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CALENDAR

January 15th
Game Scripting
with Jason Olson

February 19th
3D Math Primer
With Matt Christian

March 19th
Andy (the Zman) Dunn
Community Games
Best Practices

April 16th
Game Night
Community Games
Playtest & Review

May 21st
Game Art
Tips & Tricks with
George Clingerman

June 18th
3D Game Art
3D Game Art Techniques
with Tony Bruno

July 16th
TBD
Coming Soon

August 20th
TBD
Coming Soon

September
Active Nick
Something Interesting.

JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING
June 18, 2009 at 6:00PM

LOCATION
Magenic (Directions)
4150 Olson Memorial Hwy
Golden Valley, MN 55422

TOPIC
3D Art - Tips and Techniques

AGENDA
6:00 - 6:15 : Pizza/Announcements
6:15 - 7:45 : Tony Bruno
7:45 - 8:00 : Any Q&A and Wrapup!

REFRESHMENTS
Food provided by Magenic.

GIVEAWAYS
XNA Shirts
Books & More... TBD

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TUTORIALS

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Meeting Announcement

3D Art Tips
xnaevents@gmail.com 		June: 3D Art - Tips & Techniques

In this talk. Tony Bruno will demonstrate the creation of simple primitive objects in LightWave, the effect good texture work has on low poly models, and the proper method of exporting the objects to .fbx and calling them for game purposes. (LINK: Lightwave Trial Edition)

BIO: Tony Bruno has lived an interesting and varied life. At nineteen he graduated the United States Air Force's technical school for Air Traffic Control. At twenty-six, while finishing his bachelor's degree, he was partner in one of the first independent comic book companies to use personal computers extensively for coloring and lettering. By thirty-three, while working as a Senior IT Administrator, he was making microbudget films and distributing them on the web, all in the days before YouTube.

 
 
User Group Updates / Industry News / (Mostly) Relevant Thoughts
6/18/2009   Site Updated for June Meeting, 3D Tips and Techniques
3/21/2009   Site Updated for April Meeting, Community Games Playtest
2/12/2009   Site Updated for February Meeting, featuring Matt Christian (3D Math)
2/10/2009   Site Calendar Updated. Sorry for the interruption.
1/6/2009   Site updated for January Meeting, featuring Jason Olson (Game Scripting)
12/01/2008   No Meeting in December, Happy Holidays!!
6/25/2008   Updated Cookout date to July 20th at 2pm.
6/09/2008   Be on the lookout for a special announcement regarding the XNA / IGDA cookout on Saturday, July 20th. This event will be a joint effort between the International Game Developer Association and the Twin Cities XNA User Group, with sponsorship by Magenic and Microsoft.
6/09/2008   Updated site for June meeting, featuring the newly available XNA 3.0 CTP and Zune gaming. Be sure to RSVP for this month's meeting.
5/01/2008   Head over to the Creators Club website to grab the latest XNA 3.0 CTP bits. Games for Zune, yayy!
4/08/2008   Updated site for April & May meetings. Be sure to RSVP for next week's meeting.
3/13/2008   Added site calendar for past and upcoming meetings. Check it out, to your left.
3/6/2008   Thanks to Ryan Foss for this newstip: Interesting podcast about developing XNA games and winning. They interview the creator of Dishwasher. He talks about the why's and how's, and also how long it took. www.chatterboxgameshow.com Show 213 (mp3)