[IGDA_indies] possible focus/purpose

[C Ratchet]

It all sounds good to me...

Another thing that might be interesting to Indies who are interested in 
getting development experience without having to find a job in the 
industry would be HappyPenguin.org's Game of the Month project... every 
few months, a new open source game project project that has had low 
activity is selected and people pitch in to help it. The current 
project is LinCity.

http://tinyurl.com/5jxc9

Ratchet

On Feb 8, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Jason Della Rocca wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been chatting with some indie folks about what role an Indie SIG 
> could play, or gap that it could fill. (A special thanks to Jay Moore 
> from GarageGames for cycling with me on this).
>
> The conclusion is that the SIG could:
>
> 1 - provide a central repository of indie info
> 2 - promote and generate awareness for the indie scene within the 
> industry
> 3 - serve as a "voice" for indie developers within the IGDA
>
> All three points are somewhat related, but the idea is that there is 
> in fact a ton of info out there, group already supporting indies, 
> success stories, etc, etc. But, you have to work hard to find it all 
> (yes, Google helps, but still) and there's no sense of cohesion.
>
> Doing (1) would be somewhat tedious, but it is not rocket science. The 
> reality is that the IGDA site get hundreds of thousands of hits a 
> month. Yes, everyone comes for a different reason, but many are just 
> looking for info on how to make games and get involved in development. 
> Getting them started on the right foot could be a huge help.
>
> Doing (2) is a bit vague, but the goal would be to help the industry 
> and those involved in games to better understand the indie space. I 
> could see cases/success stories being popular. Or, some kind of annual 
> "state of the indie scene" report going out to the IGDA's 80k 
> members/users and the media. Etc, etc, etc.
>
> Finally, (3) would be more about getting indies involved in IGDA 
> programs. As a volunteer org, much of the IGDA's work is biased 
> towards those who are willing to contribute. If only big industry pros 
> get involved, then the IGDA "output" will reflect that...  This could 
> be manifested in terms of how some chapters could be more welcoming to 
> indies, getting indie folks on various committee projects, etc, etc...
>
>
> While such efforts will not make every indie a millionaire, it would 
> provide some meta-level support and cohesion to the sector in the 
> hopes of making the indie scene slightly more conducive to the 
> production of millionaires ;)
>
>
> As always, a big challenge is finding those who'd be willing to lead 
> such efforts and contribute effort.
>
> Thoughts? Feedback?
>
> Jason
>
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