Thursday, November 20, 2014

Fantastic Games & Interactive Narrative Event

Thanks to our brilliant, enthusiastic and inspiring speakers, CAN's first 'themed' event was a great evening. Charlene Putney on Twine, Chris Gregan (Snozbot) on their creation - the free games software engine, Fungus - and Dave McCabe on being a freelance Narrative Designer versus almost any other form of scriptwriter... The time flew in and several of us ended up sipping and talking on in the IFI afterwards.

Thanks to Filmbase for the room. Normally, CAN events are held in the Roasted Brown Cafe space on the floor below but we needed a screen to see some sample games -- yeah, it's a tough night when you have to watch games and learn interesting things from interesting people!

Unusually, we didn't have a lot of writers this time but we had everything else in the creative sphere of animation, vfx, games... If it felt a bit formal to be sitting in an 'official space' compared to gathering around tables downstairs, the ease of information flowing around the room and the candidness of the speakers made it a very special event. Not sure I got to talk to all the newcomers afterwards but hopefully they'll be back.

I'm thinking a themed night or two every year -- any ideas??

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Interactive Narrative Fiction & Games event

The next Creatives in Animation Network (CAN) event is on Wednesday November 19th in Room 3, Filmbase.

It’s on a Wednesday this time (rather than the usual Monday) in order to use Room 3 (big thank you to Filmbase) so that we can have a screen if we need it. Why? Because this event is focussing on different forms of collaboration and writing/ animation – namely games and interactive narrative fiction. We have a narrative designer, a game developer and an interactive fiction writer so far lined up but it's still an informal gathering but if it works out, we can make it a regular feature to focus on some aspect of/ specific arena in the animation industry at every other event. 

It’s still starting at 7, ending at 9 but bring a take away coffee/tea this time as we won’t have access to the Roasted Brown boiler downstairs.


Let me know if you want to come along at ljsedgwick@lindsayjsedgwick.com. I really need to keep an eye on numbers this time.