In the past three years we've seen a huge shift in how people work and play together. Entire companies have switched to being 100% remote. Thanks to the creator community, more and more people use communication apps as a primary way of being social. With this in mind, ExJin Studios wanted to come up with a type of game that people could play via communication systems that is robust, easy to implement, and would drive engagement with each other. This is the kind of game that benefits communities of all sizes through team building, community, and good-natured rivalry. Join us to see if they finally landed on the right collection of systems and features while you play the first phase of a competitive tactics game played 100% in Discord.

Creator Tim Johnson is going to share insights on how he made the game, and then we will play the game like made in the GGDA Discord server. If you are in our Discord server, contact us about being one of the players.

Tim Johnson

Timothy is a veteran game developer and engineer with a penchant for rapid development and networked games. As Technical Director for WB Games, Timothy shipped DC Legends, WestWorld, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. As an indie developer he developed quirky games for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and PBS. Today he is the CTO of Gallium Studios working with Will Wright building AI and simulation systems, helping jump start the current explosion of interest in large language models and machine learning.

Where: the GGDA Discord server, though non-members can watch on www.youtube.com/GeorgiaGameDevs

When: 7 pm Aug. 22

How Much: Free!