[GLLUG] November Meetup?

[Cheeseness]

Hi hi! Would be happy for a catch up while I'm around if a meeting
doesn't happen.

I live in Australia and did some talks in Ottawa when I was travelling
there. It's been a while, but that was a really nice LUG with some
really nice people :)

Cheese

On Thu, 2018-11-01 at 14:39 +0000, Alistair Mann via GLLUG wrote:
> My archives suggest GLLUG has not had a meetup since mid-2016. I
> shiver 
> to think folk might all be on a discord server without me knowing and
> so 
> real life meet-ups are no longer necessary!
> 
> Cheese - I was a games dev in the late 80s/early 90s: 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvjlzntgIEE, and I've been all Linux 
> since the mid 90s: I'd love to meet up even in the absence of wider 
> interest here - Ottawa is a travel plan as I've relations there.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Alistair Mann
> 
> t: 07899 846 648
> w: www.pectw.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 31/10/2018 14:34, Cheeseness via GLLUG wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > My name is Cheese and I'm a Linux based game developer/Linux porter
> > from Australia. I am travelling to London on the 6th and will be
> > around
> > for a week or so.
> > 
> > I enjoy discovering new LUGs/communities, and would love to have
> > the
> > opportunity to get to know my fellow Linux users on the other side
> > of
> > the world. I don't know how frequently you meet, or whether you
> > have
> > talks at meetings, but if that's something of interest, I would be
> > happy to give a talk on my experiences with making games on/porting
> > games to Linux.
> > 
> > In my game related career, I have:
> > * Worked on existing F/OSS games like Neverball[1]
> > * Released my own games as F/OSS FLAT[2]
> > * Contracted on proprietary games like Hand of Fate 2[3] and The
> > Away
> > Team[4]
> > * Ported classic games like Day of the Tentacle Remastered[5] and
> > Full
> > Throttle Remastered[6] to Linux
> > 
> > Currently I am focused on developing my own text adventure/first
> > person
> >   hybrid game called In the Snowy Winter's Wake[7], and an engine
> > for
> > creating similar experiences[8].
> > 
> > So far as my talk history goes, in addition to running and
> > regularly
> > speaking at my local LUG[9] since 2008, I've also given talks at
> > the
> > Ottawa Canada LUG[10][11], have spoken at linux.conf.au[12].
> > 
> > Apologies for the short notice. I had planned to try to reach out
> > sooner, but 2018 has been a very full year for me.
> > 
> > Cheese
> > 
> > [1] http://neverball.org
> > [2] http://flat.jbushproductions.com/
> > [3] https://store.steampowered.com/app/456670/Hand_of_Fate_2/
> > [4] http://awayteam.space/
> > [5] http://cheesetalks.net/porting_dott.php
> > [6] http://fullthrottle.doublefine.com/
> > [7] http://winterswake.com/[8] http://icicle-engine.org/
> > [9] https://taslug.org.au/
> > [10] https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=history:meeting:26
> > [11] https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=history:meeting:40
> > [12] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8kfva6G0c4
> > 
> > 
> 
>