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 ...
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.
Philadelphia Game Lab Advisor List
Part of what initially enabled us to take steps toward creating the Game Lab here in Philadelphia, a city with much in the way of creative and technical skills, but very little game industry presence, was the feedback we got from the industry at large. Much of that feedback was numerous offers of help, and ...
Gamification Event, etc.
A quick update for the week of October 13th: Our gamification event last week with Wharton, co-sponsored by IGDA and Panma, was a great success, and even after we cut off additional registrations at 4o more people than we had room for (which given usual no-show rates for free events should have left plenty of ...