The Seattle Indies Blog

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Seattle Indies and IGDA Seattle Present: Seattle Indies Expo 3!

  SIX3 will be held on Sunday, September 1st in the Bullitt Cabaret at the ACT Theater, adjacent to the Washington State Convention Center, home of PAX. A one day event exclusively for indie developers, SIX3 will be from 10 AM to 6 PM, followed by a private reception for indie presenters, press, and IGDA members only from 6 - 8 PM. Indie mobile devs are welcome to show their games for $5 on a phone or tablet if they don’t want or need a reserved space or table. If they want to go big, for $30 they can...

By Matthew Burns

House of Games accepting submissions!

HouseOgames a Seattle-based indie game incubator with a twist, announced that it is officially accepting applications for it’s program. The program is designed to help indie developers over the course of a full year by supplying them with living accommodations, workspace, business training and access to top level industry mentorship. Two veteran gaming professionals are holding down the fort at HouseOgames, which is focused on fostering the development of casual to mid-core multi platform games: Luke Burti...

By Matthew Burns

Interested in Serious Games?

Workshops ahead of the Serious Play Conference this August at DigiPen Institute of Technology will give developers solid learning opportunities at low cost. Developers already engaged in serious games will offer their tips at a full day for designers.  A few of the sessions: • Tobi Sautiner, 1st Playable Productions, will kick things off with a presentation on “Designing Serious Games vs Entertainment Games” • Jesse Schell, Schell Games, is sharing the process he uses at his own s...

By Matthew Burns

IGDA Seattle Presents: The Benefits of Effective Communication Between Artists and Programmers

This Wednesday - IGDA Seattle welcomes Dave McCoy and Vic Bonilla to speak about the benefits of effective communication between artists and programmers on your team while developing your project. Come listen to these industry veterans, and meet other fellow local developers. Hosting, Networking and Refreshments provided by Amazon. Presentation: 7:00 pm Followed by Q&A and mingling Dave McCoy - Creative Consultant for Hare Brained Schemes Dave has been making games for 26 years. He has worked as an art...

By Matthew Burns

West Side Social

Tuesday at 7:00pm 1534 1st Avenue South, Seattle WA     It’s that time again! Come have a drink, share stories, play TowerFall and mingle with your fellow Seattle indies!We’ll be convening at 17-BIT again this month. Like last time, there’ll be some growlers of local brews to share, but please feel free to bring your own food and drinks! If you’d like to partake from the beer provided, please consider bringing a couple of bucks with you to help cover the cost.There’s n...

By Matthew Burns

Effective Prototyping with Unity – SUUG June’13

Update: Mixamo is kindly enough to offer all attendees a $100 special promo code to any of their services! Mixamo offers production-quality animations and animation/rigging tools that can be used directly in Unity. (http://www.mixamo.com/) Woot! —- Samantha Kalman, independent game developer and alumni of unity technologies, will take you through a workshop on effectively building awesome prototypes super fast with unity. —- Samantha Kalman is an independent Design Experimentress building unique games a...

By Matthew Burns