Hello all! It's PAGDIG time this week, Thursday 9/27 at 7pm at the Quimby Lucky Lab.

It's a special night, as we will have Pigsquad and Games for Change joining us all in the same venue. There will be good food, good drinks and the good company of Portland's game developers! Bring stuff to work on and share, or just stop by to talk.

The roundtable discussion topic this week:

Staying Productive and Inspired: How Creative People Get Work Done

Anyone who does creative work (art, design, programming, music) knows there's a fine balance we have to maintain, splitting time between finding inspiration and buckling down and getting things done. When does looking for inspiration become detrimental distraction? When does working for hours on end become hazardous and counterproductive?

Let's all talk about how we deal with this in our daily work: how we stay focused, how we stay excited, how we budget our time and attention

See ya all there!

Hello all. It's PAGDIG time again! In a scant couple days at that. The next meetup will be this Thursday, January 31st 7pm at the "old" location: the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby, as the usual space is rented out this month.

The theme of this month's meetup is What Are We All Working On. Bring by and show off whatever you're currently working on that's game related: demos of any form and polish level, recent game jam entries, paper prototypes too! Even if you don't have something to show, come by, grab some pizza and beverages and get inspired by what your local dev and indie community is making.

We've had some cool stuff happen for PAGDIG peoples over the last couple months: Harold/Twyngo's game Amazing Ants came out. Also, two attendee games have made the Pax East Indie Showcase: John/Clutchplay's Little Chomp and Jared/PagodaWest's Major Magnet! That's a 2/7th of the entries lock down for Portland devs. Check it out at http://east.paxsite.com/peis. Nicely done all.

Hope to see you all Thursday!

Hello peoples, it’s PAGDIG time again!

The next meeting will be this Thursday February 28th at 7:30pm and will be held at the p:ear space located at 338 NW 6th Avenue. Our old friends free pizza and beverages will be there too.

There will be an initial short discussion session followed by a chance for everyone to share what they are personally working on and interested in.

This month’s discussion topic: The One Murky Console Future

The major consoles and dedicated handhelds were once considered the premier arena to experience video games in, but the landscape has changed significantly in recent months as more information about the near future has come to light. The market has changed, the players have changed, the economics have changed, and there seems to be a coming storm of balkanization on the horizon where the line between pc, console, and mobile devices blur. Steambox, Android-based consoles, Post-Next Gen, and yet-unknown players loom. Let’s all put our heads together and try to make heads or tails of what the future may actually be.

See ya all there!

Hello all, hope your spring has been going great! The next meeting will be this Thursday April 25th and will be held at the p:ear space located at 338 NW 6th Avenue. The meeting will start at 7:45; please do not arrive before 7:30 as there will be another meeting at the space until that time. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

There will be an initial short intro and discussion session followed by a chance for everyone to share what they are personally working on and interested in. We will also have a presentation about possible partnerships for mentoring with organizations like PixelArts, ChickTech, and OGPC.

This month’s discussion topic: What games have been inspiring You? Let's talk about what we've played recently that have inspired, instructed, or intrigued us as game makers (and players).

See you soon!