{"id":602,"date":"2007-04-10T21:42:40","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2007\/04\/10\/go3-wrapup\/"},"modified":"2007-04-10T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2007-04-10T13:43:46","slug":"go3-wrapup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2007\/04\/10\/go3-wrapup\/","title":{"rendered":"GO3 wrapup"},"content":{"rendered":"

GO3<\/a> was an awesome experience; it was only 3 days, but it really felt like a week!<\/p>\n

The main highlight for me was definitely the conference<\/a>. I played a strong role in suggesting potential speakers and the final line-up contained a lot of game developers that I really admire (and some that I now have a new level of respect for). My favourite talks were very introspective and honest, and communicated the internal processes which go into designing and developing games.<\/p>\n

I hope to find time to write more about the conference, but for now I’ll direct you to the PerthNorg GO3 blog<\/a> and PALGN’s excellent coverage<\/a>, and post a few photos.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: Keep reading to see some photos. Also check out the photos<\/a> on Hideo Kojima’s blog<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n


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\nGoichi Suda<\/a> gave an excellent talk on being a “Punk” games developer. I found it really inspiring; especially when he was talking about Grasshopper Manufacture<\/a> being a “Band” (they’re like family, they make everything in-house, and they produce original games with short development times). I talked to him at the GO3 cocktail party and mentioned that OneTwenty<\/a> is my band (Band-do!). He asked if we have a publisher and said that we should move to Japan (and that he would get Konami to publish us!). Oh yeah!<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of Goichi Suda with OneTwenty (with special guest Simon!):<\/p>\n

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Masaya Matsuura<\/a>‘s talk\/performance focused on music games and music as a core element of games. It was a very well-formulated presentation that started ominously, but ended with all themes resolved. The final musical duet with an aibo<\/a> robot dog was completely unexpected! I managed to get this photo with him after his talk:<\/p>\n

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After the conference, we all headed to the Metro Bar and Bistro<\/a> for the IGDA Perth Chapter<\/a> meetup. While there I had a quick chat with David Kazim (the GO3 organiser). He seemed incredibly relieved and was already making plans (and business maneuvers) for next year. I’m looking forward to it!<\/p>\n

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The IZ Nullarbor<\/a> game development demo competition was part of the GO3 Expo, and OneTwenty entered “Zyberflux” into the game development category. It was a hotly contested category and they walked away with second prize. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to be involved in the entry (as I work for the competition sponsor, Interzone Games<\/a>). Here’s a photo of someone enjoying Zyberflux on the show floor:<\/p>\n

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I don’t have too many more photos (a lot didn’t turn out :() but a lot more happened on that weekend. Tetsuya Mizuguchi<\/a>‘s talk was enlightening and really made me appreciate his approach to games development. His constant search for new experiences is a inspirational driving force and I had the opportunity to talk to him a little after his talk and at the cocktail party. Nick “Cece” Cederstr\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00b6m’s talk on how he got started in the games industry (quitting his job and working for 2 years on a game demo that bombed with publishers) really spoke to me. John Passfield<\/a> gave me some sage advise on how to work on casual games while employed at a large games developer. Oh, and needless to say the keynote talk from Hideo Kojima<\/a> was outstanding! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Wow…. just… so much stuff… such a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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