Here we go again!

On Tuesday, April 20th at 7pm the second grand master tournament of Mortal Kombat Dance Dance Revolution will take place. This is a double elimination tournament. Come early to get in on some practice rounds. The fighting will take place in Room 241 of the Art building on the San Jose State Campus. The art building is underneath the word ‘State’ on this Map

Sweet videos I made of the last event.
Mortal Kombat Dance Dance to the Death!

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Glorious Trainwrecks is an online community celebrating the spontaneous creativity that comes from making games using children’s gamemaking tools under severe time constraints.

The third Saturday of every month, they host Klik of the Month, an event where participants are encouraged to use the simplest tools and the lowest standards possible to make a game in two hours.

We, the Game Dev Club at SJSU, have discovered that it’s a lot more fun if you meet up in person to do these together! So we’re doing that.

The last time we did this was possibly the best day ever, so we’re doing it again! Like I said last time, no experience of any kind is necessary. If you haven’t made a game before, we will teach you how! Just ask the six people so far who have made their first game at one of these things.

But When, Internet Guy, and Where?

Room 227 (on the second floor) of MacQuarrie Hall, San Jose State University
Saturday, April 17th, 3:00pm – 6:00pm
RSVP on Facebook, if you’re one of those social networking types
Sign up on Glorious Trainwrecks, if you want a cryptic email reminder

Oh and by the way: There’s a good chance that we’ll be filmed.

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[A historical note, for future-people: Brian wasn't able to make it to this meeting due to stupid planning on the part of the Game Dev Club's board. Think less of us, not of him! He is awesome and we are unreliable.]

Sorry for the late notice, but we have a meeting this Tuesday! We will have a guest speaker, Brian Urbanek from Cryptic Studios, talking about game design, probably. We must have a contact at Cryptic or something, this is the second time we’ve had someone from there to present.

Brian has been working on MMO design for over ten years! He most recently worked on the design of superpowers and combat in Champions Online, the “subscription-based, superhero-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game by former City of Heroes/Villains developer Cryptic Studios based on the Champions license.”¹

Okay here’s some interesting links

• Champions Online’s website has an interview with him that should give you an idea of what it is he does for a living (or did in September 2008, anyways). Recommended!
• He wrote two articles (one two) about balancing systems in Champions, both of which are fascinating, seriously!
• He was one of four developers interviewed for an article about balancing classes in MMOs. I think I am seeing a pattern here.
• He was interviewed in three parts (one two three) about combat dynamics and powers and balancing and math.

I haven’t read all of these, but you should! Do as I say, not as I do. And then come to the meeting, which I will be doing.

The Deets²

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Ohlone Room in the Student Union, San José State University
RSVP on Facebook, if you’re one of those people

1. Wikipedia is the best. [↩]
2. That’s short for “details”! [↩]

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