Hi,
Recently, I have been talking to a few NSITians who are interested in Game
Development. Which lead me + Aditya (Vishwakarma) to think seriously about
opening a Game Development Club at NSIT.
Our aim is to go beyond the classroom studies and do something practical,
collaboratively. This club could act as a medium for many students who want
to develop Games to meet with like minded people, and achieve something
which they probably cant in solitude, i.e develop a game.
Some fundamental rules which I believe we should be following are :
- Everyone's Invited (Open Door Policy): Game development is not just
about writing code, its about developing concepts.
- If you are someone who is interested in getting a concept of the game
to the table, but not sure if you could make it work, you are welcome.
- If you are someone who can draw, even on paper. Trust me you are
more than welcome. Artists are indeed one of the most scarce resources in
gaming industry, in our college too.
- If you are not really interested in the above listed things but are
enthusiastic about playing games, how about you show up and give in some
testing sessions (probably that would come in later on) or your
suggestions
on the gaming ideas, which others plan to develop.
- Obviously, the good old coders can also expect a warm welcome.
- Knowledge Sharing : The single aim of this club wouldn't be just to
make games, the ultimate motivation behind everything should be to learn.
And trust me there is always something to learn from anyone else in your
college.
- Once we get things into motion we can always organize guest lecture
sessions by inviting local game developers.
- Participation : The club can be used to organize teams to
participate in many Game Development Contests and Festivals. They always are
a great source of motivation and instill a sense of hitting a milestone.
At last, whatever we do , we want to get ours (+ yours too) 'hands dirty' by
getting to work on something realtime. We plan to have a small meet in
connecting block 110 on tuesday 5:30 regarding the same. Please confirm your
presence by replying to this mail (even a reply with "in" as the content
with the same subject would do).
Regards,
Mohit Taneja
