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New England Institute of Technology Summer 2014 Number 1 GameTech Video Game Technology Newsletter Summer Game Jam! The Annual 24Hour Summer Game Jam is coming! All VGDD students are strongly urged to join in the event. This is a great opportunity to add a game related event to your resume: employers love to see game jams on resumes. This year we will be starƟng at 5:00 PM on Friday, August 22 , ending 24 hours later. Jammers will stay overnight in the East Greenwich Campus building. To begin the jam, teams will be given the jam theme and the parameters for the game. From there, parƟcipants will brainstorm concepts, develop a plan of acƟon and start making their game… from scratch. At the conclusion, everyone will regroup in the Theater to share the results. Bring your power drinks, sleeping bags, food, unicorns, etc.! To register: Please go to www.PowerGameDay.com! When: 5:00 PM, August 2223, 2014 Where: Start in N106, Theater, East Greenwich Campus Jammers from the 2013 Summer Game Jam and some games.

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Page 1: Video Game Technology Newsletter Summer Game Jam!€¦ · in the event. This is a great opportunity to add a game related event to your resume: employers love to see game jams on

 

New England Institute of Technology Summer 2014

Number 1

GameTech Video Game Technology Newsletter 

Summer Game Jam!

 

The Annual 24‐Hour Summer Game Jam is coming! All VGDD students are strongly urged to join 

in the  event. This is a great opportunity to add a game related event to your resume:  employers 

love to see game jams on resumes.  This year we will be star ng at 5:00 PM on Friday, August 

22 , ending 24 hours later. Jammers will stay overnight in the East Greenwich Campus building. 

To begin the jam, teams will be given the jam theme and the parameters for the game.  From 

there, par cipants will brainstorm concepts, develop a plan of ac on and start making their 

game… from scratch. At the conclusion, everyone will re‐group in the Theater to share the       

results.  Bring your power drinks, sleeping bags, food, unicorns, etc.!  

To register: Please go to www.PowerGameDay.com! 

When: 5:00 PM, August 22‐23, 2014 

Where: Start in N106, Theater, East Greenwich Campus 

 

Jammers from the 2013 Summer Game Jam and  

some games. 

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New England Institute of Technology Summer 2014

Number 1

Page 2 GameTech Video Game Technology Newsletter 

September 13, 2014 MIT – Johnson Athletic Center 

Registra on is now open!   

h p://bostonfig.com/ The Boston Fes val of Indie Games celebrates independent game development in New England and neighboring regions. Our goal is to 

create an inclusive environment for everybody who enjoys and appreciates games in whatever shape or form. The fes val seeks to 

support and showcase the efforts of independent game developers, as well as youth programs focused on game development and 

related fields. We encourage a endees of our annual fes val to par cipate and play games in different formats: video games,           

loca on‐based games, tabletop games and more. The games featured at the annual fes val are innova ve and refreshing,           

demonstra ng both the budding and the established talent of game makers in the American northeast. The Boston Fes val of Indie 

Games is a registered non‐profit with the State of Massachuse s, dedicated to fostering the next genera on of game developers. 

Through youth and small‐business outreach ini a ves culmina ng in the yearly fes val, the Boston Fes val of Indie Games strives to 

strengthen the game development industry of New England.  

Click on image for link to Boston FIG Promo Reel video (h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjltPt97le4) 

NEIT VGDD students are encouraged 

to par cipate in the New England 

Game Developer’s Community! 

Network! Network! Network!