Paper, code, screen, the most basic tools.

As some might have read there, we are preparing our second Real World Gathering in Tours. And to be honest, it is getting really exiting : so far our 20 seats for kids are booked. And graphic designers, musicians and developers have proposed to help them creating their own games!

It also seams that we will manage to group around 40 people covering a wide skills range, from graphic designers, to artists, developers, makers or board game designers. I can’t wait to discover what crazy projects will come out of this !

A showcase on Friday night, to start dreaming

As we might be quite a large number of participants who have never met each other, on Friday night (the 21st) we will organise a showcase to get to know eachother (and start dreaming) : everyone will be invited to show its previous productions : boardgames, odd electronic devices, drawings, and video games of course ! You can bet, that it will only be a beginning, as we will order tons of pizzas… But that’s another story 😉

Five workshops for beginners, and the others…

We also want to welcome beginners. So from the 10th to the 19th of April, we organise 5 workshops opened to everyone (whether they take part to the gathering or not) to learn and share about game creation :

• Creating a platformer with Construct 2, for beginners. Tuesday the 10th – 7pm
• Discovering the FunLab and its crazy machines. Wednesday the 11th – 7pm
• Graphics in video games, a workshop to share our knowledge. Thursday the 12th – 7pm
• Creating a point & click with Adventure Game Studio, for beginners. Tuesday the 18th – 7pm
• Sounds and Musics in video games, a workshop to share our knowledge. Thursday the 12th – 7pm

Still some seats left…

There still are some seats left for the gathering and the workshops, so don’t forget to register if ever you wish to join !

And don’t forget to follow #ldtours37 for more news about our gathering !

Tags: boardgame, fablab, kids, LD #38, Real World Gathering

Around 40 developpers, graphic designers and sound designers joined our Real World Gathering in Tours.

And of course, after a while, this many people get slightly overexited… We had to organise a Capture the Flag, to tire them a bit down 😉

Developpers need to practice some sport !

Sports aside, it looks like we will have a nice edition down there ! We have 5 teams + 2 solo working on video games, and 1 team + 1 solo working on boardgames.

I can’t wait to test them all !

You can follow us at @LDTours37, or check our twich stream.

Tags: board game, Real World Gathering

Youhou ! This is our first proper submission to a Ludum Dare ! And we have to admit we that are really pleased with the result and how it went : the weekend was filled with friends coming over at home with their kids, copious meal with plenty of melted cheese on potatoes, a -more than decent- amount of red wine and beer. Ok, I reckon that we have worked a bit too (the game has been made over 26 hours).

We were two in the team. And most of the joy probably came when were trying the game and discover how each others production fitted together. (I was on the code and text, and Rature on the graphics and sounds).

So, I the end, I has been a really good - and relaxing - experience. Which I didn't know was a possible word to use in a LDJam !

Hey, this is not my game, but I really love it, and I fell that it deserves to be ranked !

That's a short tower defense, but your ressource, instead of coming from the number of ennemies you've killed, is the money that you have not spent. A nice refreshing twist.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/bestfund-inc

We are in !