Game developers can be so focused on shipping a product that many forget that games actually have to go live in front of players! What is it like to ship a game? How does focus change from being in development to being live? And, what are some common perils that developers make once their game is live?
Alex Engel has been in game development for a decade, working on half a dozen major games like Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeon and Dragons Online, Asheron’s Call, Batman, and Game of Thrones. Currently Disruptor Beam’s Product Manager for Game of Thrones Ascent, he manages a multi-million-dollar online game with millions of players on mobile, web, and tablet.
This talk is co-sponsored by MassDiGI
Location: Becker College, Weller Academic Center, Room 210, 61 Sever St., Worcester
Satellites and Startups: How we went to space and why you should too
– Monday, September 15, 2014, 5:30 p.m. –
Join Spire’s Nick Allain for a first-hand look at how Silicon Valley’s space race is heating up and how satellites, the size of a large coffee, are changing the way we listen to signals from Earth. Nick will speak about what it’s like to join a space startup like Spire, the process of building a cubesats, and how you can get involved – and, maybe even get hired.
Nick, from Charlton, MA, is an alumnus of Becker College. He graduated in 2009 with a bachelor of arts in interactive media. He has spent time working in the game industry and higher education. He now lives and works in the Bay Area.
This special talk is co-sponsored by MassDiGI. Light snacks and refreshments will be available. Free and open to the public.
Location: Becker College, Weller Academic Center, Room 210, 61 Sever St., Worcester
MassDiGI will be joining Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Europe Innovation Partnership Mission as a business delegation member from September 14-19,2014. The trade mission will visit Copenhagen, London, Lyon and Paris. Read the official press release here.
Drop by our panel or visit our table (S64)! For more information on BostonFIG at MIT, please click here.
Panel Info:
When: 10:00am- 10:30/45am
Where: Classroom 2 – Stata Center Room 144
What: “Game Devs: The Next Generation”
Description: Games, the final frontier. These are the continuing tales of five college students. Their mission: to explore strange new titles, to seek out new genres and platforms, to boldly go where no one has gone before. In this episode, the young developers learn the black art of making a game over eleven weeks at MassDiGI’s Summer Innovation Program. Hear them tell the story of how they met their goals and overcoming giant bugs, terrifying teamwork, diabolical daily builds, stale pizza and zombies.
Featuring a conversation among MassDiGI SIP ’14 alumni Paige Coblentz (RISD), Andrew Krischer (Northeastern), Pat Roughan (WPI), Loren Sherman (MIT) and James Spavold (Becker College) along with MassDiGI’s, Tim Loew and Monty Sharma.
MassDiGI managing director Monty Sharma will deliver a keynote talk at this special LearnLaunch and GA event which brings thought leaders together to look at future trends in learning. Information here.
Worcester-area games students are welcome to attend. Learn all about our 2014-15 student-focused programs and activities. Free and open to all. This is event is co-sponsored by Becker IGDA.
When: September 5, 6:00p
Where: Becker College, Weller Academic Center, Room 210, 61 Sever St., Worcester
The 2014 MassDiGI Summer Innovation Program Open House on August 7 featured four great games and attracted over 150 attendees. Read about the Open House here in Worcester Magazine, here in WPI’s Daily Herd or watch CharterTV3 WNT’s report below.
Alex Engel has been in game development for a decade, working on half a dozen major games like Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeon and Dragons Online, Asheron’s Call, Batman, and Game of Thrones. Currently Disruptor Beam’s Product Manager for Game of Thrones Ascent, he manages a multi-million-dollar online game with millions of players on mobile, web, and tablet.
