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GDU Game Night!

Posted on April 21, 2010 by GrantWindes

As you all know the last meeting will be tonight Wed, 21st @ 7pm
It will be in McCutcheon Hall in the pipers in lounge. Remember buses will be running throughout the night so there is no need to walk!!!

We will be playing videogames, pool, ping pong. There will be prizes given away for the best game entry in the mini competition, Also, There will be a Mario Kart 64 Tournament and prizes to the winners. We will have a mayle tournament as well, double elimination. Other games may include 007 and things.
If you are in the club or a friend of the club you are welcome to come, before we get started there will be Pizza outside in the grass.
Everyone is welcome and if you were the one who was interested in bringing super smash bros please respond so we can make sure that everything is accounted for.

See you all tonight!!!

Cliffy Bleszinski on Jimmy Fallon Late Night

Posted on April 11, 2010 by GrantWindes

Monday night (April 12th) Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games is going to be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It is speculated that he will be doing a tech demo of Gears of War 3.

For those who do not know, Cliffy B is a HUGE part of the industry, he is the design director at Epic and the main man behind both the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Bleszinski
http://www.cliffyb.com/

Fallon is on Monday night on NBC at 12:35

April 7th Meeting Details

Posted on April 6, 2010 by GrantWindes

Date: Wednesday April 7th
Time: 7pm
Location: EE 117

Details:
Bring your mini-competition ideas to share!
Also wear your GDU club shirt for club picture!
Game Developer Magazine April issue!


See you there!

March 31st Meeting cancelled!

Posted on March 31, 2010 by GrantWindes

The meeting for March 31st is cancelled.

Forum Problems (token error)

Posted on March 31, 2010 by GrantWindes

If you are encountering an error in the forums regarding a missing security token a work around is to press the proceed to login (when the forums are login you in) or when that error page is displayed delete everything in the address bar after the /forums/ and hit enter to reload page. It should now load properly. We are currently working on ironing out the bug. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Meeting February 17th

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Grant Windes

MEETING INFORMATION:
What day: Wednesday, February 17th
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: EE 117


DUES: 15$ per person

NOTE: if you do not pay dues you will not recieve a login to the forums with extra details and discussions.

Hello everyone!

We are ready for meeting number 3!!!
Topics this week include: Game Documents & Copywright info Make sure everyone is in a group other fun stuff:
We will have group time to discuss our plans for the games
Talk about upcoming events as well as guest lecturers.
SMU Guildhall representative will be coming in on Thurs. Feb. 18th
Dr. Vorvoreanu: Marketing Yourself in industry Wed. Feb. 24th
Prof. Hassan Drawing tutorials: Every Friday night: Pao Hall room B157 6:30pm
1st Mini-Comp: Competition ends March 12th at midnight (day before spring break)
Blizzard Animator: Week of March 23rd Student Technology Expo: Week after Easter break.

Up-Coming Tutorials / info setions:
Unity 3D: March 10th
Video Game Engines: TBA
3D Max/Maya: TBA
GameMaker: TBA
**Also if you are interested in giving a tutorial/info session on a game related subject, then email us and let us know asap!!!
**If you are familiar with any game creation software, Let us know if you would be willing to give a tutorial on how it works and what can be done with it.

**If you have not already, please sign up in the forums using your purdue email address. You can only sign up if you are a member (have paid this semester dues).
Hope to see you all there,
~G.D.U

Meeting February 10th!

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Grant Windes

MEETING INFORMATION:
DATE: Wednesday, February 10th
TIME:7:00pm to 9:00pm
LOCATION: EE 117

DUES: $15
NOTE: if you do not pay dues you will not recieve a login to the forums with extra details and discussions.
Topics this week include:
* We will be joining members into groups once again.
* We will have group time to discuss our plans for the games
* Talk about upcoming events as well as guest lecturers.

Hope to see you all there!

Next Meeting Information

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Grant Windes

Here is the information for next weeks meeting.
Date: Wednesday, Feb 10th @ 7:00pm.
Location: EE 117
If you have any questions ask on the forums or email us at gdupurdue[at]gmail[dot]com

Game Developers United Meeting Wednesday Febraury 3rd

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Grant Windes

Next meeting information!
Date: Wednesday February 3rd
Time: 7pm-9pm
Location: EE 117

Email gdupurdue[at]gmail[dot]com if you have any questions.

Game Developers United Callout!

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Grant Windes

GAME DEVELOPERS UNITED
CALLOUT: Wednesday, January 27 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm
WHERE: GRIS 180

FREE FOOD!!!!

Hello!! Are you interested in making video games? If you are then we are the student group for you. We are a group of students dedicated to the development of video games. We focus on building/developing games in a wide variety of languages and programs. Participate in competitions among group members, possible club competitions, and an overall education of the game industry. We will have guest lecturers, and tutorials to get you started, and more advanced topics if you are already familiar with game development and design.

ALL MAJORS WELCOME!!!

If you are interested please feel free to come to our callout!!!

Hope to see you there!

Game Developers United Website Launched!

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Grant Windes

The website is now officially launched with the forums up and running! Go register at the forums using your purdue email address! Bare with us as we continue to implement the backend of the website over the next couple of days.