PVGD Make Talk Play: January 10, 2016 – Hadley, MA
Join us on January 10, 2016 at The Quarters in Hadley for the PVGD Make Talk Play Meetup! Details forthcoming.
HEVGA/FGG Games + Higher Education + National Impact: December 10 & 11, 2015 – Washington, DC
Come meet fellow game makers, researchers and funders in Washington, DC. The Federal Games Working Group (FGG) and the Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA) have joined forces to convene the first ever Games + Higher Education + National Impact Event in Washington, DC on December 10-11, 2015. More information here.
Take this, please: 2015/16 Mass. game industry survey – 11/19/15
Take this, please: 2015/16 Mass. game industry survey
By Tim Loew, executive director, MassDiGI
A few years ago we launched our first survey of the Mass. game industry. We learned quite a bit. We hope to learn more this time around, too.
That said, I’d like to thank all the survey respondents in advance – be they companies, studios, divisions, universities, hobbyists, non-profits, indies, schools, departments, colleges, etc. The information you provide in the 2015/16 Mass. Game Industry Cluster Census & Econometric Survey is critical in helping understand aggregate workforce, business, education and technology trends while providing the statistical foundation for expected biennial comparisons as well as ongoing efforts to attract talent, grow the sector and build alignment across industry, academia and government. Confidentiality is assured. Only aggregate data will be reported.
- Take two minutes and take the survey – click here!
I’d also like to thank Prof. Pacey Foster at UMass Boston and the folks at the UMass Donahue Institute for there invaluable assistance.
I encourage you to share the survey link with anyone and everyone in your network. The more data, the merrier.
Survey link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1y1bAAVNM_EPz1pt5CgEWUhRASN6GOBuDMVcZWKcbrck/viewform
The survey will remain open through January. Results are expected to be announced soon thereafter.
!Atrevete! Exploring STEM College and Career Expo: November 21, 2015 – Worcester, MA
Drop by our booth at !Atrevete! Exploring STEM College and Career Expo on campus at Worcester State University. Information here.
Leadership Worcester: November 12, 2015 – Worcester, MA
Leadership Worcester’s Economic Development Session II will feature panels including MassDiGI. More information can be found here.
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
