Vancouver Indie Meet-Up, #2

[Ryan Clark]

Hi All,

Once again, we're looking to meet up with any Vancouver (Canada) area indies for the purposes of socializing and knowledge sharing :) Matt and I from Grubby Games will be attending, as will Jamie Cheng of Klei Entertainment (http://kleientertainment.com/). If anyone else is interested in joining in, respond here!

Our plan is to meet on Thursday Feb 16th, 7pm, at the Milestone's restaurant at 4420 Lougheed Hwy (just past Boundary, in Burnaby).

If you plan to come, please reply to let us know.

[Backov]

I'll see what I can do about making this. No chance of making it a friday so I can bring the missus with me?

[Ryan Clark]

No chance of making it a friday so I can bring the missus with me?
Unfortunately, I've got plans for the Friday. Also, we've already swapped the date once in order to ensure that Matt, Jamie, and I will all be able to attend... so we'd rather not move it again, as we might lose someone.

Will you be coming all the way from Victoria, just for this? I hope we don't disappoint!

[turbo]

We will surely be there, Varmint and I.

It should be just after our next demo release so we'll definately have something to talk about. :)

Funny, that is exactly where we had our first KrabbitWorld dinner celebration.
Folks came from as far as England to join us.

Keep us posted with time info.
With both of us now working fulltime on KWL we can choose our own break times. :cool:

[Ryan Clark]

We will surely be there, Varmint and I.
Great! It'll be good to meet you.

Keep us posted with time info.
Date and time are still as listed above. If anything changes (it shouldn't), I'll post here.

[snoozkewl]

I'm there, or rather I will be. I live in Bellingham.

[ApM]

Hey there,
I've just recently moved to (West) Vancouver from Winnipeg, and am itching to meet up with some interesting communities of like-minded people. While I'm not really (yet) an indie developer, from time to time I do hammer out games (http://www.sporktania.com/) (Ludum Dare's 48-hour compos are a good excuse), and entertain visions of making a serious go at breaking into the business.

I'm aware that this forum caters to more serious indies, and I don't want to crash your party, so I'll ask: Would someone like myself be welcome at this meet-up?

[Ryan Clark]

Certainly! The more, the merrier, I say :)

[Sillysoft]

Hey,
I've been somewhat offline for the past few weeks as I moved myself to Vancouver. I'm set up here now and will definitely be in attendance. Looking forward to meeting you all.

It's near the Brentwood Town Center skytrain stop, yes?

[Ryan Clark]

It's near the Brentwood Town Center skytrain stop, yes?
I believe so. Map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=4420+Lougheed+Hwy,+Burnaby,+BC,+Canada

Right next to Brentwood.

I look forward to meeting you as well! I hope your move has gone well.

[Gnatinator]

Developers! Developers! Developers!

Me and a bud will be showing up aswell. It will be awesome to finally meet all of you in person.

[turbo]

Hey fellow Vancouver Indie Dev's.. we're planning on attending the dinner meetup this thursday and we just may have a demo release ready by Wednesday.

My question is: Would it be alright to post a link to our forum thread where the download links will be posted at that time?

This is not a commercial ready demo, nor are we ready to post the demo link in the announcements thread as yet.
But we would like to make our fellow Vancouverites aware of the demo in case you have time to test it out and provide some feedback at the dinner. :)

[Ryan Clark]

My question is: Would it be alright to post a link to our forum thread where the download links will be posted at that time?
Certainly!

[Ryan Clark]

Hi all,

I've gone ahead and reserved us a table for 10 at the Milestones (see the first post in this thread for location/time). The reservation is under the name "Ryan Clark".

These are the people who have said they'll be in attendance:

Ryan Clark
Matt Parry
Jamie Cheng
turbo
Varmint
snoozkewl
ApM
Dustin Sacks
Nathaniel Sabanski + friend

If your name is listed and you can no longer come, please let me know ASAP! Also, if you're not listed but are planning to attend, again, please let me know :)

See you Thursday!

[Ryan Clark]

Reminder: The meet-up is tomorrow, 7pm, at the Milestone's restaurant at 4420 Lougheed Hwy.

See you there!

[turbo]

we'll be there :)

a few errands to run... then back to post our linkys..

cyu later. :D

[turbo]

:) :p

We had some issues to resolve.. most are documented in the FAQ which can be accessed from the help screen or on the forum.

Demo (http://korner.krabbit.com/viewtopic.php?p=26976#26976)

All 3 platforms are being uploaded. Mac, Linux and Windows.

Sorry about being late for dinner.. :p

Hopefully you can give us some feedback during the weekend..
Thanks.

[Ryan Clark]

Hopefully you can give us some feedback during the weekend..
Very cool! I ran around, panned the camera, chopped badguys... it all worked very well on my machine :)

Good stuff!

[turbo]

Thanks, Ryan. :D

Thanks also for organizing the dinner last nite.
It was great to put faces to the names and also just to get out and meet local indies. :cool:

[Sillysoft]

Yes, great to meet you guys. Thanks for putting it together.

[Ryan Clark]

No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Matt and I had a good time too, and learned a few things. Hopefully others did as well :)

[Gnatinator]

First time I've ever actually conversed with a group of /serious/ developers in person :) Good times

Another thanks to Ryan for organizing the get together

[Jamie Cheng]

A week late, but just wanted to drop a note saying thanks to everyone (especially Ryan)! It's always great meeting up and getting a fresh perspective on things.

Now go vote for Ryan on Gamespot!

Cheers,
Jamie.

[Ryan Clark]

Now go vote for Ryan on Gamespot!
lol, thanks Jamie :)

Now go finish Eets! :D

[turbo]

Very cool! I ran around, panned the camera, chopped badguys... it all worked very well on my machine :)

Good stuff!

Koolio, ty for the feedback.
And just to let you know.. KWL playable demo v 0.45 (http://korner.krabbit.com/viewtopic.php?t=1948&start=0) is up.
We've added the patcher and fixed the multiplay and window focus issues. :cool:
It's still in early days, not quite announcement time.. but coming soon. :)