i would surely like to join in! On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:39 PM, manusheel <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Neat initiative and neat idea by Anubhav. > > You can write to Nalin at nsnsns<at>gmail<dot>com. > > Good luck. > > Manu > > --- In [email protected] <csi_nsit%40yahoogroups.com>, Anubhav > Agarwal <anubha...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Great idea.. This brings to my mind one of our Alumni, Nalin Savara, 1999 > > passout, some of you might know, who has started his own company DSTech > in > > the GameDevelopment field. > > Interested people would like to read his article that featured in > Reminisce > > magazine <http://nsitalumni.org/main/reminisce/reminisce-09.html> last > year, > > > under the Entrepreneurship section. > > > > In his interview last year, he was always interested and willing to give > > internship projects to students who would like to work in this field and > > this club would be the right place to begin with. > > > > Just wanted to share this piece of info with all.. Great going!! > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Anubhav Agarwal > > Member-IT D.E Shaw & Co.| NSIT Graduate'09 | Founder - > > Reminisce<http://www.nsitalumni.org/> > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Mohit Taneja <mohitge...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
