UK Indie meetup photos

[Grey Alien]

Here you go. There were more but these are the best ones. I also have a couple of videos of Cas shouting in the snow, but they are a bit too bit to upload right now.

http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/1.jpg (6 of us, I'm sure someone will name them left to right, I could but I've gotta go out now.)
http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/2.jpg (a true Indie programmer)
http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/3.jpg (Cliff gesticulating and slurring in a pissed manner - look at that table of empties!)
http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/4.jpg (me next to a lightweight)
http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/5.jpg (the snow at 4:30am)
http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/6.jpg (the snowy roofs as seen from my hotel)
http://www.greyaliengames.com/photos/7.jpg (snow on the cars in the morning - I thought this was crazy as it doesn't snow much in Bridport, let alone in April)

[cliffski]

Hey that's cool, cheers for posting these!

[Whirlybird]

Excellent photos!

"me next to a lightweight" , thats untrue...matibee was in deep meditation

[Nutter2000]

Haha nice one!
I'd forgotten you'd even taken that picture of us in the snow at 4:30! :D

I'll do the honours I guess
Picture 1 from left to right: Matibee, Nutter2000, Cliffski, zoombapup, princec, Whirlybird, (GreyAlien behind the camera)

[matibee]

Did I fall asleep??? Oh that's bad :D What time was that? I'd had a long day...

:)

[matibee]

Besides, if I don't get this darn game out the door before we meet again I'm definately wearing the 'I'm only here for the beer' shirt :p

[Grey Alien]

Yep you had a good maybe hour long sleep haha :-D

[zoombapup]

He was asleep? I didnt notice any difference in the conversation (jokin matt!) :)

[Adrian Cummings]

Most of you look so young - not a tired old git like me :)

[Grey Alien]

I'm pretty sure everyone was in their 30's (could be wrong there). I may have been the youngest at 32, not sure...

[Nutter2000]

Ah-ha! I beat you.
I'm 29 (for another month) :D

[princec]

I'm going to be 35 on Saturday :( And don't I look it. Or that might have been the 6 pints, 2 gin and tonics and 430am look.

Cas :)

[Karja]

Somehow it feels like this breaks a taboo... I'm not supposed to know what these faceless posters on a message board looks like! :)

Looks like you had a great time! I wish I knew Swedish people I could do similar stuff with. I've heard of some pub meets, but those seem to be mostly directed at hip 22-year-olds working on hip projects involving physics and groundbreaking AI. Prejudiced, me? Never.

[GeneralGrant]

Avalanche Studios is hosting Game Developer's Evening #4 tonight in Stockholm. :)

[Grey Alien]

@Nutter2000. Cool. I didn't mean to imply you were "old" ;-) I just never asked your age.

Somehow it feels like this breaks a tabooYeah it's weird isn't it. But hey, we are all real people (or are we?). Amazingly Cas's hair is real too...

Next time we should go to a "smart bar" if they still exist (they probably don't any more) and drink brain-enhancing drinks, get out our notepads, flipcharts and laptops and talk business and game design!

[Jamie W]

Someone needs to set up a 'buy cas a new pair of jeans' fund ...

:p

[hippocoder]

What a terrifying mob. The frantic grin on grey alien's face reminds me of an extra in 28 days later.

Excepts its 28 pints later :D

[princec]

Someone needs to set up a 'buy cas a new pair of jeans' fund ...

:p
All donations gratefully accepted :)

Cas :)

[Nutter2000]

@Nutter2000. Cool. I didn't mean to imply you were "old" ;-) I just never asked your age.

Heh, I'm just enjoying my last few days of yoof before I turn into a grumpy old git on my 30th birthday :p

[Grey Alien]

I'm going away for a week now, but when I'm back, I may try to upload the 4:30 am video to youtube. Cas is swearing...

[Jamie W]

All donations gratefully accepted :)

Cas :)

Will buy one of your games, for my neices' birthday (10 next); hmm, which one of your alien blasting games is most suitable for little girls? ;) :D

With it being puppygames, she'll be expecting nintendogs and such-like mwahahah.

[papillon]

hmm, which one of your alien blasting games is most suitable for little girls?


Alien Flux, of course. It has FLUFFIES!

[Jamie W]

Alien Flux, of course. It has FLUFFIES!

Is that one of Cas' games?

Looks a bit violent, she like Cake Mania type games, or dressing up dolls, that kind of thing; anything like that on the horizon Cas? (*chukkles*)

[Grey Alien]

Had an idea for a game yesterday when I was semi-concious in the morning called "Fashion Reels". Man it would fit that criteria very well...I need to outsource it somehow...

[princec]

Actually as it happens next year there's a game in the pipeline called Puppies Bedtime... with no shooting! But probably a fairly large amount of cartoon violent death.

Cas :)

[Jamie W]

Sounds ace, am sure she'll love it!

She's really in to Happy Tree Friends ... hell ... I am too!

[GolfHacker]

Jamie, has your daughter tried Fashion Cents? If so, what did she think of it?

[Sectarian]

Cool pic's although 1 did'nt show up to well, never the less :)

[Jamie W]

Jamie, has your daughter ......

OMG! wooot? I have a daughter? Where dude? (it's news to me)

[Artinum]

Hee hee! Neice, not daughter.
I too have a neice (and nephew). The wonderful thing about relatives' children is that you can give them back when you're fed up with them.

[Grey Alien]

you can give them back when you're fed up with themThat's what my dad says about my kids (especially after making them go hyper!)... humph ;-)

[Jamie W]

Hee hee! Neice, not daughter.
I too have a neice (and nephew). The wonderful thing about relatives' children is that you can give them back when you're fed up with them.

God yeah, and she's very 'give-back-able' too! (bless her).

GolfHacker: She hasn't treid Fashion Cents, she seems to get most of her games from bigfish, plays the one hour demo, then gets it again from another portal...