UK Coder's Workshop, November Meet.

english_eccentric · Post by **english_eccentric** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:17 pm

http://www.codersworkshop.com/meet/

Here's a quick rundown of what is involved:

The event is aimed at all creative people, from programmers and graphics artists to musicians and designers. Whether your choice of language is Blitz Basic, Dark Basic, C++, JAVA, Pure Basic (or anything else) then come along...

So far on the night there's going to be:

* Videogame quiz - With three sets of prizes

1st prize Nvidia gfx card (model tbc).
2nd Prize Top PC game.
3rd Prize PC Games bundle.

* Open Q&A session with development & publishing staff from Idigicon (a well-established UK publishing company) including the Managing Director. Plus several experienced programmers from within the indie videogame scene.

* Videogame challenge; Prizes for the highest scores.

* Prizes for the best (previously unseen) game or demo, as voted by the attendees.

* A free raffle to win various (Top 10) PC games and video cards to everyone who pre-registers. All you need to do is send an email to george@idigicon.com with the heading Coders Workshop and your full (real) name and where you are travelling from. You will be given your raffle ticket on the night.

* Several PCs for you to demonstrate your creations on.

Plus anything else we can cram into the night!

Itâ€™s free to get in and there will be some complimentary food provided!

Thx

GedB · Post by **GedB** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:38 pm

This looks great. It's a bit of a treck but it just might be worth it.

Anybody else interested on going along? Perhaps we could car pool?

tinman · Post by **tinman** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:13 pm

Would probably be something I'd be interested in if it weren't so biased towards games - it seems that way anyway, apologies if it's not. I think the 6 hours might be a bit much for what seems to be a small show (looking at last years pictures).

naw · Post by **naw** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:20 am

I'm curious, but unfortunately any original thoughts I have are owned by my employer.

To be blunt, I'm really curious but would hate to travel up to Doncaster only to find there are 3 other guys there. Push this hard and get some commitment. I wish you luck, I hope to be there.

Perhaps invite a certain *guest* speaker called Fred along...

Moonshine · Post by **Moonshine** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 3:40 pm

I honestly doubt Fred is going to travel from France to Doncaster for such an uncertain event.

LuCiFeR[SD] · Post by **LuCiFeR[SD]** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:06 am

I went to blitzcon 2 and it was quite a laugh, but it was more geared towards drinking alcohol than anything else. it may have changed since I went last... who knows? All I know is it was a bloody good laugh

english_eccentric · Post by **english_eccentric** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:45 am

I'm really curious but would hate to travel up to Doncaster only to find there are 3 other guys there

I appreciate what you are saying here. In all honesty, we've surpassed that as we've now organised a good 4/5 of these.

This new format Coder's Workshop is much more generic and much more professional than previous events, which were specific to one language, as we were just treading the water with those...these are still fun but we have sponsors onboard now eg. Nividia is co-sponsoring this particular event.

If it helps, 14 people have pre-registered so far, plus there's 5 attendees from the videogame/computer industry attending, so we are currently up to 19 attendees. I'm pretty confident that the turn out will be around 50 people.

If you have any q's please feel free to email me directly george@idigicon.com

ps...Hey up "Lucy"...how is it going mate??

All the best

english_eccentric · Post by **english_eccentric** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:00 am

it weren't so biased towards games

No, not at all.

Whether you program games, apps or utilities, it doesn't really matter. This is a Programmers meet no matter what language you use or what you actually code within your language of choice.

Cheers

GedB · Post by **GedB** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:36 pm

Is the event organised by Idigicon?

I understand Krylar's book is being published by Idigicon too.

It would be nice to have another company taking an interest in Purebasic.

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:58 pm

GedB wrote:Is the event organised by Idigicon?
I understand Krylar's book is being published by Idigicon too.
It would be nice to have another company taking an interest in Purebasic.

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GedB · Post by **GedB** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:42 pm

I had heard about the split between Mark Sibly and Idigicon. However, I also know of other's who are happy in their dealings with Idigicon. I know from bitter experience that even the most amicable of working relationships can turn very sour all too easily.

If Idigicon are going to publish book about learning Purebasic, and publish software made by Purebasic programmers, and provide social events for Purebasic coders then I can only see this as a positive thing.

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tinman · Post by **tinman** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:16 am

english_eccentric wrote:
it weren't so biased towards games
No, not at all.

OK, thanks for the reply. Might be worth having a nose around.

TBH, Lucifer had me sold when alcohol was mentioned ;)