When: Feb. 12th, 2015 Where: Gameplay Space, 1435 rue Saint Alexandre, metro Place des Arts Event link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pixelles-whirlwind-mentorship-meet-greet-registration-15488107346 Thinking of joining the games industry? You’re invited to a professional mentorship speed networking event. You’ll get a chance to personally meet a variety of people in the industry in a round robin format. We’ll have designers,… Continue reading Mentorship Whirlwind Meet & Greet
Session 3 Summary: First Playtest & Scoping
The third week of the Pixelles Incubator 3 is complete! We spent most of our time reviewing each other’s prototypes and getting lots of 1 on 1 time with this week’s mentor Tali Goldstein. Tali is a Line Producer at Minority and had lots to say about project scope and the importance of Playtesting. Scoping… Continue reading Session 3 Summary: First Playtest & Scoping
Atelier: Initiation à la modélisation 3D
Quand: 10 fevrier 2015, 19h à 21h Emplacement: Maison Notman, 51 Sherbrooke Ouest Langue: Francais Coût: Gratuit :D Cet atelier est destiné aux grands débutants, y compris ceux qui n’ont jamais ouvert un logiciel de 3d, et a pour but la modélisation d’un objet simple, a travers les points suivants : Explication du processus de… Continue reading Atelier: Initiation à la modélisation 3D
Session 2 Summary: Game Design Tips & Intro to Programming
The second week of Pixelles Incubator 3 marked our first session with mentor presentations! The ladies of Pixelles talked about their experiences over the week, trying out different tools for game-making and analyzing their own game concepts. Some of them brought in the tutorial files they had made, paper diagrams and sketches, and others had actually… Continue reading Session 2 Summary: Game Design Tips & Intro to Programming
Session Summary 1: Intros & Inspiration
The first session of the incubator came and went swimmingly! We had a chance to meet all ten new participants, and a few old faces from PGI1 and 2 popped by as well. Within our discussions, we were reminded by this wonderful group that Pixelles isn’t a class or a course. Most of the learning… Continue reading Session Summary 1: Intros & Inspiration
Meet the Pixelles Game Incubator III Participants!
First of all, we want to say that everyone who applied is an amazing lady. With over 100 applicants it was an extremely difficult task to only ten women. We’d like to say that just because you weren’t selected doesn’t mean you aren’t a talented, wonderful, beautiful and intelligent person. Because YOU ARE! We tried… Continue reading Meet the Pixelles Game Incubator III Participants!
Workshop: Make Text Adventure Games & Visual Novels with Twine
When: January 22nd, 2014 @ 7:00 – 9:00pm Where: Notman House, 51 Sherbrooke Ouest Language: English (+ Français – diaporama bilingue) Cost: FREE :D Twine is a free tool that lets you easily create interactive fiction/text adventure games and visual novels. It’s accessible, no coding, and you can start making games in 15 minutes. Perfect… Continue reading Workshop: Make Text Adventure Games & Visual Novels with Twine
Workshop: Intro to Game Design
When: December 11th, 2014 @ 7:00 – 9:00pm Where: Notman House, 51 Sherbrooke Ouest Language: English Cost: FREE :D We will dive straight into the nuts and bolts of game design, but in a completely beginner friendly way. The skills you learn in the workshop will give you a good basis for starting your own… Continue reading Workshop: Intro to Game Design
Pixelles x WIGI Social: Celebrate women in game development!
You’re invited to celebrate women in game development with us! When: Tuesday, December 9th @ 7pm Where: Bar B1, 2021 Rue Saint-Denis (metro Berri-UQAM) We welcome all Pixelles mentors, mentees, women in the games industry, as well as, future mentors of all genders, to join us at our social. Meet other developers, make new friends, inspire… Continue reading Pixelles x WIGI Social: Celebrate women in game development!
Info Session Wrap Up: Pixelles Game Incubator 3
A big thank you to everyone who made it out to the info session! We loved meeting you and we love your enthusiasm! Definitely looking forward to your game-making energy in January! If you couldn’t make it out to the info session you can still view the presentation to see what you might’ve missed! It… Continue reading Info Session Wrap Up: Pixelles Game Incubator 3