Wow, it's nearly upon us! The big pitch is almost here!

Here's the plan for Monday & Tuesday then.

Monday - Last chance saloon pt I. In the lesson on Monday you will be running through your pitches with me and getting the colour print-outs of your packaging and generally getting everything right (including spelling). The people I want to see are are as follows:

Check your emails

Everyone else in GS8-1 & GS8-2 can spend time in the LRC working on getting everything sorted!

Tuesday - Last chance saloon pt II. In the lessons on Tuesday you will be running through your pitches with me and having a dress rehearsal as follows:

Check your emails

Everyone else in GS8-1 & GS8-2 can spend time in the LRC working on getting everything sorted!

Please note: Jamie Cash may or may not pop in and out of S205 and the LRC to see how we're getting on. Please remember that this is not the time for mucking about: you're on your way to great things!

The big plan follows next...

Wow, it's nearly upon us! The big pitch is almost here!

Here's the plan for Monday & Tuesday then.

Monday - Last chance saloon pt I. In the lesson on Monday you will be running through your pitches with me and getting the colour print-outs of your packaging and generally getting everything right (including spelling). The people I want to see are are as follows:

1300 - Michael Wood
1330 - Dominic Terkowski
1400 - Matthew Gaunt
1430 - Christopher Moore
1500 - Craig Oatley
1530 - John Glover
1600 - Joe Burkey

Everyone else in GS8-1 & GS8-2 can spend time in the LRC working on getting everything sorted!

Tuesday - Last chance saloon pt II. In the lessons on Tuesday you will be running through your pitches with me and having a dress rehearsal as follows:

0900 - Adam Bark
0930 - Neil Gosney
1000 - Ryan Hogg
1030 - Jordan Rozee
1100 - Ben Brown
1130 - Lee Dennis
1200 - Tom Bryan

1330 - Nathan Goredema
1400 - Billy Clarke
1430 - Tom Mabbott
1500 - Ryan Henson
1530 - Kieron White

Everyone else in GS8-1 & GS8-2 can spend time in the LRC working on getting everything sorted!

Please note: Jamie Cash may or may not pop in and out of S205 and the LRC to see how we're getting on. Please remember that this is not the time for mucking about: you're on your way to great things!

The big plan follows next...

At the end of this term you will present your final idea to a real games company. With that in

mind it is important that you begin developing your initial concept and gathering resources and

research to ensure your idea is as developed as possible when it comes to that all important

pitch.

The following assignment will allow you to start getting ideas down on paper and testing those

ideas through detailed research and should highlight the resources that are going to be required

to fully realise the game you intend to make. With this in mind you will produce a detailed pre-portfolio that is split into three sections:

1. Game concept

2. Research

3. Planning materials

So, some of you followed the last assignment to the letter and supplied all of the info I need. For a few of you though (and you know who you are) you didn't do any, any, any of that! You didn't segment any of the portfolio making it a) hard to read and 2) an unprofessional finish.

So part one is all of those visual bits of the concept and part two is the surveys, graphs and charts et al. Part three is basically everything else!

It's the jazziest thing I've ever made! Wanna make your own? Go here: www.flowchart.com

Your team for the concept presentations at least might look like this...

Have a look at the attached... Does this resemble some of the ideas you've had about the game design process?

We've come up with lots of good ideas regarding designing our own games over the past couple of lessons. Places of particular areas include looking after (and on) your own doorstep. But how?

Here's some helpful links under various subject headers:

Funding

• EMDA
• Business Link East Midlands
• Business Angels (General)
• Venture Capitalists (Nottingham)

Networking in the Games Industry

• GamesIndustry.biz
• LinkedIn.com
• eCademy.com
• Gamasutra.com

Festivals

• EIF, Edinburgh
• GameCitteh
• LGF
• Cannes Games Festival
• m-Festival

By the way, some of these could be used in your assignment........

Over to you!