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===NOV 19 2025===
===NOV 19 2025===
====PREMEETING ROLES====
====PREMEETING ROLES====
* Facilitators (1 or more): LX
* Facilitators (1 or more): ?
* Note takers (2+ is ideal): LX, Martin
* Note takers (2+ is ideal): ?, ?


====OUTLINE SCHEDULE====
====OUTLINE SCHEDULE====
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==== Q&A =====
==== Q&A =====
*
* Does anyone have questions maybe someone in the group might know the answer?


====TOPICS====
====TOPICS====
* Does anyone have a discussion topic? Let's take a stack of topics first before we get into them.


===== AETHERTAC=====
===== PLAYTESTS =====
* Aethertac playtest will continue! Join aetherworld discord: https://discord.gg/TUAvenSF
* Does anyone have a game they want to playtest?


===== GARIK DEMO=====
===== DEMOS ======
* Moving points around to triangulate movement is fun!
* Does anyone have a game work in progress they want to demo?
* Ideas for single and multiplayer movement and level complications or teamwork
* How to make levels for it?
* LX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mssc0S8GeFI the p
* Sheep update: everyone who sees it loves it, some updates to polish and mechanics.


=====GAME JAM!=====
=====GAME JAM!=====
======OVERVIEW======
* Discuss ongoing game jam progress.
======EXPERIMENTATION======
* Ideas we have so far:
    * Eric: Game with physical toys that you can play tabletop.
    * Garik: Monster thing. or sheep?
    * Jessie: Narrative focused idea maybe? More of programmer.
   
======CONCEPT======
Think of a 1-2 sentence concept that sparks someone's imagination with the most unique ideas of your game and a GIF animated sequence that could convey what your game is about.
 
== Q&A ==
?: I saw a sign in the library at Noisebridge indicating that Gamebridge is Wednesdays at 8. Is this correct?
LX: Yes

Revision as of 20:28, 26 November 2025

GAMEBRIDGE MEETING NOTES

2025

NOV 19 2025

PREMEETING ROLES

  • Facilitators (1 or more): LX
  • Note takers (2+ is ideal): LX, Martin

OUTLINE SCHEDULE

  • Intros (intro yourself and what your gaming or game dev related interests are, share what you'd like to share about or want to learn about/get help with)
  • Announcements (1-2 sentences about your announcement not the whole topic)
  • Topics (announcements in detail to discuss them, game demos, tutorials to learn stuff by request or offer from whomeever teaching)
  • Mentoring if someone wants feedback or help with a topic in their projects
  • Tutorials for people who might be beginners needing to learn gamedev in general or a specialty within it or just a specific technique
  • GAME JAM UPDATES
  • During game jams we'll talk about the phases of the jam and share people's progress and teach about the current and next phase of the jam

INTRODUCTIONS

  • Alex: started gamebridge and is excited to see people work on stuff
  • Garik: beginner in gamedev, have coding experience 12+ yrs, working on some small games, showed sheep game last time, exploring next ideas, using unity open to godot
  • Eric: Doing music in music room working on upgrading it, could also support video and streaming/recording in the room, beginner gamedev, music maker
  • Sophia: game dev tabletop designer, unity experience, interested if an idea for unity games
  • Martin: Like to work on games, working w Eric on music
  • Jessie: interested in gamedev, nongamedev unity experience, also tabletop on aethertac and other stuff
  • Daario: Did game dev a while ago. Garik's friend. Factory games. Plays shapes 2.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • GAMEBRIDGE GAME JAM STARTING TODAY!
  • Aethertac playtest will continue! Join their discord: https://discord.gg/TUAvenSF
  • Garik: Working on super early new prototype idea to show!
  • Jessie: Looking for pixel art!
  • BAD (Bay Area Developers gamedev collective) is a sister group with many gamedevs and arists that are good to meet and hang out with on their Discord! https://www.badcollective.games/

INTRO TO GAMES AT NOISEBRIDGE

Q&A =

   * Anyone know how to mocap?
   * Jessie worked on it. Cam mocap is improving.
   * Tutorials and coding AI?
   * Our tutorials series: https://gamebridgeu.wordpress.com/
      * Tutorial series starts with making a simple FPS where you solve the problem of alling forever.

TOPICS

AETHERTAC
GARIK DEMO
  • Moving points around to triangulate movement is fun!
  • Ideas for single and multiplayer movement and level complications or teamwork
  • How to make levels for it?
  • LX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mssc0S8GeFI the p
  • Sheep update: everyone who sees it loves it, some updates to polish and mechanics.
GAME JAM!
OVERVIEW
EXPERIMENTATION
  • Ideas we have so far:
   * Eric: Game with physical toys that you can play tabletop.
   * Garik: Monster thing. or sheep?
   * Jessie: Narrative focused idea maybe? More of programmer.
   
CONCEPT

Think of a 1-2 sentence concept that sparks someone's imagination with the most unique ideas of your game and a GIF animated sequence that could convey what your game is about.

Q&A

?: I saw a sign in the library at Noisebridge indicating that Gamebridge is Wednesdays at 8. Is this correct? LX: Yes


COPY THE TEMPLATE FROM BELOW

  • Every meeting, you can copy the below notes template into https://pad.riseup.net/p/gamebridge.
  • Ask that you have 1-2 facilitators and 2 or more note takers so the most active note taker can speak and have the other notetaker write and correct things.


GAMEBRIDGE MEETING NOTES TEMPLATE

NOV 19 2025

PREMEETING ROLES

  • Facilitators (1 or more): ?
  • Note takers (2+ is ideal): ?, ?

OUTLINE SCHEDULE

  • Intros (intro yourself and what your gaming or game dev related interests are, share what you'd like to share about or want to learn about/get help with)
  • Announcements (1-2 sentences about your announcement not the whole topic)
  • Topics (announcements in detail to discuss them, game demos, tutorials to learn stuff by request or offer from whomeever teaching)
  • Mentoring if someone wants feedback or help with a topic in their projects
  • Tutorials for people who might be beginners needing to learn gamedev in general or a specialty within it or just a specific technique
  • GAME JAM UPDATES
  • During game jams we'll talk about the phases of the jam and share people's progress and teach about the current and next phase of the jam

INTRODUCTIONS

  • Name: About themselves.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTRO TO GAMES AT NOISEBRIDGE

Q&A =

  • Does anyone have questions maybe someone in the group might know the answer?

TOPICS

  • Does anyone have a discussion topic? Let's take a stack of topics first before we get into them.
PLAYTESTS
  • Does anyone have a game they want to playtest?
DEMOS =
  • Does anyone have a game work in progress they want to demo?
GAME JAM!
  • Discuss ongoing game jam progress.