Sam Loves Programming

[gamedevsam]

Anyone know any middle schoolers that want to learn how to make games? I made a tutorial, it uses Phaser and HTML5!

[bmoreindiegames]

Community Art Challenge

BIG member Eric Varela has been organizing weekly art challenges, and the results are pretty incredible. I think we can all agree that Baltimore has some pretty amazing artists!

Eric Varela

David Freeman

Kevin Huo

Rodrigo Petunio

Jen Kraft

Michael Kotey

Cameron Reigle

[bmoreindiegames]

This is gameplay from Neon FM™, an electrified rhythm & action game for arcades and mobile. Players pound the five colored panels with their hands to the beat of the music and are scored on their timing.

It’s definitely a cool game, reminiscent of Frets On Fire, or DJ Max Portable. It looks like a rhythm game tailored for the modern gamer. Sadly it’s currently only available for purchase as a pricey arcade machine.

Hopefully @EricYockey (aka Unit-e Technologies) is currently working on a way to reach a wider audience.

Good luck Eric, I can’s wait to play Neon FM soon!

PS: Several BIG members love their PSVita (myself included, wink wink).

[gamedevsam]

Today I fixed some issues with BIG's website, and added a few needed features.

Using donations from previous Dev Nights, I purchased a plugin that added a "Post Your Event" button on our Events page. Now anyone can submit events to the calendar, without having to register for an account. Newly added events must be approved before they show up in the list of course. This is a good step towards making BIG's website a hub for local game dev events!

I also added a "Follow BIG" button anchored to the left of our website and blog, and a subscribe page. I release the dates for Dev Nights through email first, then website, then facebook group.

You might want to subscribe if you haven't yet done so.

Keep it up Indies of Baltimore!

[bmoreindiegames]

I’m pleased to showcase the work of one of our newest members, Andrei Schulgach. Andrei is young game developer from Bel Air Maryland. He’s the main developer behind Elite Force, a first person shooter made with Unity 3D. It’s free to play, so you should totally check it out!

Andrei also makes music, videos, digital art, and websites (seriously, what can’t this guy do?!). He’s 17 years old and already runs his own game development company. He’s clearly a very talented and passionate game developer.

I’m happy to showcase his work, and look forward to see what he’ll do next!

[bmoreindiegames]

Zack Urtes shows off his skill with some character concept art for Battle Prism.

[bmoreindiegames]

Anthony Powell documented BIG’s 2014 Summer Showcase. The quality of the games on display is definitely improving, a good sign of a healthy development community!

[bmoreindiegames]

Thanks Tony Powell (@Philosoplay) for showcasing the streets of Baltimore during Artscape! There’s a lot of familiar faces for BIG members :)

[bmoreindiegames]

Gaming event going down on October 11, 2014 from 10 AM – 8PM @ Harford Community College (Student Center).

Contact Jessica Dahl ([email protected]) if you’re interested in showcasing your game or business.

You can find more information on BIG’s event page.

[bmoreindiegames]

Another awesome game in development from a Bmore Dev. Keep your eye out for this one, it’s showing a lot of promise!

[gamedevsam]

I'm teaching a class!

Intro to Video Game Programming: Learn by Doing 

Samuel Batista, a professional game developer at Firaxis Games with over 5 years of programming experience, will challenge students to create their own video game using a modern object-oriented programming language.

Participants will be guided by well-designed activity modules that teach by example.  You will work on actual bits of gaming code to make changes and observe your results on-screen. You will have the opportunity to proceed as fast, or as slow, as you are comfortable.  The instructor will be there to coach you and give immediate response to your questions.

Click here to learn more and apply

[gamedevsam]

BIG Jam 2: LSDog (week 1)

[gamejolt-blog-blog-blog]

Aren’t game jams great? We’re pretty much in love with them. Nothing spurs creativity and energizes the community quite like a game jam.

How would you like to organize and run a jam? I bet it’s crossed your mind at least once or twice. But it sure seems like a lot of work. There must be a...

[bmoreindiegames]

BIG Game Jam 02 Progress Report:

Super LSDog - You play as a police dog who’s job is to find and apprehend drug smugglers. When you capture the smugglers, you’ll consume their wares, and power up into a a drug crazed warewolf going on a rampage. You must continue to chase drug smugglers to keep your rampage going, and avoid the cops who are trying to stop you and restore order. Satisfy your drug crazed animal violent tendencies with LSDog!

Team:

Samuel Batista Alex Grube Paul Tschirgi

Tech:

 Unreal Engine 4

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You can follow the development on the BIG Forums.

[gamedevsam]

I love me some programming puzzles!

[gamedevsam]

Check out how Microsoft is making a difference in the gaming community in New York City!

[thatdragoncancer]

We haven’t talked about it publicly, but back in June of 2013, we were contacted by a documentary film director who had seen a one-liner mention of our game on killscreen, and was interested in finding out if we’d be open to letting them come out and visit our family in order that he and his partner might produce a documentary about the making of the game.

Thus began the production of the film “Thank You For Playing.”

You wouldn’t think it so, since our family has been so public and in the news about sharing the game, and we’ve been part of a web-based documentary before, but letting a film crew in to our personal, creative and professional lives was a little scary.  We are not the producers of this film.  It is independent of us.  Before this project, we did not know David and Malika, but we decided It was important that people see the parts of our lives in-between the scenes of the game.  Life happens in the middle and so does death.  David and Malika were with our family the three days leading up to Joel’s passing.

They recently posted a teaser trailer announcing the film, and have set up a facebook and web site to promote their project.  We hope you’ll support them.

-Ryan

[gamedevsam]

Really looking forward to this one...