{"id":898,"date":"2013-10-03T22:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T05:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elbeno.com\/blog\/?p=898"},"modified":"2013-10-03T23:17:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T06:17:06","slug":"indiecade-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elbeno.com\/blog\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"Indiecade day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An excellent day of networking at Indiecade. Link dump time so I don&#8217;t forget these people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First was the guys from Rust presenting their experience making <a href=\"http:\/\/rustltd.com\/projects\/the-museum-of-the-microstar\">The Museum of the Microstar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then I hung out in the rotunda meeting interesting folks, having thought-provoking discussions and playing some cool games.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chatted with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henrykun.com\/\">Henry Fernandez<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Danskin and <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/peakssound\">Peter Brown<\/a> talked to me for a while.<\/li>\n<li>I chatted with the erudite <a href=\"http:\/\/emshort.wordpress.com\/\">Emily Short<\/a> and Tim Fowers, Amazon Game Studios guy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sinisterdesign.net\/\">Craig Stern<\/a> showed me his game, Telepath Tactics.<\/li>\n<li>Chatted with Lucas Seibert of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treyarch.com\/\">Treyarch<\/a> about quaternions.<\/li>\n<li>Played Astro Duel, a deathmatch asteroids variant with powerups, by <a href=\"http:\/\/rustymoyher.com\/\">Rusty Moyher<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lunch with <a href=\"http:\/\/buffalovisiongames.com\/\">Ben Vance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sokobond.com\/\">Alan Hazelden<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nevermindgame.com\/\">Erin Reynolds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rustymoyher.com\/\">Rusty Moyher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sinisterdesign.net\/\">Craig Stern<\/a>, three guys from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roguelegacy.com\/\">Cellar Door<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/littleflag.net\/\">Ben Esposito<\/a> and Davy (surname forgotten, sorry). Robin Arnott and Ryan Roth randomized the experience!<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon &#8220;unconference&#8221; conversation about &#8220;Why Make Games&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then I went to a Diversity round table chaired by the estimable <a href=\"http:\/\/janefriedhoff.com\/\">Jane Friedhoff<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/codeliberation.tumblr.com\/\">Code Liberation<\/a>. A great discussion that seemed much too short.<\/p>\n<p>Finally game tasting: post-session socialising and trying out some games in the rotunda.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sparkypants.com\/\">Stuart Jeff<\/a> with a fun little stealth game of being an animal rights activist and setting bunnies free.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galigogames.com\/\">Brian Handy<\/a> with Cubior, a nice little tower-climbing puzzle game with friendly cubes. Some good potential for co-op gameplay in this one.<\/li>\n<li>Joe Rothenberg with <a href=\"http:\/\/pingthegame.com\/\">Ping<\/a>, a fun variation on Pong (versus mode with missiles)!<\/li>\n<li>Crystal Catacombs by <a href=\"http:\/\/superfunproductions.com\/\">Super Fun Games<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dissidentlogic.com\/\">Dan Holbert<\/a> who was wearing his game around his neck (on an iPad) &#8211; looked like a cool little action platformer where you rotate the world by walking around curves.<\/li>\n<li>Grave by <a href=\"http:\/\/tristanparrishmoore.blogspot.com\/\">Tristan Parrish Moore<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensthegame.com\/\">Lens<\/a>, a first person puzzle exploration game.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ruratae.com\/\">Ruratae<\/a>, a physics-based musical instrument crafting game. High frequency physics sims!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dubwarsgame.com\/\">Dub Wars<\/a>, an interesting geometry-wars-inspired dubstep-synched shoot-em-up.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andymakes.com\/particlemace\/\">Particle Mace<\/a>, a fun asteroids\/geometry wars mashup with indirect &#8220;elastic nanite cloud&#8221; weaponry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last but not least, conversation with <a href=\"http:\/\/enna.sr\/\">Haitham Ennasr<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ninasays.so\/\">Nina Freeman<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galigogames.com\/\">Brian Handy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excellent day of networking at Indiecade. Link dump time so I don&#8217;t forget these people&#8230; First was the guys from Rust presenting their experience making The Museum of the Microstar. Then I hung out in the rotunda meeting interesting folks, having thought-provoking discussions and playing some cool games. 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