HackHolyoke: November 6 & 7, 2015 – S. Hadley, MA
Join us on campus at Mt. Holyoke College for HackHolyoke! Information here.
GAME LAUNCH Clap your hands: Limbs now available – 10/30/15
Clap your hands: Limbs now available
By Tim Loew, executive director, MassDiGI
Limbs – Puzzle & Dislimberment, a free, fun and match-three game is now available to download on both the App Store and Google Play. The game, created during the 2014 MassDiGI Summer Innovation Program (SIP), was developed by students James Spavold from Becker College, Catherine Shen from RISD, Andrew Krischer from Northeastern, Sienna McDowell from WPI and Renzo Heredia from Berklee College of Music who all teamed up to bring the game to life.
Working over that past summer, the team, using Unity, produced a good game – watch the trailer here. From there, we brought Limbs into our LiveCode Studio program at Becker during the 14/15 academic year. Through LiveCode, more students from Becker as well as other schools had roles in the further development of the game and getting it ready to launch.
This fall, the LiveCode 15/16 launch team, a group of students from across a range disciplines, put the final touches on the game and it is now available to download for iOS and Android.
It is shaping up to be a busy semester for the launch team which plans to publish Midnight Terrors, also a SIP14 and LiveCode 14/15 & 15/16 game, and Hibachi Hero, a SIP15 and LiveCode 15/16 title, before the end of the year.
- Please note Limbs has been renamed and can be found in the stores as Limb Lobber.
NH Techfest: October 24, 2015 – Windham, NH
Join us at our booth at NH Techfest! Info here.
When: October 24, 2015
Where: Windham High School
Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo: October 17 & 18, 2015 – Cambridge, MA
Drop by and say hi at MICE! Info here.
When: October 17 & 18, 2015
Where: Lesley University, University Hall
Geek is Glam STEM Expo: October 17, 2015 – Worcester, MA
Visit us at the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts’ Geek is Glam STEM Expo at WPI! Info here.
When: October 17, 2015
Where: WPI
The Venture Forum: October 13, 2015 – Clark University, Worcester, MA
Join The Venture Forum for a discussion entitled “Bringing the Passion and Loyalty of Gaming to Your Product or Enterprise: What Games Teach Us About Engagement” featuring MassDiGI’s Monty Sharma. For more information, please click here.
When: October 13, 2015 – 5:30 to 8:30pm
Where: Clark University, Tilton Hall
Internship Connect: September 30, 2015 – Providence, RI
Drop by and say hello at RISD’s Internship Connect! More information here.
When: September 30, 2015 – 4:00 to 7:00pm
Where: Rhode Island Convention Center
TopatoJam: September 26-27, 2015 – TopatoCon, Easthampton, MA
We’re pleased to sponsor the Pioneer Valley Game Devs and TopatoJam at TopatoCon 2015! Be there!
Video magic! – 9/14/15
Video magic!
By Tim Loew, executive director, MassDiGI
Video is king these days. Thanks to our friends at Verizon FiOS, MassDiGI now has two great videos that help us tell our story. Please take a few minutes to watch them!
Unite ’15 Kick-off Mixer: September 20, 2015 – Boston, MA
Unity is holding its flagship developer conference at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston next week! Let’s welcome Unite15 to town with a community kick-off mixer on Sunday, September 20th! Join the Boston Unity Group – event and platinum sponsors Unity and Turbine as well as Vermont Digital Arts, Defective Studios, Becker College and us along with our community partners – for drinks and appetizers at The Rattlesnake Bar & Grill just short walk down Boylston Street from the Hynes! RSVP here. Ticket required.
