I am speaking at a gaming expo in July in SLC.

Jerky · Post by **Jerky** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:17 pm

Next month I am going to speak at an upcoming GEEX (Gaming & Electronics Expo) here in Utah. The topic will be about hobbyist game development:

I have a 2-hour time slot to fill, and plan on sharing all my experience from the last 3.5 years working on Project Wish. It should be beneficial to anyone interested in making games and breaking into the industry. I will cover all aspects of development, and try to be informative for people interested in doing things alone, or with a large group, like we are. I hope to convey that the most important parts to "hobbyist" development are dedication, motivation and learning. I also plan on covering Project Management, Art and Artistic Pipeline, Design, and more.

The relevant part to Ogre: I am going to share our experiences with Ogre as one of the greatest resources available to those crazy enough to roll their own. Thanks sinbad!

Anyone who is close to Salt Lake City, Utah and might be interested can go check out the conference at:
http://www.geexshow.com
I am officially scheduled on Saturday, July 19th at 12:00PM

I'd love to meet anyone who is able to come. Wish me luck!

Post by **Kencho** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:10 am

Ask someone to record and upload it. I'd love to attend the speech, but am too many kilometers away

Klaim · Post by **Klaim** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:16 am

Kencho ++

Seems a verry interesting talk!

Kentamanos · Post by **Kentamanos** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:32 pm

Good luck on your speech

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HappyHoward · Post by **HappyHoward** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:17 pm

Kencho wrote:Ask someone to record and upload it.

I second that.

And good luck!

Post by **sinbad** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm

Excellent - good luck!

johnhpus · Post by **johnhpus** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:25 am

Congratulations

SpannerMan · Post by **SpannerMan** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:19 pm

Jerky, I agree with these guys, please try have it recorded. Theres many people who cant make it but would love to see or at least hear it!

Jerky · Post by **Jerky** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:13 pm

Yeah, I've got a second ticket at will call and will have a camera there to record it.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Jerky · Post by **Jerky** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:45 pm

So here is the report: It went well and I had some requests for the slides and/or the video. Let's face it, noone is going to want to see me speak for 1 hour and 45 minutes on the internet, so I broke the presentation into parts and overlayed the slides in parts. I finally finished getting the videos put together so here are the links:

Part 1 - Intro - 4 mins 31 secs
Part 2 - My Background - 8 mins 40 secs
Part 3 - Project Wish - 22 mins 14 secs
Part 4 - Set Your Sights - 24 mins 49 secs
Part 5 - Take Action - 26 mins 53 secs
Part 6 - The Process - 21 mins 21 secs

Here is the presentation slides in pdf form: How to make your own game

I'll warn you now that the sound is pretty bad. If anyone knows how I can clean it up and get rid of the noise, I would love the help. Unfortunately, the venue didn't provide a quiet area for speakers.

SpannerMan · Post by **SpannerMan** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:53 pm

Seen the Intro so far - good work man, your a confident speaker and you know your lines

Kerion · Post by **Kerion** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:00 pm

Yah, dang, that noise is terrible

It's really interesting, I'd like to hear (as I've been following PW for, what, two years now?), but I can't stand the nooiiseeeeee. Maybe someone with some audio background can clean it up, even just a little, to bring your voice up above the noise.

nikki · Post by **nikki** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:48 am

Woah... You're older than I thought.

Excellent speech, I've gotta say. You said exactly what I had in mind, and you also had some other ideas that I'd not thought about before.

DanielSefton · Post by **DanielSefton** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:49 pm

Great! Watched them all. Really interesting, and useful!

Glad you got it recorded - these expo's are always in the US! We need something similar in the UK.

Post by **sinbad** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:59 pm

Great stuff, thanks for posting these. Looks like you had a good sized audience. Background noise is pretty normal for conventions held in large halls in my experience

nikki wrote:Woah... You're older than I thought.

Gee thanks, you've made me feel really old now

Post by **Kencho** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:00 am

Thanks a lot. As soon as I can get the time, I'll watch them all. I'm really interested in this speech

Glad to know everything went smooth and great