Submitted by Mick Gordon
An invitation to those who want to break into the games industry or meet those who do? pass it on:
We are pleased to announce an outreach event with the Greater Brisbane IGDA chapter at the Straight Out of Brisbane arts festival!
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Pass this on
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Contagion power! Please forward this message to others who are in the game development industry or who seek to become game developers.
Because this IGDA chapter is strictly against poaching practices, we hope you feel safe sending this invitation to others in your game company.
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What is the IGDA?
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The IGDA helps game developers gather together in a non-competitive atmosphere to relax and learn from each other. To learn more about this IGDA chapter, please see our home page at:
http://www.igda.org/brisbane/
To read the forums, you will need to become an IGDA member. However, free membership is available.
Stay in touch by joining our mailing list. Email j.turner@qut.edu.au with some basic information about who you are and which company you work for.
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Next event: What, who, when, where
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WHAT: An opportunity to meet with those of us working in the games industry -- find out about the training and hiring process, see the portfolio material of aspiring game developers, and hear about how we all got our start.
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?An opportunity for those of us in the game development business to meet fresh new talent who are seeking a job in the biz!
WHO: Game developers. Anyone who wants to become a game developer. And, anyone who thinks game developers are incredibly sexy and entertaining people worthy lavishing attention upon.
WHO NOT: Please don?t come if you are a game developer employed in Queensland who is looking to switch jobs! No poaching!
WHEN: Saturday the 11th of December from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
WHERE: Village Twin Cinema, 701 Brunswick Street, New Farm.
Also see the SOOB site. Our event is near the bottom of the page at: http://www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/gamedesign/index.html
?and a map is on:
http://www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/about/page_venues.html
HELP: Superwoman truna?s number (SMS preferred) is 0404884027.
UPDATES: Before the event, check replies to this event thread to see if there have been any changes in plan!
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Please reply
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If you are a game developer and plan to come, please email j.turner@qut.edu.au. We will add you to the count as we tell everyone how many other game devs will be there!
For updates and questions, please also read and reply on this event thread.
To read the forums, you will need to become an IGDA member. Basic membership is free.
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What to bring
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Aspiring developers: feel free to bring drafts of your resume for evaluation and handout.
Developers and game company reps: feel free to bring materials that promote your companies and open positions.
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What if I want to show my portfolio?
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For now we are only setting up portfolio material from those who came to a November outreach event at QUT. If you did not come to that event, please join the mailing list (see above) and keep an eye out for another outreach event.
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No poaching
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To maintain our policy forbidding the use of the IGDA for job poaching, this outreach event is only to help those who do not currently have a game development job. If you already work in the games industry, please don?t come looking for a new job.
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See you there
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Please reply, please come, please pass this on to everyone who may be interested!
Matthew Ford
Coordinator