portage Interactive]
::Member project: [http://voice123.com/torikamal voice], [http://www.torikamal.com/ audio and music] projects '''Presented by''' Tori Kamal

:Sept 3rd - GPU basics and state of the art from [http://old.siggraph.org/s2009/ SIGGRAPH 2009] - Zach Wendt 
::Member project: [http://petosky.net/node/12 4k Dungeon Romp] - Cory Petosky
::Member project: [http://www.multiplayer-tower-defense.com/ Multiplayer Tower Defense] - Nicholas Bilyk
:June 4th - E3 Highlights and MMO design roundtables
:May 7th - How to Develop Games the Monster Way - Richard Garcia, president of [http://www.mgiracing.com/ Monster Games]
::Member project: [http://chesstris.com/ ActionChess] for iPhone - Martin Grider 
:April 8th - [http://deadspace.ea.com/ Dead Space] – Creature creation, from Concept to Gameplay - Sandra Voelker [http://www.ea.com/ Electronic Arts]
::Member project: GDC recap - various.
:March 5th - Indie game dev and [http://arcane-fx.com/ Arcane-FX] middleware - Jeff Faust [http://faustlogic.com/ Faust Logic]
::Member project: Recent projects and intro to [http://unity3d.com/ Unity]Matt Gravelle of [http://www.graveck.com/ Graveck] 
:Feb 5th - Making and Selling iPhone Games - Andy Korth, Scott Lembcke of [http://howlingmoonsoftware.com/index.shtml Howling Moon Software] and Chris Dillman of [http://www.plaidworld.com/ Plaid World Studios]
::Member Project: Crysis mod and into to Sandbox2 editor - [http://jalexcomb.wordpress.com/ Jesse Comb]

===2008===
:Dec 11th - Holiday Party at [http://punyentertainment.com/ PUNY]
:Nov 6th: Agile Development for Games - Jesse Crafts-Finch - [http://dev.johnsonsimcenter.com/index.php Johnson Simulation Center]
::Member Project: [http://plaidworld.com/games_mousehouse.php Mouse House] for iPhone - Chris Dillman - [http://www.plaidworld.com/ Plaid World Studios]
:Sept 2nd: Deconstructing Sandbox Games - Zach Wendt
::Member Project: Interactive Fiction with Inform, Game Dev at Carleton - [http://gridley.res.carleton.edu/~mawhortn/ John Mawhorter]
:Aug 7th: Member Project Night
::Interactive Visualization - Ryan Foss - [http://www.baesystems.com/ BAE Systems]
::ScribBall for Mac and iPhone - Andy Korth, Scott Lembcke - [http://howlingmoonsoftware.com/index.shtml Howling Moon Software]
::Training and Educational games - Jesse Crafts-Finch, Brandon Schapekahm - [http://dev.johnsonsimcenter.com/index.php Johnson Simulation Center]
::Mouse House for iPhone - Chris Dillman - [http://www.plaidworld.com/ Plaid World Studios]
:May 1st: Indie and DS development - Ken Patterson, Matt Heinzen and Don Patterson - [http://www.bigjohngames.com/ Big John Games]
:April 3rd: [http://www.imgdc.com/ IMGDC] Recap - roundtable session.
:March 6th: Commercial Flash Games - Seth Walker and Alexis Mason - [http://www.haminthefridge.com/ Ham in the Fridge]
:February 7th: Camera-Controlled Motion Games - Yuichiro Tanabe, Cory Petosky, and Pete Border - [http://punyentertainment.com/ Puny Entertainment]
:January 3rd: Video and Traditional Board Games - Martin Grider [http://chesstris.com/ Go-Tetris] and [http://darrellhardy.com/ Darrell Hardy]

===2007===
:December 6th: Holiday Social at [http://punyentertainment.com/ PUNY]
:November 1st: Microsoft XNA Introduction and Hands-On - Zach Wendt

===2006===
:December 13th: Wii Demo Spotlighting ExciteTruck - Chad Jasper
:October 11th: Organizational Meeting - Gary
:August: No August Meeting 
:June    14th: [http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AIIDE/2006/aiide06speakers.php The Fun Factor, Machine Learning, and Gameplay Metrics] - Ben Geisler
:April   12th: [http://gdconf.com GDC 2006] Wrap & [http://tikiwiki.org TikiWiki] Introduction - GDC2006 Attendees 
:February   8th: [[/Education and Games Panel|Education and Games Panel]]                            http://igda.org/twincities/images/igdarss.gif [http://igda.org/twincities/audio/IGDA2082006.xml RSS] - http://igda.org/twincities/images/igdam3u.gif [http://www.archive.org/download/DamianKastbauerLostChocolateLabIGDATwinCitiesEducationPanel/DamianKastbauerLostChocolateLabIGDATwinCitiesEducationPanel_64kb.m3u Stream] - http://igda.org/twincities/images/igdazip.gif [http://www.archive.org/download/DamianKastbauerLostChocolateLabIGDATwinCitiesEducationPanel/DamianKastbauerLostChocolateLabIGDATwinCitiesEducationPanel_64kb_mp3.zip Mp3 Zip]

===2005===
:December  14th: Digital Game Distribution                     - Wes Pederson
:October   12th: Tablet Development, and MN Game Jam 1 Games   - Gary Dahl
:August    10th: [[Sound Effect Basics for Games]]                 - Damian Kastbauer http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/IGDA/LCLPDF.gif [http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/IGDA/LCLPresentationSummary.pdf Summary] - http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/IGDA/LCLPDF.gif [http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/IGDA/LCLPresentationSlides.pdf Slides] 
:June      15th: [http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash Flash] Game Development                        - Andreas Heim
:April     13th: GDC and MN Game Jam 0 Wrap-Up                 - Group
:March      9th: Teaching Journalism with [http://nwn.bioware.com/ Never Winter Nights]  - Matt Taylor
:February   9th: Dynamic Simulation at Pixar Animation Studios - David Baraff

===2004===
:November  11th: [http://gamemaker.nl Game Maker]                                    - Gary Dahl
:October   12th: [http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/ The Video Game Revolution]                     - PBS
:September 14th: [http://gamedev.sourceforge.net Scrolling Game Development Kit]                - Benjamin Marty
:August    10th: [http://blender.org Blender]                                       - Kent Mein, Joshua Seaver
:July      13th: Pen&Paper vs Computer Game Design             - Christopher Weiss

==Call for Topics==
Is there a topic you'd like to see featured at an upcoming meeting? We're always looking for new ideas. So whether it's something you'd like to speak about, or hear another professional present, send your suggestions to [mailto:igdatc@googlegroups.com].

==Directory==
===Entertainment Games (Development)===
:[http://bigjohngames.com Big John Games]
:[http://www.blackloveinteractive.com/ Black Love Interactive]
:[http://www.canopygames.com/ Canopy Games]
:[http://www.destineerstudios.com/ Destineer] 
:[http://www.faustlogic.com/ Faust Logic] 
:[http://www.graveck.com/ Graveck]
:King Show Games
:[http://www.last-straw-games.com/ Last Straw Productions]
:[http://www.mgiracing.com/ Monster Games] 
:[http://www.plaidworld.com/ Plaid World Studios] 
:[http://www.songbird-productions.com/about.shtml/ Songbird Productions]
:[http://www.sugarpillstudios.com/ Sugar Pill Studios] 
:[http://home.mn.rr.com/sotproject/ Umlaut Studios] 
:[http://www.woundedbadger.com/ Wounded Badger Interactive]

===Serious and Learning Games===
:[http://www.alleni.com/ Allen Interactions] 
:[http://www.indivisuallearning.com/ IndiVisual Learning] 
:[http://www.isergames.com/ ISER Games]
:[http://www.jcvr.org/ Johnson Center for Virtual Reality]
:[http://www.learningware.com/ LearningWare Inc.] 
:[http://www.machine-dreams.com/ Machine Dreams] 
:[http://www.nextscale.com/ NextScale] 
:[http://www.portageinteractive.com/ Portage Interactive]
:[http://www.smm.org/ Science Museum of Minnesota]
:[http://zemnott.com/ Zemnott]

===Games Research and Education===
:[http://www.browncollege.edu/ Brown College] 
:[http://www.inms.umn.edu/gravel GRAVEL] 
:[http://gamelab.msbcollege.edu/ MSB and Globe College]

===Non-Development Industry Companies=== 
:[http://www.activisionvalue.com/ Activision Value] 
:[http://www.digitalriver.com/ Digital River] 
:[http://www.gameinformer.com/ Game Informer Magazine] 
:[http://www.moondancegames.com/ Moondance Games] 
:[http://www.navarre.com/ Navarre Corporation] 
:[http://www.ransai.com/ Ransai]
:[http://www.valusoft.com/ ValuSoft]

===Related Local Groups===
:[http://www.twincitiesxnausergroup.com/ Twin Cities XNA User Group]
:[http://www.mnmaya.com/ MN Autodesk Maya Users Group]
:[http://www.mnmug.com/ MN Autodesk 3DS Max Users Group]
:[http://minneapolis-stpaul.siggraph.org/ MN SIGGRAPH]

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