Artsy Game Incubator

By: Derek Yu

On: November 16th, 2007

I really like this idea:

The Artsy Games Incubator exists to help people in Toronto that have a drive to make games, artistic talents to bring to the table, but no programming experience.

We will be making game elements and games using the emerging array of point-and-click tools that require no coding, just a Photoshop level of computer familiarity.

Based somewhat on a writerâ€™s-circle model, we will be meeting weekly for a four week period to share our progress and give feedback to each other.

We are all about making games now!

As much as I like talking about games, the real joy comes from making them. I wish there was one of these in every city!

(Source: GameSetWatch)

Posted in Community, Developers, Games and Art?

http://www.rey-o.com rey-o

neato-burrito

i’m from toronto, so i’ll have to give this a look!
Neon

Canada? Booyah.
Mizumon

Same here, I’m a Torontonian. =3 But I’ve honestly never heard of this project before…
rinkuhero

The hard part about these is that unless everyone in the group has a laptop (or at least one of them has one and was sent everyone’s games by email) it’s hard to show each other the previous week’s work at a meeting. With writer’s groups it’s easier since all you need is a print-out of what you wrote. But yeah, if any indie developer lives near NYC we should start one.
guesst

I mean no offense by what I say here, but I have very little respect for development packages that “require no coding.” I have very little respect for the people that make them. I have very little respect for the people that use them.

It’s not that I have some high-and-mighty opinion of myself, it’s just every time I use one of these packages I find I’m spending more time trying to overcome the limitations of the package than I am making what I want.

If I wanted a system that reqired no coding I’d pull out some card stock and carboard and make a board game.
krizzl0r

@guesst:
“every time i use one of these packages” makes me wonder if you realised what you wrote in the sentences just before that ;D
guesst

I was in a room once where they were being used, but I did not inhale.