Come Meet GarageGames This Summer

In my personal life, summer means a lot of things: flying kites on the beach, backyard BBQs, and day hiking trips to exotic locales. (Note pics above. Those were all taken within the last two weeks. I take summer very seriously.) But in my professional life, summer means a string of summer conferences. I've been doing a lot of planning for various events this summer and wanted to give everyone a heads up on where you can catch us.


Develop
When: July 14 - 16
Where: Brighton, United Kingdom
Who: Brett Seyler
All you British developers are in luck. Brett's doing some summer travel and will be making a pit stop at the Develop Conference in Brighton. Send him a line at (bretts AT garagegames DOT com), and he'll schedule some time to meet with you.


Casual Connect
When: July 21 - 23
Where: Seattle, WA
Who: Deborah Marshall, Michael Perry, Davey Jackson
Casual Connect is one of my favorite conferences to meet a bunch of developers from all walks of industry. We'll have a booth set up on the second floor and will show our first alpha demos of Torque 2D (and take video for those of you who can't be there).


SIGGRAPH
When: August 3 - 7
Where: New Orleans, LA
Who: Davey Jackson, Matt Fairfax, Tom Spilman
SIGGRAPH is the premier graphics conference in the country. The latest research in all rendering tech (not just games) will be there, and so will we. Feel free to poke Davey if you want to talk about commercial licenses. And I'm sure you could talk Torque 3D with Tom and Matt, if you ask nice.



Game Developers Conference Europe
When: August 14 - 16
Where: Cologne, Germany
Who: Brett Seyler
It's the second stop on Brett's European summer tour. If you missed Brett in the UK, you can catch him in Germany. As always, he'll be available for answering questions on Torque tech and on any promising business development opportunities.


Penny Arcade Expo
When: September 4 - 6
Where: Seattle, WA
Who: Derek Bronson, Steven Garcia, Dr. Wiley, Crash
If you've never been to PAX, you're missing out on a good time. With more nerds than you can handle, you will find someone who also remembers your favorite old skool game. Stop by our booth to see the latest games we've pushed to InstantAction or talk some tech with the Torque reps.



Austin Game Developers Conference
When: September 15 - 18
Where: Austin, TX
Although this conference is a long ways off into the "Autumn" category, it is one of our favorite events of the year. It doesn't hurt that it's in Sickhead Games' backyard, meaning you have a good chance of seeing the whole crew. We'll try to show off our latest R&D at the conference, as well as feature some prominent Torque games to play.


Hope to see you soon at a conference near you! If you have questions about any of these events, fire away in the comments below.