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Comment on Unconferences by GameCamp 5 | Geekonomicon

GameCamp 5 | Geekonomicon — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:00:11 +0000

[...] isn’t like most conferences in that it is an unconference – there’s as little top-down organisation as possible, with no pre-set schedule before [...]

Comment on About GameCamp by Chesstris » Blog Archive » Professional Game Development Development

Chesstris » Blog Archive » Professional Game Development Development — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:08:58 +0000

[...] isn’t the only thing we’ve got in the works! I recently stumbled onto the website for Game Camp, a bar camp style conference for game design. Here’s what the website says it’s about: [...]

Comment on GameCamp 5 is done and gone by David

David — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:19:55 +0000

I came on a rather last minute whim and thoroughly enjoyed myself – I’ll be back next year!

Comment on GameCamp 5 is done and gone by Rob Harris

Rob Harris — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:26 +0000

Please note that GameCamp 5 is on Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/2012/gc5/
where you can find out more about the people that attended.

Comment on GameCamp 5 is done and gone by James Wallis

James Wallis — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:40:48 +0000

Last year we had the Big Board on the fourth floor: it caused massive congestion and was one of the most complained-about parts of the whole event. There is no ideal solution to this problem, but next time we’ll have a short gap between sessions, and will explore the possibility of having an online version of the board, or getting someone to tweet all the upcoming sessions with the #gc6 hashtag.

Comment on GameCamp 5 is done and gone by Alex Bakke

Alex Bakke — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:34 +0000

I loved it – a great day with friends, talking about why games are great. I can only think of one *minor* gripe, which was that the only board with updates on talks was on the 1st floor, which meant I had to trek downstairs each time.

Thanks for organising everything!

Comment on GameCamp 5 is done and gone by Iain L

Iain L — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:26:35 +0000

Everyone did a great job, but in particular that was some really tasty food from Princi.

Comment on GameCamp 5 is done and gone by Ryan Alexander (@rnalexander)

Ryan Alexander (@rnalexander) — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:23:39 +0000

You all did a fantastic job, and I had a great time. Many thanks to everyone for putting in all the hard work to make it happen!

Comment on GameCamp5 fast approaches! by yojimbouk

yojimbouk — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:32:55 +0000

We are a volunteer committee. Everybody puts in a lot of time and nobody makes a penny from GameCamp. If you think you can organise a similar event and cover your costs by charging £5 a ticket then the *camp format is open for anyone to use, and we would be overjoyed to watch you try.

Comment on GameCamp5 fast approaches! by David Felton

David Felton — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:12:46 +0000

I hope you don’t think I’m being malcontent for the sake of being a malcontent, but I do believe you’ve priced yourself too highly. For £16 (ticket + booking fee), I could buy, for example, a ticket to spend the entire day at the London MCM Expo. With the added bonus of apparently getting to meet the chap who played C3PO. Oh my!

Regardless of how much I might want to attend Game Camp, such a large fee represents an off-putting expense. Of course I agree that people have to eat, bellies have to be filled, and participants have to be kept happy, but I suspect this could probably be done on a smaller budget. Fancy foccacia and a coffee van sound wonderful, but they also sound to me like unnecessary luxuries. I’d be perfectly happy with an alternative ‘bring your own’ lunch, and a broken Nespresso machine that comically scalds all those who try to use it.

Perhaps in the future you might consider offering two tickets, one to include catering and the other as a ‘just the conference’ experience. I see 38 unsold tickets for your event as 38 people who would like to be there tomorrow, but perhaps are young penniless students, unemployed arts graduates, or merely decided to study computer game design.