February — the Buzz Aldrin of months! Help us celebrate second place, longer days, and shorter months at our February meetup. We’ll be playing some of the wonderful games made at the recent Global Game Jam, and more besides!
Come introduce yourselves if it’s your first time at a meetup, and email us early if you’d like to present a demo or find new and exciting recipes for baked goods.
The MRGS monthly meetups bring together game enthusiasts from Montreal and beyond to chat about games, play some demos, share a few drinks, and generally keep each other inspired. Game-making experience is NOT required — newcomers are welcome, and encouraged to come say hello!
Get in touch if you’ve got something to show, or if it’s your first time stopping by!
Février — le Buzz Aldrin des mois! Célébrons ensemble cette “deuxième place” et par le fait même les journées qui s’allongent et les mois qui raccourcissent. Profitons-en pour jouer à tous les jeux fabuleux qui sont sortis du Global Game Jam et tous les autres!
N’oubliez pas de nous contacter rapidement si vous avez un jeu à montrer sur le projecteur. On s’attend à ce qu’il y ait une tonne et demie de jeux! N’hésitez pas non plus à nous contacter si c’est votre première visite ou si vous cherchez une nouvelle recette de biscuits…
Les enthousiastes de jeux vidéo de Montréal, et ses alentours, se rassemblent chaque mois aux rencontres de la Société Ludique du Mont-Royal. Pour se garder motivés et inspirés les uns les autres on y discute de jeux vidéos et de l’industrie, on y présente des démos et on y boit quelques bières tout en ayant une agréable soirée. Nul besoin d’être un développeur pour y assister, les petits nouveaux sont toujours les bienvenus!
N’hésite pas à nous contacter si tu as un démo à présenter ou s’il s’agit de ta première visite!
WHEN?
Wednesday, February 5th, 19h30
WHERE?
The Royal Phoenix
5788 boul. St.-Laurent
On the 55 bus line, and a short walk from Rosemont metro
(Directions)
QUAND?
Mercredi 5 février 19h30
OÙ?
The Royal Phoenix
5788 boul. St.-Laurent
Sur la ligne du 55, et tout près du métro Rosemont
(Directions)
It’s a new year - time for MRGS to try some new things. Join us at our first Town Hall meeting to discuss governance, propose activities or events, and talk about how we can best support each other and make more wonderful games-related things happen in the city of Montreal.
Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you have a specific idea or point of discussion in mind. We’d like to make sure everyone’s voice gets heard.
This first meeting will be informal, fairly brief, and probably a little ad-hoc. Here are a few things we’d like to touch upon:
- Discussion of MRGS’s mandate
- Setting up an open mailing list for organizational talk
- Establishing a board; implications, responsibilities, membership
- Some things we’d like to make happen this year
If you can’t make it but still want to be involved or kept in the loop: shoot us an email and we’ll make sure you get a copy of the minutes/notes afterwards. (We’ll be posting them on the blog as well.) This is the currently the best channel to get in touch with thoughts/comments in general, too.
INFO
MRGS Town Hall
Wednesday, January 22nd, 19h00
Execution Labs
3863 St.-Laurent, Suite #206
Montréal, Québec
FACEBOOK
Event page.
IMPORTANT
Baked goods will be available in limited quantities for your edification.
Donation of baked goods gratefully accepted.
In which we look back at the variously emotive times we had the January meetup this past Wednesday.
Thanks for coming out, everyone!
Un bref regard sur les jeux et activités du meetup de mercredi soir.
Merci à tous d’être venus!
LES ANNONCES / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Execution Labs is starting a new round of applications for their game development and studio incubator — inquire within!
IGDA Monreal‘s DemoNight is coming up on January 28th at the Société des arts technologiques. Extra details and the event lineup will be posted soon, so keep an eye on their main site and Facebook page!
The Global Game Jam is taking place this January 24-26th! ÉTS (MTL Game Jam) and TAG Concordia are both hosting gatherings featuring food, mentors, and prizes, so check out the respective websites for more info and sign up (ÉTS/MTL Game Jam, TAG Concordia) to guarantee a spot!
The Pixelles incubator for first-time women game-makers is underway — and everyone is invited to follow along and make games of their own! They’re also hosting a local incarnation of MIT’s QUILTBAG jam on February 8th, addressing issues of queer identity and experience with the theme “Labels Are For Clothes.” The jam is open to everyone!
Going into the new year, with new non-profit status, MRGS is going to be holding an informal discussion session to find new ways to work with and empower the local community. The discussion will take place January 22nd, time and place to be determined — watch this space!
LES JEUX / GAMES
Anamorphine, Mohannad Al-Khatib & Ramy Daghstani
[DTGMA] A Fistful of Wizards, Game of the Year
[DTGMA] Risk of Wizard, Renaud “The Monster King” Cormier
skyRogue, Kenny Backus
[DTGMA] SkiFree Quest, Brent Ellison & Tanya Short
Wordplay, Travis Martin
