Comments on: #AltDevUnconference (Burbank) You might be surprised! Ok, you probably wouldn't be surprised on a Saturday fight night. But during the week? It's possible! Last November we had an industry night on Kinect launch day. Microsoft was kind enough to hook us up with a kinect, system, and the full suite of launch title games. The bar had a 50" plasma in one of the two rooms we use so we went by a couple of hours early and hooked everything up. It was actually kinda funny because the bar owners and waitresses were actually *super* excited to see Kinect in action. They were all blown away by the technology and we had probably double our average attendance that night. An 8 hour all day thing would probably be no dice, but as long as people are ordering food and beverage you can get away with quite a bit. You might even be able to earn some "cool points" with the establishment owners if you say you're bringing in a devkit to show off pre-release technology like we did for Kinect. You might be surprised! Ok, you probably wouldn’t be surprised on a Saturday fight night. But during the week? It’s possible! Last November we had an industry night on Kinect launch day. Microsoft was kind enough to hook us up with a kinect, system, and the full suite of launch title games. The bar had a 50″ plasma in one of the two rooms we use so we went by a couple of hours early and hooked everything up. It was actually kinda funny because the bar owners and waitresses were actually *super* excited to see Kinect in action. They were all blown away by the technology and we had probably double our average attendance that night.

An 8 hour all day thing would probably be no dice, but as long as people are ordering food and beverage you can get away with quite a bit. You might even be able to earn some “cool points” with the establishment owners if you say you’re bringing in a devkit to show off pre-release technology like we did for Kinect.

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By: Rachel 'Groby' Blum/2011/02/27/altdevunconference-burbank/#comment-1112 Rachel 'Groby' Blum Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:17:06 +0000 This really was a great event. Big thank you's to Mike, Rachel and Visceral Games! We all got to meet some awesome people, and as Mike said, we had some "really interesting tangent conversations." We would start off with a topic such as "what is a crucial piece of a game, and how could we implement a game without it" and end up talking about how games did things that we liked and tried to incorporate into our own games, or how we thought they might be made better. Hopefully we'll get to meet some more awesome AltDevs next time. :) This really was a great event. Big thank you’s to Mike, Rachel and Visceral Games!

We all got to meet some awesome people, and as Mike said, we had some “really interesting tangent conversations.” We would start off with a topic such as “what is a crucial piece of a game, and how could we implement a game without it” and end up talking about how games did things that we liked and tried to incorporate into our own games, or how we thought they might be made better.

Hopefully we’ll get to meet some more awesome AltDevs next time. :)

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By: James Podesta/2011/02/27/altdevunconference-burbank/#comment-1093 James Podesta Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:42:49 +0000 Damn... I really have to move to US to you guys when I see these pictures and read about it... ...or you all relocate to Germany ^^' Damn… I really have to move to US to you guys when I see these pictures and read about it…

…or you all relocate to Germany ^^’

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By: forrest smith/2011/02/27/altdevunconference-burbank/#comment-1089 forrest smith Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:40:54 +0000