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Cogswell Polytechnical College Hosts Silicon Valley IGDA Event September 24

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2008 - Cogswell Polytechnical College (http://www.cogswell.edu) is the site sponsor of the upcoming Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Game Developers Association (SV IGDA) (http://www.siliconvalleyigda.org/) Game Demo Night. Autodesk will provide refreshments.

Date: Wednesday, September 24
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Address: 1175 Bordeaux Dr, Sunnyvale, CA

Directions: http://www.cogswell.edu/map.html

Game Demo Night gives established companies and individual developers the chance to showcase new and upcoming games and game tools. Audience members can interact with and offer feedback to presenters as they check out the demos. Besides the chance to network with other video game industry professionals, attendees get to learn more about the wide range of game approaches and experiences of the developers. Presenters range from creative college students, to the untamed wild of small independents, to mature companies.

Game Demo or Tool Presenters (as of August 28):

Dave Georgeson of Gaia Online presents their upcoming flash based MMO

Simon Amarasingham of dSonic presents an adaptive music demo with Unreal Tournament

Brody Brooks of Cogswell Game Developer's Club presents Beat Down Bob

Autodesk demonstrates their latest 3d animation tool revs

Kurt Larson of Slipgate Ironworks presents the Generative Adaptive Music System (GAMS) for MMO's

Paul Manwell of PX interactive presents the NetDog Networking engine for MMO's

Don McClure of Digital Element, Inc. and Rajan Singh of ToneThis present ZorkSMS on a cell phone

John Lovell of East Bay University demonstrates Combart, an experimental game of art

Brian Alexakis of UCSC will share adventures on the path from game idea to Sony PSP

About Cogswell

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Cogswell College is an accredited, 4-year, independent institution of higher education featuring a curriculum that fuses the digital arts and engineering. With a distinguished, 121-year history in California, Cogswell’s tradition of flexibility and connection to industry is evident in its dynamic curriculum. The institution offers a BA degree in Digital Art and Animation and a BS degree in Digital Audio Technology, Digital Arts Engineering, Computer Engineering and Software Engineering.

About SV IGDA

The IGDA is dedicated to improving developer lives through community, professional development, advocacy and fun.

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