{"id":207,"date":"2016-06-03T00:49:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T00:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tgdstaging.enemyhideout.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2017-06-21T21:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:13:16","slug":"may-meeting-recap-game-project-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsongamedev.com\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"May Meeting Recap & Game Project Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a pretty awesome May meeting. Thanks to all who participated. And OMG thanks Lucy for remembering to take photos! Since some could not\u00a0come by and want\u00a0the vitals\u00a0I’ll break it down.<\/p>\n

Presentation<\/h3>\n

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If you didn’t know, we are working together to make a game and this was the kickoff. First we had a quick presentation to talk about what we were going to do.\u00a0You can download the slide deck here.<\/a>\u00a0After chatting about some ideas, we voted on the best. Lastly we collectively brainstormed\u00a0what the game would be. We left the meeting with homework: Explore the game concept and come back with something to present at the next meeting.<\/p>\n

The Pitches<\/h3>\n

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Before I get into the game concept we had some great ideas. Jon’s kid (who is too cute) pitched a game about a pelican diving to get fish. Another was a kind of 2-way breakout called ‘Breakdown’. Another was where you play a hipster and ride your bike around smoking cigarettes and being hipster. We had a game which was a top-down pirate ship game. And another where you played a first-person shooter in an office swivel chair.<\/p>\n

Ultimately we ended up with….a tie! Office Chair Shooter and Pirate Ship Game were tied for first, barely edging out Breakdown. And so we went ahead and mixed our ideas together to create: Office Pirates!<\/p>\n

The Game: Office Pirates!<\/h3>\n

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But…what *is* Office Pirates? It sounds like a cool concept but what is it concretely? What is the objective? A lot of different ideas were thrown out: Maybe you play a skyscraper on a pirate ship (a la Terry Gilliam<\/a>). Maybe you have a small ship in a flooded office and go slow…like a boat<\/a>. Maybe you are attempting to save\/convert other office pirates to your cause, and create a chain of pirates in swivel chairs (maybe like Colossatron<\/a> or Anomaly<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Pre-Production<\/h3>\n

So that’s where we left it. There are a lot of games we can potentially make. We want to explore a lot of different kinds of ideas.\u00a0Now we are looking for *you* to contribute your ideas for the next meeting. How, you may ask? Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n