Category: IRL Event

Tomorrow (Saturday) I’ll be at iFEST in Seattle demoing the game.  If you’re nearby, swing on over and say hello!

If you’re a Seattle indie game developer, you should enter the 2014 Seattle Independent Game Competition.  8BitMMO won last year!  Competition entry is free, so what are you waiting for?

I had a great last few days at PAX, where I got to show 8BitMMO to the attendees.  I had a kiosk in the REACTOR booth, and many folks stopped by to learn about the game.  I handed out my entire supply of 1,000 postcards and demoed the game a few hundred times.

Many people had already heard of the game, or even played it previously.  A few fans stopped by too, and it was an awesome experience to meet them IRL.

It was also a great opportunity on the business side – I got to meet media outlets that had previously covered us online and ones who are interested in doing so in the future.  Additionally, a number of industry folks stopped by, and we discussed some very exciting plans for the future. 😉

On Sunday I got to DJ for about twenty minutes for an impromptu dance party (DJ RobbyZ!)

It. Was. Awesome. 😀

I will be demoing the game at PAX!  If you’re going to the expo, be sure to swing by 🙂

Last week I got to demo the game at Indie Prize at the Casual Connect conference in San Francisco.

I got to hang out with other cool indies:

Showed the game off:

Gave a talk:

And won a Director’s Choice Award!

I’m excited to announce that 8BitMMO has been accepted into REACTOR, a start-up accelerator program here in Seattle that empowers the next generation of talent and innovation in games and apps.  I’ve been getting some quality mentoring, networking opportunities with other industry pros, and office space in their incubator lab.

Had a great time showing off the game to attendees of last night’s REACTOR event.  Everyone loved it!

I also received the SIGC award which is now engraved:

If you want to see me unfathomably nervous, pitching my soul in front of tons of people… then this is for you! 😛

8BitMMO, Indie Game Competition, Power of Play 2013 from Washington Interactive Network on Vimeo.

I am super excited to share with you that we won the 2013 Seattle Independent Game Competition!  We faced some top caliber competitors, and it’s an honor to be selected as this year’s winner!

Here’s some pictures snapped (on my cell phone, sorry) at the event:

Update 2/4, one new pic I got: