Brantford Games Network

GameTALK on March 4, 2021 - 7-8pm EST with Sam Maggs - open to the public Join us virtually to hear from consulting game writer and author Sam Maggs! Sam Maggs is a bestselling author of books, comics, and video games. She’s been a senior games writer, including work on Marvel’s Spider-Man; the author of many YA and middle-grade books like The Unstoppable Wasp, Con Quest!, Tell No Tales, and The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy; and a comics writer for beloved titles like Marvel... Action: Captain Marvel, My Little Pony, and Transformers. She is also an on-air host for networks like Nerdist. A Canadian in Los Angeles, she misses Coffee Crisp and bagged milk. For more info, visit her website at: http://www.sammaggs.com/ To register, please visit https://library.wlu.ca/events/gametalk-lecture-series-12

We are very proud of some of our WLU game design students, who won best game at the Gamerella game jam. The designers were Maya Harry, Nedward Rehanek, and Joshua Snow. Their game, Masks, explores concepts of autism, and can be found here: https://semisinful.itch.io/masks

Creative Director and Graphic Designer Matt Paquette will be chatting with us about his experiences in making games as part of our GameTALK series. This talk will take place via Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 5th, from 7-8:30pm. A graphic designer with over 20 years of experience, Matt Paquette spent most of the last decade honing his skills at the museums in his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario, before making the jump to tabletop games. Now, with over 40 board game credits to his name, ...Matt is one of the most sought-after graphic designers in the industry. Matt is known for his penchant for typography and lettering. He strives to create strong identity and brand consistency in his work. Despite his busy schedule, Matt still finds time to partake in a weekly D&D campaign and to cut a rug on the dancefloor - Matt will always make time for swing dancing! To register and get the Zoom link, please sign up using this form: https://library.wlu.ca/events/gametalk-lecture-series-10

Join us virtually for the first talk of the Fall 2020 GAMEtalk lecture series - this year, we will be moving online for our events. Our first event is Thursday, Oct. 1 from 7-8:30 pm EDT Laurier Game Design and Development graduate Stephan Reilly, Junior Game Designer at Red Meat Games, will be chatting with us about his experiences. To attend and get the link to the event, you will need to register:... https://library.wlu.ca/events/gametalk-lecture-series-9 See you online!

If you are a member of the Laurier community and you would like to play the O-Week orientation games made by our game design students and alumni, you can now do... so. They were designed as small group experiences, so you can gather some family or friends via video chat, or you can play them by yourself. Only one of you needs to be a Laurier community member with access to MyLearningSpace. To play, visit "Self-Registration" in MyLearningSpace and look for TheLaurierWayGames . (If you are not a Laurier community member, you'll have to wait; I plan to write an article all about the games once the dust settles...)

It's showtime! First day of The @Laurier Way, with 5700 new students enrolled in our online class shell for the game. 5 days, 5 hours, 5 chapters for our cooperative narrative adventure that we designed using Discord all summer. Here are the faces behind the game: