Thoughts on Tax Breaks for Game Developers in Pennsylvania
We were interviewed the other day for a brief piece by WHYY/Newsworks, but since they wisely limited the length of my ramblings on the subject, I thought a few additional notes on the issue might be of interest to some patient folks: 1. In 2006, I co-founded a company in New Orleans with the folks ...
2013 Grassroots Game Conference Planning
We are currently finalizing location and Tracks for the 2013 Grassroots Game Conference in Philadelphia. Our premiere event, last year, was an unexpected success (especially given limited planning and no marketing, as it was conceived and executed in a single month with little budget) and we look forward to this year ...
New University Programs from Philadelphia Game Lab
We’ve recently added several initiatives that may be of interest if you’re a college student involved in game development, work with such college students, or would like to.
Home for Philadelphia Game Lab
It’ll take a few months for everything to be fitted out, and to have everyone in place, but this is the space that will be home to the Philadelphia Game Lab. It’s at 2212 Walnut Street, in Center City Philadelphia, close to Drexel, Penn, UArts, regional rail, and just as importantly, the Sidecar Bar and ...
Wow, the first Grassroots Game Conference is complete!
We held our first Grassroots Game Conference last week as part of our core mission of facilitating small team, creative game development, emphasizing its significance as a key trend in the industry today, and specifically highlighting the unique differentiators of Philadelphia in this area. We presented this first year in coordination with Philly Tech Week, and ...
Grassroots Game Conference
The site is now live, and registrations (for almost everything) are active.
Want to work in a new Game QA Lab (inside Philadelphia Game Lab)?
It used to be that the first step into work in the game industry was as a QA tester, but in recent years, that critical first step has largely disappeared, as this category of work has been outsourced to Asian shops. In partnership with several developers, we are creating a Quality Assurance Lab that is ...
Want to work in Philadelphia Game Lab? + New Space Decision
We are finalizing decisions on space for the Philadelphia Game Lab and now taking informal applications for Game Team and Individual Memberships. If you would like to apply, either for subsidized team space, or (still cheaper than going rate) Individual Membership, just send a few lines on what you’re up to, and names of team ...
Philadelphia Game Scene #1
We had a great time at the first Philadelphia Game Scene, met a bunch of people we’d never run into before, and shared beer with some people doing very cool stuff. It was a diverse group, and ended up being something like a collaborative “office hours,” with experienced developers and academics sharing wisdom with neophytes, ...
Join the Discussion at Philadelphia Game Lab
We’re discussing upcoming events and initiatives, and soliciting your feedback. Please join the dialog at Google Groups.