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Oct 19 2010

THE PRINCE OF ARCADE indie games showcase/party

Published by Chris Comeau under Calendar, News

[ November 9, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] From Mount Royal Game Society:
Mount Royal Game Society, Dirty Rectangles and Babycastles present
THE PRINCE OF ARCADE
indie games showcase & party.
 
> look_
You see a joyovial congregather of scintilliant video-games, resplendiferous in their arcoats.

> get beverage_
You take up a fluottle of alcoluminous beverage and slake a thirst accrued over two long days of intense pensiveness [...]

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Sep 23 2010

Mount Royal Game Society: October 2010 Meetup

Published by Chris Comeau under Calendar, News

[ October 6, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] From Mount Royal Game Society (@societeludique): A call for help! Daylight hours are disappearing rapidly, and only you can save them! Actually, that’s false, as daily hours of sunlight are a function of the Earth’s axial tilt and the planet’s revolution about the Sun, and thus totally beyond our control. [...]

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Sep 15 2010

Crankshaft Games – Indie Game Success in Montreal

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From a guest post on NextMontreal:
Crankshaft Games (www.crankshaftgames.com, @crankshaftgames) is a Montreal team of indie game developers that brought you the award-winning Half-Life 2 mod Eternal Silence. Currently, Crankshaft games is focusing on their next title, Party of Sin, to be released on Xbox Live Indie Games.
We had the chance to ask Alexander Galasso and [...]

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Sep 02 2010

Recap of Montreal Indie Game Developer meetup #4

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Here is a short summary of last night’s Mount Royal Game Society Indie Game Developer meetup, at l’Amère à Boire.
This was their 4th monthly meetup, and even with the high Montreal heat, the 3rd floor was packed. Good thing we had beer!

 
Thanks to Nick and Stephen for planning the event!

Stephen demonstrated a [...]

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Aug 30 2010

Mount Royal Game Society : September 2010 Meetup

Published by Chris Comeau under News

[ September 1, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] From Mount Royal Game Society (@societeludique): Slowly but surely, September is creeping up on us, ready to sucker-punch the summer wind right out of out lungs. We say: to heck with that! Let’s ring the month in with awesome friends, good beer, and excellent indie games! Cranky ol’ September will [...]

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Feb 09 2010

Game Developer Announces Salary Survey Call, Now Including Indies

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From Gamasutra:

The editors of Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra invite readers to participate in the annual Game Developer Salary Survey, the only statistical study of game industry salaries and benefits across the years. The information provided will help inform the entire game development community.
Now, for the first time, the survey also includes indie and contract [...]

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Jan 13 2010

Game Connection Brings Indie Studio Promotion To GDC

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Any Montreal indie studios thinking of going to GDC this year?
 
From Gamasutra:
For its GDC 2010 edition in San Francisco, game business networking event Game Connection will introduce its Level Up promotion, granting free admission to five independent studios.
Game Connection, a "speed dating event for business-focused game makers," occurs every year in Lyon, France and [...]

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Jan 05 2010

100 Game Maker Games in 10 Minutes

Published by Chris Comeau under Fun, Movie

From GameMaker Blog (via IndieGames):
Happy New Year everyone! I’ve spent the last few weeks putting this video together. It’s my take on Rinkuhero’s classic 100 Game Maker Games in 10 Minutes video. All the games included were either made or completed in 2009, and I’ve restricted it to a maximum of 2 games per [...]

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