In partnership with the NECC, MassDiGI will be hosting an Esports Showcase on January 31, 2020 beginning at 2p. This event is free and open to all. For more information and to register, please click here.
Start-up stories:
Lessons learned along the way
By Marco Mereu, Framerate GM & SVP, Super League Gaming
Since 2013 Marco Mereu, a Boston-based entrepreneur, has started up three companies, Gameblyr, Roostr and Framerate, and sold the latter two – one to Chartboost in 2016 and the other to Super League Gaming in 2019. In this talk, “Start-up stories,” he’ll speak about some of the most important lessons he learned along the way.
Barrett Center, 80 William St., Worcester, MA 01609
Co-sponsored by MassDiGI
Open to the public. Seats are limited.
For more information and to register for the second annual MassDiGI Pre Game Challenge, please click here!
Join us at NH Techfest at Salem HS in Salem, NH. Info here.
Join Playcrafting Boston for Halloween Play: Boston Game Expo taking place at Becker College on the evening of October 25. RSVP here. Free for Becker students with code.
POSTPONED – Stay tuned for more information about when this special talk with Marco Mereu, SVP, Content Marketing/Distribution & GM of Framerate at Super League will be rescheduled.
Thanks to Dell, hear MassDiGI Executive Director Tim Loew speak on a panel about games and esports at MassCUE’s annual fall conference at Gillette Stadium. Info about MassCUE here and about the panel here.
See Yourself in STEM Game Jam
A game jam (making a game within a time limit using a prescribed set of tools) is a great way for young people of any experience level to try their hand at building a game – from coding on up. MassDiGI, working with the Becker College student game development club and a Becker College professor, is offering a 6 hour game jam for high school students, teachers and parents across the state this Mass. STEM Week.
Interested students, teachers and parents will spend their time creating a digital game from assets that the club provides using the Game Maker software engine*. This engine has a simple and intuitive workflow that students of all backgrounds will be able to easily pick up.
For those participating online there will be a dedicated communications channel with all Becker student club members so that if anyone participating online runs into any problems they can be helped promptly. The club will provide all that participate with a game jam “kit”, this will provide people with the engine along with any assets that the people may need. The theme of the game jam will be See Yourself in STEM.
And, lastly, after the conclusion of the game jam and to the extent possible, the games will be posted online for all to play.
For more information about Mass. STEM Week, please click here.
As a Summit Community Partner, we encourage you to join us in Lowell on October 2, 2019. Use code DIGI when registering. Info here.
Play our games at BostonFIG! Click here for tickets.
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