When:Sunday, October 13th 3:00-5:00pm
Where:
Trippers
354 Frandor Ave
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 336-0717

Speaker: Stardock's Brad Wardell
Stardock's Brad Wardell will discuss the ins and outs of being an
independent game developer (in Michigan) from both a game design point of
view and an economic point of view. How to make a living having fun.

Bio: Brad Wardell founded Stardock in 1993 while in college. Stardock's first game was a turn based strategy game for OS/2. Stardock developed and published games for the niche OS/2 until 1997 when it moved to Windows.

Windows games have included Entrepreneur, Stellar Frontier, LightWeight
Ninja, The Corporate Machine, and Galactic Civilizations which is due out
1st quater 2003. Wardell is also a judge for the Independent Gaming
Festival for the Game Developer's Conference, runs the website JoeUser.com, is the Product Manager of Object Desktop and WindowBlinds, is an administrator at WinCustomize.com and writes a monthly column for Avault.com.

Directions to Trippers from Southeast Michigan:
1) Take I96W to I127N (~1 hour from Detroit)
2) Exit I127N at Kalamazoo/Michigan Ave. Exit
3) You will be on North Homer Street.
4) Go straight through stop light at after exiting (across Kalamazoo St.)
5) Go straight through the next stop light (across Michigan Ave.)
6) Turn right onto Vine Street (which is a one way)
7) Continue through stop light (across N. Clippert Street) to enter Frandor
Shopping area
8) Continue past the strip mall (on left) and Sears (on right).
9) Trippers is located on your left immediately after the Standard Federal
Bank.

MapQuest Map:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=354+Frandor+Ave.&city=Lansing&state=MI&zipcode=48912&homesubmit.x=23&homesubmit.y=11

About the IGDA:
The International Game Developers Association is the independent, non-profit professional organization for developers of entertainment software, helping the game development community achieve its common goals.

http://www.igda.org/


About the new Southern Michigan IGDA Chapter:
Michigan is well known for the auto industry, Motown, professional sporting teams (Red Wings, Lions, Tigers), and several great Universities. However, when you think of the creation of digital games, Michigan is not usually the first location that you think of. However, there is a growing game development industry in the state, including several game development studios and many independent developers and consultants. The Southern Michigan International Game Developers Association chapter was begun in September 2002 to help promote southern Michigan as a game development community, while fostering a network for the game developers and enthusiasts in the state.

http://www.igda.org/Chapters/detroit.htm

The chapter will meet every other month is alternating locations in and
around southern Michigan (Lansing, Ann Arbor, Flint, and Detroit).

For more information, contact the chapter coordinators:
Brian Winn
Ron Frazier
Rich Elswick
Matt Hargraves