The Austin Texas chapter of the Rice Alliance conducted a conference for “Technology and Entrepreneurship” last evening November 9th at the AT&T center that I had the pleasure to attend.
Having a conference like this in Austin seems to make perfect sense. As though it belonged. Austin’s unofficial city motto is the decades old, affectionately spoken – “Keep Austin Weird”.
If not overtly weird, it certainly was uber-casual and diverse. I wasn’t the only game maker with my hair tied back in a tail. Clearly a room full of game producers, publishers, artists, coders and yes – even a couple of high profile Angels.
The panel was out of this world. One of them, quite literally had actually been out-of-this-world.
The 90+ minute Q&A was anything but casual. As any game maker knows, there is nothing casual about making games.
Questions flew at the panel from within the very large packed conference room. They answered everyone with depth, humor and uncommon enthusiasm. The panelists to a person truly enjoyed being there. Further evident by how long they lingered and talked with attendees afterward.
It was a good and important gathering rich with tips, ideas and real world perspective on the art of making games today and tomorrow.
Special thanks to Snakehead Software CEO Gerald Bailey.
Dana
AVPI CEO
