We hope the never ending college stress is treating you well! As we're heading into dreaded exam territory game dev is adjusting accordingly! This week there will be NO DEV DAYS on Tuesday! Don't be too disappointed!!! i know it's devastating The same goes for the 5-6 event on Thursday as the boardgames event will be our main 6-8 event! in courtyard meeting room!!!

@everyone Hello everynyan!!! how are you? fine thank you! Welcome to week 10!!! We hope you all got to submit your Game Jam submissions before the deadline and that you're enjoying playing the other submissions! Don't forget to rate them!!! This week ,as per usual, we have a few things for you in stock.. On Tuesday 6pm-7pm in the Courtyard Meeting room will be our usual Dev Days event where you can come to work on our long term game project. To celebrate Rainbow week, in collaboration with Out in UL and Games Society we are having a collaboration event on Thursday from 2-6pm in Student life room 3, where we will come together to celebrate some Queer developed and orientated video games! Also on Thursday, will be our normally scheduled 6-8pm event in the courtyard meeting room! This week.. a Game Dev exclusive.. by the elusive Evan "Secretary" Buggy... by your vote... a Wii U Homebrew event!!! Come join us to learn how to Homebrew your Wii U, discuss all things Wii U and perhaps get in on some multiplayer games... ALSO on Thursday will be our normally scheduled 5-6pm Boardgames event where you can learn to make your own boardgame! alongside our 6-8pm event both in the Courtyard Meeting room! This week.. a game dev exclusive.. by the elusive Evan "Secretary" Buggy... by your vote... a Wii U Homebrew event!!! Come join us to learn how to Homebrew your Wii U, discuss all things Wii U and perhaps get in on some multiplayer games... YES I KNOW THE EMAIL SAYS THE HOMEBREW THING TWICE, SO NICE WE HAD TO MENTION IT TWICE LEAVE ME ALONE

Work on your Game Jam entry with us! Come socialise, ask for help and play test other people's games.

On Tuesday the 29th, we are going to have a Streetpass Coffee Morning!

Stop by the courtyard in your free time for some refreshments, coffee, exchange some streetpasses, play some multiplayer games together, or if you dont have a 3DS, we will also bring our custom built PiCade to play some retro games, or play some classics on our Nintendo Wii!

Ever dream of making a game? UL Game Dev Society is collaborating with UCC Computer Society, TUD Game Dev Society and BCFE Game Dev Society for our very own Game Jam!

The Game Jam will take place from the 24th of October until the 7th of November. Within this event, you can make your very own game! The Game Jam's theme will be on the Seven Deadly Sins. You have the option to work in groups with a max of 4 people per group or by yourself! Groups may suit people who may prefer more creative roles like art, music creation, game design.

We will be discussing the Game Jam in further detail today in our event. See you there!

Hello all!

This week we are collaborating with Computer Society for a Unity workshop!

We will be have a Unity event in which we teach you how to make your very own video game in Unity using C#.

The workshop will take place at the Courtyard Room from 18:00 - 20:00.

Hope to see you there!

PS:

Please bring your own laptops for the event!

Hello Everynyan! How are you! Fine thank you!

I write to you today to inform you about the long awaited Dress to Impress Roblox event! We will be hosting it along-side Games Society this week in the KBG-13  THURS 10/10/24, 6-8pm. The event itself will consist of me talking about the game development process of the game for the first part as it is a Game Dev event after all (sorry must yap), and the second half will be a competition, for REAL PRIZES! HIGH STAKES! drum roll....

The prizes are... 1st - PERMANENT VIP!!!!!

2nd & 3rd - 1 MONTH VIP!!!!!

You must attend the yap sesh at the beginning to participate ( its the law sorry, i dont make the rules i just enforce them...). Please bring your preferred devices for Roblox playing! DO NOT FORGET YOUR DEVICES PLEAAAAAASE. We will be playing on a private server so no randos dw. The points system will be based on the stars received in total and NOT on placement, done round by round. We strongly encourage you vote fairly and honestly as we want to create a good experience for everyone!!!

Hope to see you there!

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Hanna Mikolajczyk,
Co-Public Relations Officer

Hi gamers, we have an event this week that is different from our previous weeks' events. This Thursday we are holding an event covering Multiplayer Maps in video games. This is not like our workshops from previous week, it will be more conversational and informative about the topic, prompting you to join in with cheeky banter :] As usual, this will take place in the Courtyard Meeting Room in the Student Life building from 6pm this coming Thursday. Soon, we will start holding our Dev Days events weekly, where we will come together and discuss development of our society's video game. Remember to join our Discord in case there are any last minute updates to our schedule!

We will be holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM) where we will nominate and vote for the committee for this year. If we do not reach 15 attendees at this event, we will die!!!!!!!1 You are welcome to nominate yourself if you wish to take on a more active role in the society! The roles up for grabs are: Chairperson Secretary Treasurer PRO (2) HSO/Tech Officer Events Officer First Year Rep Head of Digital Games Head of Physical Games This will take place tomorrow at 6pm in the Courtyard Meeting room in Student Life. Reminder that there will be free pizza :]

This is this weeks weekly event (on Thursday) and it is absolute banger. Our wonderful @Buggy will explain all the joys and pains of the open source game engine godot (Hallowed be thy name). Please come up if you have any questions. And free hugs to all that come*

Mario Kart (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) Tournament with no prizes or any constrictions, just come down to have fun and get to know everyone and decide who will be tonight's big loser!

A social event where we test out and use our Raspberry Pis' hardware, and we play some games on them.

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE MEGA AWESOME MARIO KART TOURNAMENT THIS THURSDAY!
See more on our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ul_gamesdev/

Our very own Goober of the Year awards! This was an award that was voted on amongst yourselves, an award for individuals who contributed to the society the most this year, whoever got the most votes is our society person of the year. What do they win? idk.....

PUB QUIZ!!!!!!! This Wednesday, the 13th of March, we will be holding a Pub Quiz in collaboration with Computer Society! There will be free food and prizes to be won for first (computer mouse x 3) and second (mousepads x 3) place. Questions asked will be a mix between different topics relating to video games, computers and game development. If you're interested, bring a team of 3 to The Pavillion on campus at 6:30pm! The entry free is 5 euro per person (cash or card).

Welcome one welcome all for Week 6 soon shall fall. This week is full of jolly but soon midterms spell folly. There has been slight changes this term instead of a unity workshop a Godot one we yearn. If thou have been struggling with Godot or GitHub this Thursday shall nib it in the Budd.

In this event, we'll be covering February's Game of the Month, Kingdom Two Crowns! Whether you have played this game or not feel free to come by as we talk about what makes this game great :] (If it makes you feel any better, most of us on committee have not played this game either..)

Ever wonder how maps in your favourite multiplayer game gets made?

Join us as we look at the design principal behind multiplayer maps (with some examples of practical experience from JJ)!

Did you know it's actually really easy to mod a 3DS? Later today we will be having a Homebrew Event! We'll go through a brief history of homebrew on various consoles, and then we'll install homebrew on both our very own Wii and 3DS in real time. This will take place in Kemmy KBG15 at 6pm today!

This event is for D&D players both new and accustomed to the D&D TTRPG, where you can learn all about how to be the best Dungeon Master (DM) you can be!

This event is in collaboration with UL Games Society who regularly host D&D campaigns for its members, so this event is a great gateway into D&D.

Our (technically) first ever Annual General Meeting is today and we would really appreciate it if you showed up to give support in numbers or nominate yourself for Committee!

There will be free pizza (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME)!

If you do attend you can run for one of many committee position up for grabs. These are: Secretary, PRO, Treasurer, Events Officer, Health and Safety Officer and First Year Rep, along with certain assistant roles!

This week is what we like to call in the business a doozy. As always we have our world leading weekly meeting that our amazing Evan is going to show the world how to use Godot, something that Tod Howard would love to listen into. This is at the regular time 6-8 this Thursday the 7th ONTOP OF THAT we are rolling out our first ever Dev Day from 12 to 5 on the same day. Pop in to get the ball rollin on the game making crescendo. BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE not only is Evan going to give the best workshop ever but the game awards are going to be that night!. I know my blood pressure is at dangerous levels just hearing all this. After the workshop and after we discuss the game we are making we are going to look over the game awards and take predictions so you can showoff to all your friends that you are the most right about everything. (maybe even win the game of the year tbd). That night as well I will be in the discord for the game awards watch party. Phew that was a lot but that is just the world class and amazing content that us and Geoff Keighley are willing provide for you.

Ever wanted to make a game?

This week and going into next semester, the Game Development Society will be having an event on Thursdays from 12:00 to 17:00 in KB119 where we work on developing our very own game as a society! Whether you want to contribute code, art, music, design or even writing, don't be afraid to bring your ideas to the table.

Our first few events next semester will be crucial to the game's development as we, as a group, lay out the foundations for our game. You can participate in these events by joining our Discord server and choosing from five different roles: Coding, Design, Art, Writing and Music! Here is a link to the Discord server: https://discord.gg/vgxVqmbQhg

We look forward to seeing you all next semester!

Today marks the game dev society's first official meeting! Join us today from 5-7pm in the Kemmy Business School on the ground floor - room 15. (KBG-15)

We are hoping to host our future meetings from 6-8pm every Thursday, Hope to see you there!!!!!!

This is a 2 hour workshop on creating 3d models for games using Blender, and importing them into a game engine, such as Unity.

Any Society member can participate by joining the Discord.

It will be a 12 hour event, running from 9am to 9pm. A Game Jam is an event where you make a game from the ground up in a time limit. This is based on a Theme *announced at the day*. You can use any software to enter.

To Attend: The entry fee is 3€ per person. You can participate solo, or in a group of 3.

Prizes: The winner of the Game Jam is a 50€ voucher of the winner's choice. Committee members can participate but will not be able to earn the prize. Pizza will also be provided on the event. We hope to see you there!

Hello everyone,
just wanted to let you know that Games Soc is hosting a pub quiz in the Pavilion at 8pm on the 1st of November.

We have collaborated with them and submitted one of the rounds of questions. The entry fee will be €10 per team of 4 or €3 per person. The maximum amount per team is 4 people and if you want to join a team we will help you find one. There will be prizes for the first 3 teams.

We hope to see you there!!

Hello everyone,

Games Dev is hosting a Pixel Art workshop on the 20th of October at 6.30pm in our Discord server. It will focus on the basics of pixel art and how to animate it. The software being used is a free software called FireAlpaca.  It will be run by our Secretary Wiktoria Ziaja.

Hello everyone, 
Games Dev is hosting a Unity workshop on the 20th of October at 6.30pm in our Discord server. It will focus on the basics of Unity and will run you through how to make a 2D game. It will be run by our Health and Safety Officer, Bart, who has experience in Unity from previous projects from Computer Science modules as well as from attending our Game Jams. 

Hello, programmers after a bunch of organization and reorganization we bring you the bi-annual Game Jam this Saturday from 9am to 9pm in Thomond Student Village Hub. For anyone who is new to Game Jam's the general idea is you have 12 hours to make a game, the theme is going to be announced on the day, you can work in groups of up to four. We will also bring the VR headset for anyone who wants to make a VR game, however they will be on a first come first serve basis. There will be a prize for the best game made. The winner will be chosen by the committee member and will be announced the following weekend. Also to prevent any bias, committee members that so take part in the Game Jam don't qualify for the prize.

Wiktoria is going to walk us through how to use Blender when it comes to creating a terrain for your game. Since we did an introductory Blender workshop last semester, Wiktoria will only cover the basics of Blender briefly. If you missed our intorductoy workshop, Wiktoria recommends taking a look at Blender for Beginners: Easy Froggy! by MAR on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEBwBrRzyhw&t=233s&ab_channel=MAR), This workshop will take place on Discord (Invite link: https://discord.gg/Ch2VmhMg) at 7pm on Tuesday the 8th of March.

Hope to see you there.

Going through the game jam games as well as having fun playing multilayer games. This is our last meeting for this semester.

A Game Jam is an event where we will meet up and make a game within 12 hours(9am - 9pm), the theme of the game jam will be announced on the morning and will have teams of 1-4. There will be a prize of a €50 voucher for Steam/Playstation network/Xbox live, there will be an option to buy food on the day but we recommend you bring a snack too as well as this you should also try to bring a laptop, some of us will also be online on discord if you want to join in from home.

Learning the basics of Unity game engine's tools for game development. Meeting on at Game Dev Discord from 7-8pm. 

Hello and welcome. This weeks Thursday meeting is on campus for the first time in a year and a half. We are going to be discussing PicoPark, which is Septembers game of the month. At the end of the meeting we will also vote on the game of the month for October. We will discuss PicoPark by looking at its design and gameplay. Our members can chime in with their own opinions as to what makes the game good or bad, maybe any changes or improvements they would make. We hope to see you there.

Hello, and welcome all new members, as well as anyone new who wants to join the fun. We are holding our AGM in our Discord Server at 6pm tonight.

Join us in watching this years Games Awards. We will be showing it on our discord but feel free to watch it on your own device while being in the voice chat with us. Also send in your predictions in the weekly meeting chat so we can discuss them prior to the start. We will be starting at 23:30 to make sure everyone is comfortably set up and ready to watch the Awards. 

Discord : https://discord.gg/yzHG6CUBzY . If you paid for your membership and haven't received the programmer role (gives you access to the weekly meeting and events channels) please contact one of the committee members with your discord name and student ID so we can make sure its you and add you in. 

You will be able to choose the game engine you will be using for the semester 1 game and you can make groups with people who are using the same engine during our weekly meeting at 6 on wednesday, we recommend unity or godot for 2nd years and above and solar2d for 1st years.

The bi-annual recruitment drive. stop by to see what games development society has to offer you, feel free to ask us question about the society and one of our committee members should be able to answer your question.

We'll be having a bake sale in the Student Courtyard. We'll have buns, queen cakes, cookies, fudge, lots of rocky road, and more! Come have some food and say hi!

The purpose of the AGM (Annual General Meeting) is to form the new committee that will operate the society in the coming year.

Come along and vote on who you want to be in charge this year, or if you want you can run yourself!

There is no restriction on who can run for positions and who cannot, so if you want to run for a position and get involved, get ready for a debate.

Hope to see you there!

Continuing on from the 2D Animation Workshop on the 14th February, we'll be hosting a Unity Workshop where you can port your animations into Unity and we will show you how to set them up and give them basic movement.

Make sure to bring a Laptop  and laptop charger as this is a 2-hour long workshop and you will need to make sure you have power! Plugs will be provided on site.

See you then!

We're hosting a 2D animation workshop for creating and animating characters for video games!

Make sure to bring a Laptop and laptop charger as this is a 2-hour long workshop and you will need to make sure you have power! Plugs will be provided on site.

See you then!