1. Upcoming Entrepreneurship Events - Fall 2024

    The Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center is hosting many events over this semester and on both the Marietta and Kennesaw campuses. Please join any and all of these events to get insight onto how to develop an idea into a profitable and sustainable business venture.

    Of special note for game developers, is the speaker Andrew Legg's presentation on September 9th. He is the CEO of his game development company and has been able to secure funding and start producing games.

    Social Events:

    Welcome Back Game Night

    Hosted at the Marietta campus Joe Mack Wilson Student Center game room. Networking is the main goal of the event and all games will be free to play during this time. Food will also be provided.

    Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024.

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    6:30 pm - Event begins, games and food begin to be provided to help with networking.

     8:30 pm - Event ends and networking is meant to continue another day.

    About our venue - Joe Mack Wilson Student Center Building is located at 860 Rossbacher Way, Marietta, GA 30060.

     

    Open House Party

    Hosted at the Kennesaw campus's ENTR center. This is a social networking event for everyone.

    Date: August 29th, 2024

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    5:00 pm - Event begins, food starts to be provided.

    6:30 pm - Event ends. 

    About our venue - Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center is located at 3207 Campus Loop Road, Kennesaw, GA, 30144.


    Panels and Speakers:

    Biztech Convergence

    Panel discussion composed of business and engineering faculty and industry professionals. Title of this presentation is "I have an idea, what do I do next?" Concept to Prototype. Free food and beverages.

    Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    1:30 pm - Event begins, panelists begin their discussion.

    2:30 pm - Question and Answer portion begins. 

    3:00 pm - Event ends. 

    About our venue - Marietta campus Engineering Technology Center room Q202 is located at 840 Polytechnic Lane, Marietta, GA 30060.


    Common Entrepreneurial Missteps: Key Lessons from My Startup Journey

    Presented by Andrew Legg, founder of Studio Grim, which is aiming to be the best AA game studio in Georgia.

    Date: September 9th, 2024

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    12:30 pm - Event begins, presenter begins their discussion.

    1:30 pm - Question and Answer portion begins. 

    2:00 pm - Event ends. 

    About our venue - Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center is located at 3207 Campus Loop Road, Kennesaw, GA, 30144.


    Leadership & Communication

    Presented by Graham Lowman, professor.

    Date: October 14, 2024

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    12:30 pm - Event begins, presenter begins their discussion.

    1:30 pm - Question and Answer portion begins. 

    2:00 pm - Event ends. 

    About our venue - Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center is located at 3207 Campus Loop Road, Kennesaw, GA, 30144.


    Interview Preparation

    Presented by Heather Owens, career advising and planning.

    Date: Novemeber 11th, 2024

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    12:30 pm - Event begins, presenter begins their discussion.

    1:30 pm - Question and Answer portion begins. 

    2:00 pm - Event ends. 

    About our venue - Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center is located at 3207 Campus Loop Road, Kennesaw, GA, 30144.

     

    - Realities Lab.

     

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  2. Start of Fall 2024 Semester and Events

    We've made it to the beginning of another semester! Congratulations to everyone who graduated in spring 2024 and good luck to all incoming students!

    There will be plenty of events to enjoy this semester, including:

    1.  Aug. 17: IndieCluster Block Party

      1.  The Indie Cluster would like to showcase underground and independent creatives in gaming, art, music, and other various domains. This will be a full day for the community to interact with independently developed video games, paintings, animations, and musical performances by local DJs and unsigned music artists. Local painters and artists can network, and gain a new audience, while patrons attending the event can discover new games, art, and music to consume. With our partners, we will have a range of panelists and featured guests. As we grow, we’ll be inviting food trucks, art installations, and cosplay to add to the experience. 

        Located at the Best End Brewing Company, for more information visit: www.indieblockparty.com.

    2. Aug. 21: Why AI?!

      1.  Calling all students and faculty from every discipline! Join us for "Why AI," an exciting event where creativity meets technology. Whether you’re a STEM major or studying in the arts, humanities, or business, join us and have fun with AI. 

        For more information, visit: https://owllife.kennesaw.edu/event/10213289.

    3. Aug. 28: CCSE Student Community Day

      1. Join the faculty, staff and students of the College of Computing & Software Engineering for our Fall 2024 Student Community Day! Grab some free food and get to know your fellow computing classmates and colleagues while enjoying an opportunity to hear about how you can get involved, get a mentor, and excel as a CCSE student and future computing professional. For more information visit: https://owllife.kennesaw.edu/event/10258607.

    4. Sept. 10: Georgia Game Developers Association meeting at KSU’s Marietta campus. 

      1. Meet game development veterans and learn how you can become more involved in the community, for more information visit: www.ggda.org.

    5. Sept. 14: SIEGE Indie Game Festival

      1. This is a lead-in to the main SIEGE activities at DreamHack Atlanta and ShaoCon. Building off the success of our indie game showcase in May, the GGDA is launching a series of SIEGE Indie Game Festivals around the state. Starting at the Doraville Digital Studio, where we held the May event, this is a chance to demo your games or check out what other devs are creating. Devs who are already selling their games, or seeking Steam wishlists, are encouraged to apply for space HERE. Booths cost nothing for GGDA Indie Studios and $50 for all others. Passes to attend the festival are free for GGDA members and $10 all others.

        Attend or display at the SIEGE Indie Game Festival at the Doraville Digital Studio, for more information visit: https://www.ggda.org/events/siege2024-indie-game-festival.

    6. Oct. 1-3: Games Week Georgia

      1. Games Week Georgia returns to Atlanta this year October 1-6, 2024, to celebrate all aspects of the global video game and esports industry.  

        The annual week of events and activations, curated by Skillshot Media and Ghost Gaming, and delivered this year in partnership with the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s InnovATL2024 initiative, will conclude with the three day gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center from October 4-6.

        For more information visit: https://www.gamesweekgeorgia.com/

      2. Oct. 1. Atlanta Digital World Summit

      3. Oct. 2. Esports Summit

      4. Oct. 3 (morning). Girl Gamer Atlanta

      5. Oct. 3 (afternoon). Creator Summit that afternoon.

    7. Oct. 4-6: DreamHack Atlanta

      1. The place where gamers from all multiverses and backgrounds connect for a weekend of experiences; esports, cosplay, creator led activities, table top, special guests, panels, workshops, the coolest IRL loot stores and hey, of course….gaming, gaming, and more gaming.

        Attend SIEGE at DreamHack Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. 

      2. Students may ask any CGDD professor to receive a code for a 15 percent discount at https://dreamhack.com/atlanta/tickets/.

    8. Oct. 24: SIEGE College Fair

      1. This year’s College Fair offers more opportunities than ever before, combining with Shao-Con at the Marriot Century Center – Emory at 2000 Century Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30345. As always, the event is free for you and your students. It also offers convenient bus drop off, marshalling and pickup. Join us from 9 am-1pm for a full schedule of STE(A)M, esports and collegiate events designed to help your students focus on their futures.

        The free SIEGE College Fair at the Marriott Northeast Atlanta near Emory, for more information visit: https://siegecon.net/events/college-fair/.

    9. Oct. 25-27: ShaoCon Esports and Education

      1. We're also excited to bring Creatives and Creators together to DISCUSS ALL THINGS CREATIVE! Voice Actors,  Streamers, Cosplayers, Podcaster , Influencers, and Shoutcasters will be stopping by to drop knowledge all weekend long. Learn more on our Visiting Masters here. To learn from our Visiting Master click here. Or to learn how YOU can compete to be the best of the best, click here.

        ShaoCon Esports and Education event at the Marriott Northeast Atlanta near Emory, for more information visit: https://www.shaocon.com/.

    See the full and constantly updated list here: https://ccse.kennesaw.edu/events/index.php

     - Realities Lab Staff

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  3. SPSU Hornet Homecoming - 2024

    KSU is hosting an alumni event, Hornet Homecoming, on Saturday April 27th at 12pm - 4pm on the Marietta campus. If you are an SPSU, or any of the other names Southern Poly went by, please come out and join us in celebrating the history of our school! We start with lunch at noon, then each college unit will have their own activities to celebrate their own unique histories. CCSE will have plenty of booths and activities to take you down memory lane.

    Link to the event details.

    About our venue - Marietta Campus, Atrium Building is located at 680 Arnston Drive Marietta, GA 30060. 

    For anyone not part of the CCSE alumni, the Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA, 30060. 

    There will be signs around campus on where to park and where the food will be served.

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    12:00 pm - Food will be served, likely on the campus green or at Stingers.

    1:30 pm - Each college unit will begin their own events, located in and around their central buildings. For CCSE that will be the Atrium (J), Engineering will be in the Engineering Technology (Q) Building, and Architecture will be in the Architecture (N) building.

    3:00 pm - Closing ceremony and remarks from each of the college unit leaders.


    -  KSU's Software Engineering and Game Development Department and Realities Lab.

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  4. CCSE C-Day - Spring 2024

    The College of Computing and Software Engineering Capstone day will be held next Thursday, April 25th. As students prepare for graduation they present posters and games highlighting their experiences within internships, team projects, and capstone and thesis work. Our lab and our department will be having plenty of great student projects visible here, so please take the time to come by and check out and play their hard work!

    Link to the event details.

    About our venue - Marietta Event Center (Auxiliary Gym) is located at 635 Walter Kelly Road Marietta, Ga 30060. This is right off the campus loop road, next to the baseball field.

    Here's the estimated agenda:

    4:00 pm - Doors open and gym floor will house all booths for attendees to interact with.

    6:00 pm - Food will be served.

    6:30 pm - Each project will have their video demo played.

    7:00 pm - Our dean will announce the top three winners in several categories as determined by an industry judge panel.

    7:30 pm - Final remarks by our dean and judges and then event staff begin cleaning.

     

    -  KSU's Software Engineering and Game Development Department and Realities Lab.

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  5. Best in Georgia Winner - 2024

    Yesterday at Georgia State University’s CMII building, each nominated team gave their presentation describing the work they have put into their games since the Global Game Jam in January. Every team put in so much effort that the judges said any team would have won in previous years. This year, the winner was:

    SCAD-Savannah: Inflamed 2

     

    Congratulations to their team and we hope to see their game on Steam soon! Luckily, if you want to support any of the games that competed for BiG, they all plan to release on Steam this year. We will make sure to post their links, so make sure to wish list the games (its free and it helps incredibly). Special thanks to our Kennesaw team for bringing their game out to multiple events and helping us with them, and at the same time gathering player feedback for their game. It seemed to make a major difference in their approach and that is something to be proud of.

     

    Contestants include:

    Augusta State University: Honk Honk University

    Georgia State University: Laugh Attack

    Kennesaw State University: Crowdwork Video, Itch.io

    Online Jam: Rubber Chicken Rumble

    SCAD-Atlanta: Comedy Coop

    SCAD-Savannah: Inflamed 2

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  6. Open House and C-Day

    The College of Computing and Software Engineering will be part of the open house on the Marietta campus this Saturday, April 6th. We will be in the Atrium (J) building and have several informational panels, one for parents and one for students, and booths for each department where you can grab some free swag and ask any questions of the professors and staff. There will also be a tour through the building, showcasing the Realities, Game, and Main labs, where there will be student made games to try out.

    Link to sign up for event.

     

    The next event coming up is our College of Computing and Software Engineering Capstone day on Thursday, April 25th. As students prepare for graduation they present posters and games highlighting their experiences within internships, team projects, and capstone and thesis work. Our lab and also our department will be having plenty of great student projects visible here, so please take the time to come by and check out their hard work!

    Link to the event details.

    About our venue - Marietta Event Center (Auxiliary Gym) is located at 635 Walter Kelly Road Marietta, Ga 30060. This is right off the campus loop road, next to the baseball field.

    Here's the estimated agenda: 

    4:00 pm - Doors open and gym floor will house all booths for attendees to interact with.

    6:00 pm - Food will be served.

    6:30 pm - Each project will have their video demo played.

    7:00 pm - Our dean will announce the top three winners in several categories as determined by an industry judge panel.

    7:30 pm - Final remarks by our dean and judges and then event staff begin cleaning.

     

    -  KSU's Software Engineering and Game Development Department and Realities Lab.

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  7. STEM Fair

    Software Engineering and Game Development department's Realities lab came out to a local high school for a STEM fair. Many students, all the way from elementary to high school, came by and tried out our educational VR game. We also brought some laptops to play other games made by our students that won awards in the past few years. Hopefully everyone had a lot of fun and we are looking forward to it again next year!

    -  KSU's Software Engineering and Game Development Department and Realities Lab.

     
    Students playing VR game, action game, and platforming game.














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  8. CIMFest @ CSU

    We had a wonderful time on March 9 for the 2024 CIMFest! Thanks to everyone who worked on setting up the event and Columbus State for opening their facilities. We brought some of our VR educational games, some student made capstone games, a full small scale model of the Marietta square (thanks to our friends in the Architecture department), and KSU's Best in Georgia candidate Crowd Work. The live presentations were insightful and fun and a few of our students did really well in the Pokemon trading card game tournament. 

    We look forward to going back next year!

    -  KSU's Software Engineering and Game Development Department, CSU, and the GGDA 

     

    The live stream of presentations can be seen here: 
     
    Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/live/cYllgX4DNd8?feature=shared
     
    Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/live/L-7pRcEGnhg?feature=shared 
     
    Attendee playing VR game and KSU students setting up.

     
    Low angle picture of the Architecture models and Joe's Q&A.

    Low angle picture of the Architecture models and Joe's presentation.

     
     
     













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  9. GGDA Best in Georgia 2024 Award Ceremony

    All the Global Game Jam locations in Georgia have nominated one team to continue working on their game as part of our annual Best in Georgia contest. Join us April 9 at Georgia State University’s CMII building to see how they have improved their games over the last month from the Global Game Jam and what they plan next. At this meeting, one team will win thousands of dollars worth of professional services to help them along that journey. 

    They and other indie devs will also be showing off their games that night, so come check out (and help playtest) some of the best indie titles Georgia has to offer. Interested in getting involved with indie devs? This is a great opportunity.

    We are rooting for the KSU team, Crowd Work! 

    Members and GSU students can get their passes HERE.

    Non-members can get their passes HERE.

    Where: Room 306, 25 Park Place NE Atlanta, Georgia 30302. Posted later to the GGDA YouTube channel.

    When: 6-9 pm EST April 9th, 2024.

    How Much: Free for GGDA members and GSU students! $10 all others.

     

    Contestants include:

    Augusta State University: Honk Honk University

    Georgia State University: Laugh Attack

    Kennesaw State University: Crowdwork - itch.io page: https://all-star-studio.itch.io/crowd-work-jam-version

    Online Jam: Rubber Chicken Rumble

    SCAD-Atlanta: Comedy Coop

    SCAD-Savannah: Inflamed 2

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  10. CIMFest @ CSU

    Join us March 9, 2024 for a full day of esports, game development and simulation design. Thanks to our host, Columbus State University. If you are bringing a high school group, please email info@ggda.org so we can pair your students with a mentor. If you want to demo a game at CIMFest, please fill out the form HERE.

    You can also join us March 8 for our game dev rants at Holo Haven (information here).

    Get your $5 advance registration ticket HERE

    About our venue - Turner College is located at the Synovus Center for Commerce and Technology building on the main campus of Columbus State University. 4225 University Ave, Columbus, GA 31907, United States.

    Here's the estimated agenda: 

    8:30 am - Doors Open

    9 am - Five Tips for Designing Game Mechanics with Visually Impaired Players in Mind with Anatoly Lubarsky

    10 am - Reviving History: The future of immersive storytelling with Yolanda Barton

    11 am - Keynote: Hey Dad, I Want to Create Games for a Living with Joe Cassavaugh

    Noon - Lunch and gaming tournaments run by Holo Haven

    1 pm - The Ever Changing State of AI & Voiceover with Bob Carter

    2 pm - The Game Design Path with Forrest Raynard

    3 pm - My Journey to Becoming A Gameplay Engineer with Valencia Coleman

    If you cannot join us in person, you can watch a livestream of the presentations at www.youtube.com/GeorgiaGameDevs

    Don't miss out on this opportunity to enjoy local games and fun. See you there!

    -  KSU's Software Engineering and Game Development Department, CSU, and the GGDA 

     

    Tournaments

    10 am Pokémon Go Cup (Bring your own phone): Great League Cup • CP 1500 (Cap) • One Shadow Pokémon Per Team • Team Sheet Required (found HERE). Register HERE

    12:30 pm Pokémon Temporal Forces Prerelease: A Temporal Forces Prerelease Kit will be given. Prizes • Overall Winner will get a prize • First 15 registered people will get a current pack. Entry is $30 in advance (Includes CIMFest entry & lunch). Register HERE

    1 pm Magic: The Gathering Point-Based Commander: Bring your own Commander Deck. Prizes: Overall Winner will get a prize • First 16 registered people will get a current pack, Register HERE

     

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