http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org Silicon Valley IGDA Chapter Website Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Join us March 22 at 6pm for the "Keys to Viral Game Success" Whether you a web, mobile or console game designer or developer you know that going viral is a critical key to success. Virality is a puzzle you must continually solve and plan for. No games seem to be ... http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/zynga-and-traffic-honey-on-key-to-social-game-success/ Hi Everyone! Only this Wednesday our, Next Chapter Meeting Social Event will be combined with Wildpocket @ Bay Area Game Jam 2010 Pre-event Meet Ups!  Location: BBC Menlo Park - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 When and Where? Silicon Valley Meet Up: Wednesday, February 24th 7:30 – 9:30pm BBC Menlo Park RSVP - http://wildpockets.com/gamejam?quicktabs_5=2#quicktabs-5 Want to win $3000 and recognition for ... http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/feb-24-party-time-chapter-meeting-at-bbc-with-wild-pockets/ More than 125 sites around the globe this year for the IGDA's Global Game Jam. There are three sites in and near Silicon Valley; in San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Sunnyvale. Here are URL's to the three sites on globalgamejam.org http://globalgamejam.org/sites/national-university-san-jose http://globalgamejam.org/sites/university-california-santa-cruz http://globalgamejam.org/sites/cogswell-polytechnical-college Late breaking note -- Santa Cruz is full, and Cogswell is looking ... http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/january-29-31-igda-global-game-jam-will-be-held-around-the-world/ Happy 2010. Join us for our next Pizza Night meeting at 7:30 pm at Kapps.  Time to talk games, projects and fun again. Details here http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/wednesday-jan-27-next-chapter-pizza-night-meeting/ Silicon Valley International Game Developers Association (SVIGDA)  siliconvalleyigda.org in collaboration with the Business Association of Stanford Entrepeneurial Students (BASES) bases.stanford.edu present: Games and (new) New Media, Speakers: Steve Meretzky, VP Game Design, Playdom, and Dave Castelnuovo, cofounder Bolt Interactive. Logistics: Free entry, but seating is limited. 6:30PM Friday, December 04, 2009 Jordan Hall, Stanford University room 420-040 Go downstairs, or around to ... http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/friday-december-4th-at-stanford-steve-meretsky-and-dave-castelnuovo-present-new-media-and-games/ Hi All, join us for our next Pizza Night meeting at 7:30 pm at Kapps.  It's a been a wonderful year for the chapter, let's plan a new one and also just simply talk games and munch.  Bring your ideas an/or your smiling face and appetite! Details here http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/wednesday-nov-18-next-pizza-night-and-planning-meeting/ Game Demo Night is a evening where new and upcoming games and game tools are presented, after which the audience has a chance to interact with and give feedback to presenters and check out many of the demos. Of additional fun and benefit will be hearing about the wide ... http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/demo-night-wednesday-sept-30/ Interested in creating a social game or app, or promoting your existing game through one? Join the Social Game Fest group on  Check out and register for a Social Game Fests in the Bay Area this Fall at http://www.socialgamefest.net/ http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/upcoming-social-game-fests/ Thanks to the excellent media artist Rachael Reisdorf and the ongoing efforts of Cogswell Dean Bonnie Phelps, here is a flyer for Game Demo Night. Complete info on Demo Night is here http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/flyer-of-game-demo-night-for-sept-30/ Donning our best dour stuffy attitudes we had a rather serious meeting... well ok we ate pizza and had fun and talked about games :D Thanks to Joseph Gilby with his camera, and Melody Schaeffer for taking one of him in revenge. Click Below to see the Pictures [galleria] http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/sv-igda-meeting-pics/