At our July meetup, our topic of discussion is the Creative Europe MEDIA fund. Irish game developers have been successfully applying for this fund for years to develop commercial game projects with a narrative focus.
Our meetup will feature:
Eibhlín Ní Mhunghaile, from the Creative Europe MEDIA Desk in Galway, Ireland. who will provide information about the fund, the application process, and will answer your questions.
Sam Redfern, from Psychic Software, will be discusing his experience applying for the fund for his upcoming game The Necromancer’s Tale.
1GAM Galway will take place as a virtual gathering on the Discord server for Galway Game Jam. See the meetup link above for details.
In general we share gamedev projects and experiments, get feedback, and have general gamedev chats. Given that this meetup is more focussed on the Creative Europe MEDIA fund, and funding in general, we will run this segment later in the evening only if we have time left.
Open to game makers of all levels. (You must be 18 years or older to participate in the Galway Game Jam discord server.)
March Meetup featuring ‘Defrostpunk’ retro game prototyping by Darren Kearney and 10LOC retro gamedev code challenge by Alanna Kelly
This 1GAM meetup will feature some retro game dev shenanigan.
* Darren Kearney (Mind Cauldron) will be demoing DeFrostpunk, his in-development fan demake of the popular steampunk survival strategy game Frostpunk.
Defrostpunk in development, fan demake of Frostpunk using PICO-8 by Darren Kearney
Darren’s Pico-8 fan demake of Frostpunk only began last week. You can follow his progress on twitter @darrencearnaigh
* Alanna Kelly will be demoing her Pacman in 10 line of code challenge.
Dragon 32 Home Computer (1982)
Alanna’s “Pacman in ten lines of code” challenge uses Microsoft BASIC language and targets the Dragon 32 computer, from 1982. The Dragon 32 was manufactured in Wales during the 1980’s and was popular in the home computer market in Ireland, UK and Spain at the time. The Dragon 32 is the computer that Alanna started playing around with code on back in the day.
Pacman in 10 lines of MS BASIC for the Dragon 32 by Alanna Kelly
Please be respectful and understand that on any given meetup it may be the first time a person has playtested their game. We encourage constructive criticism – since everyone here makes games it is a unique opportunity to get insights that regular play doesn’t offer. That said, please respect the game maker. Ask first before sharing your critique and suggestions. Thank you!
At our monthly meetups, game makers and enthusiasts are welcome to: * Present talks about all aspects of game development. * Showcase their projects, at any stage of development. * Give and receive feedback for their projects. * Chat and connect with folks who make games.
Open to game makers and enthusiasts of all levels. 🙂
We welcome anyone who is interested in creating, exhibiting, or studying games!
We started as a 1GAM challenge group, which has been a useful motivation to plug away at our projects. More here: https://onegameamonth.com
Please remember to bring your own devices and laptops to show off your work! 🙂
The PorterShed is located behind the Hardiman Hotel on Eyre Square, see their page for directions.
December meetup featuring presentation by Joshua Daly and playtest Fung’s Tale a card game by Nightbeca
This 1GAM meetup will feature two community members.
* Joshua Daly will be giving a featured presentation titled: “Building your own Game Engine”.
Josh, a long-time community member and co-organiser of 1GAM, will be sharing what he has learned from developing “RPG Wizard”. RPG Wizard is a 2D RPG game engine designed for making games similar to retro JRPGs; like early Final Fantasy series games, Secret of Mana, and Zelda: Link to the Past. RPG Wizard has a small active community and traces it’s roots to a time before Unity and RPG Maker where viable options for small indie developers. Expect some gems of wisdom here! A short Q&A session will follow the presentation.
* Nightbeca will be playtesting her untitled card game prototype currently in development.
Nightbeca is an artist and game maker who recently moved to Galway and quickly discovered our gamedev community through participating in Galway Game Jam 15. What better way to welcome a new member of the community than to playtest their games!
Playtesting session will start shortly after the presentation. It’s casual and you are welcome to bring your own projects for playtesting.
Please be respectful and understand that on any given meetup it may be the first time a person has playtested their game. We encourage constructive criticism – since everyone here makes games it is a unique opportunity to get insights that regular play doesn’t offer. That said, please respect the game maker. Ask first before sharing your critique and suggestions. Thank you!
At our monthly meetups, game makers and enthusiasts are welcome to: * Present talks about all aspects of game development. * Showcase their projects, at any stage of development. * Give and receive feedback for their projects. * Chat and connect with folks who make games.
Open to game makers and enthusiasts of all levels. 🙂
We welcome anyone who is interested in creating, exhibiting, or studying games!
We started as a 1GAM challenge group, which has been a useful motivation to plug away at our projects. More here: https://onegameamonth.com
Please remember to bring your own devices and laptops to show off your work! 🙂
The PorterShed is located behind the Meyrick Hotel on Eyre Square, see their page for directions.
Please feel free to tag the page or #1GAMGalway in your photos of the event. Thanks!
Event Links
“Building your own Game Engine” by Joshua Daly & Playtest Card game by Nightbeca
Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019, 7:00 PM
PorterShed, Galway City Innovation District Eqre Square Galway (beside Meyrick + Bus Station) Galway, IE
2 Members Attending
This 1GAM meetup will feature two community members. * Joshua Daly will be giving a featured presentation titled: “Building your own Game Engine”. Josh, a long-time community member and co-organiser of 1GAM, will be sharing what he has learned in the years of developing the “RPG Wizard” game engine. RPG Wizard is a free, open source 2D RPG game eng…
May Meetup – Automated Testing for Unity with Eamonn Hannon
At our monthly meetups we welcome game makers and enthusiasts and anyone who is interested in creating, exhibiting, or studying games to: * Present talks about all aspects of game development. * Showcase their projects, at any stage of development. * Give and receive feedback for their projects. * Chat and connect with folks who make games.
Our May meetup theme is AUTOMATION and will feature the following talk:
Automated Testing for Unity: RUT with Eamonn Hannon
Eamonn Hannon is currently studying at NUI Galway and has been an active member of the game development community in Galway for years. This talk showcases an automated testing solution for Unity projects which Eamonn has been developing as his final year project in NUI Galway. Eamonn will also talk about the possible future applications of his automated testing software.
We started our meetup group as a 1GAM challenge group, which has been a useful motivational tool to plug away at our projects. More here: https://onegameamonth.com
Please remember to bring your own devices and laptops to show off your work! 🙂
The PorterShed is located behind the Meyrick Hotel on Eyre Square, see their page for directions.
March Meetup – Featuring talks from Paul Conway and Alan Preims
In Our March meetup, Paul Conway (Spookey Doorway, DoomCube) will give a short presentation on his takeaways from his companies application to the Creative Media Europe Fund.
This fund has very strict eligibility criteria. The current application deadline has now passed, but it’s not time to give up. Paul Conway will arm you with the knowledge he has gained about the process, so you can ensure your eligibility for the next round of funding applications, and take steps to strengthen your application.
Alan Priems, an entrepreneur and composer, will be giving a presentation on “Sonic Hooks”, his business project with the New Frontiers program. Alan will explain what Sonic Hooks is and how it is helping to solve a problem faced by game developers and videographers in sourcing high quality, unique music compositions for their projects.
We will be showcasing our local game developer game projects after the talks, and maybe get some pizza!
Jades – a game which Josh is working on using RPG Wizard, Josh’s pet project HTML5/JS game engine.
Obstacles – which Darren made at the last UL Gamejam.
welcoming a new member to the group, and
Woozza pizza!
During today’s meet up we played each others games and discussed a bunch of topics.
Notably we chatted about game engines, recent game industry news surrounding the fan reaction to Activision Blizzard’s accouncement of Diablo Immortal, and what each of us are focusing on learning next.
We also talked a little about about health and well-being among developers, how to avoid neck and shoulder injuries from using computers for extended periods.
As an important aside, Gad clearly achieved the Obstacles top score for the night. Congrats!
See you again for the next meetup on Dec 4th.
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