Name: GI Jam (Fall 2016)
Start: 2016-10-28T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2016-10-30T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Quantum Nano Centre (QNC), Rooms 1502 and 2502 (registration in room 2502)

GI Jam (Fall 2016)

The Games Institute / UW IGDA / IMMERSE / UW GDC

<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; border: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">This event is an opportunity to make games, explore new game ideas, and interact with fellow game-lovers in an exciting and relaxed environment. Learn something, teach something, make something, and play something!</P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; border: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">The event is a community-based effort to increase the total knowledge, experience, and ideas available to community members. Do you know something about games that may interest others? Then volunteer! We want to know what you know!</P>
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<LI CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><B><I>LEARN: </I></B>you can hear talks from invited experts about the tools and techniques involved in the design and creation of games.</SPAN></LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><B><I>MAKE: </I></B>you can try your hand at building your own games from scratch along with helpful advice and guidance from our GI mentors.</SPAN></LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><B><I>PLAY:</I></B> You can explore new kinds of games, try out some of the brand-new games that were made at the G.I. Jam itself, and give/receive feedback on yours and others' creations!<BR> </SPAN></LI>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><B>Bring</B>: Your own laptop, any supplies you might need  -- construction paper and markers provided in limited supply.</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Extra details: $15 at the door, visa and debit only. </SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; border: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">A: Not necessarily—we do need people just to help with setup/cleanup/registration/lunch. If you want to do a talk or tutorial, you should have some confidence that you know something that would be useful or interesting. If you say you can do a talk or tutorial I’ll most likely believe you—I’m not interested in stopping any enthusiastic volunteers.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; border: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">A: No! We’re going to organize volunteers into shifts. You are, of course, free (and encouraged!) to participate even when not “on duty.”</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; border: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">A: The GI Jam organizers can be reached via the email: gicoop@uwaterloo.ca</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; border: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">A: You do not need to bring your printed ticket, but you should bring a piece of ID. Not only do we use it to double-check registrations, we trade you for your ID if/when you borrow our development equipment.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">5:30 pm - Doors open (QNC 2502) / Registration begins. 7:30pm, class over and room 1502 is available.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">6:00 pm - Opening remarks</P>
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<LI>6:15 pm - Find or create groups/mentor brainstorming </LI>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">6:30 / 7:30 pm - Split into different tracks</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">9:00 am - Doors open</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">9:30 am - Welcome back, reminder of available help. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">12:00 pm - Lunch begins</P>
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<LI>2:30 pm - Check-in, mentors circulate</LI>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">5:00 pm - Show & tell (optional: 2 minutes for each team to describe what they’re making)</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">5:00 pm - Showcase/Jam awards</P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: none;">6:00 pm - Closing</P>
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