GarageGames Enjoys Some PAXing
by Jay Moore · 08/31/2005 (10:40 pm) · 7 comments
GarageGames enjoys some PAXing
Last weekend a crew from GarageGames descended on Meydenbauer Center for the 2nd annual PAX. We got a booth this year so we could put the event under 'marketing expenses - conference".
There were 8 of us scheduled to trek out of the Garage on a pilgrimage to gamer Nerdvana only 5 could actually break away from crunch on our 360 project to enter the fray.
Tim and Adam joined me for booth duty. If we thought being from the team that made Tribes was considered cool we had no idea of the brand power of Timothy Aste. We discovered Tim has his own fan club, we really need to make t-shirts before IGC.
Josh and Brian went on a mission not to embarrass GG in the Tekken 5 & Soul Calibur 2 tournaments - they came very close to actually making us proud as they were beaten by the top competitors usually in the quarter-finals.
Brian playing against the champion Tekken 5 player
We played hard and we enjoyed getting to show off both our games and tools to those able to drop by our booth and not get away quick enough. We met over 100 Torque users over the few days of fun and had the chance to talk tech from everything from Xbox and TSE to T2D and casual games.
We got to see Orbz (the version now in final cert), ThinkTanks, Marble Blast and Mutant Storm get played on the Xbox and it was evident that those games were meant for the console.
I have to say the entire weekend was, as Josh would say, 'awesome'! The attitude of everyone was fantastic and I've never experienced a more pleasant and helpful team around an exhibit - makes wanting to go back an absolute must for 2006.
I can't wait for the 4th IGC just around the corner. If you're not having fun being an indie... you're not doing it right.
Last weekend a crew from GarageGames descended on Meydenbauer Center for the 2nd annual PAX. We got a booth this year so we could put the event under 'marketing expenses - conference".
There were 8 of us scheduled to trek out of the Garage on a pilgrimage to gamer Nerdvana only 5 could actually break away from crunch on our 360 project to enter the fray. Tim and Adam joined me for booth duty. If we thought being from the team that made Tribes was considered cool we had no idea of the brand power of Timothy Aste. We discovered Tim has his own fan club, we really need to make t-shirts before IGC. Josh and Brian went on a mission not to embarrass GG in the Tekken 5 & Soul Calibur 2 tournaments - they came very close to actually making us proud as they were beaten by the top competitors usually in the quarter-finals.
Brian playing against the champion Tekken 5 playerWe played hard and we enjoyed getting to show off both our games and tools to those able to drop by our booth and not get away quick enough. We met over 100 Torque users over the few days of fun and had the chance to talk tech from everything from Xbox and TSE to T2D and casual games.
We got to see Orbz (the version now in final cert), ThinkTanks, Marble Blast and Mutant Storm get played on the Xbox and it was evident that those games were meant for the console.
I have to say the entire weekend was, as Josh would say, 'awesome'! The attitude of everyone was fantastic and I've never experienced a more pleasant and helpful team around an exhibit - makes wanting to go back an absolute must for 2006.
I can't wait for the 4th IGC just around the corner. If you're not having fun being an indie... you're not doing it right.
About the author
Serial / parallel entrepreneur, insight merchant, sailor and red wine enthusiast. Co-founder of BitRaider, out to change the game. An original partner in GarageGames and hosted Indie Game Con `02-`05.
#2
Nice pics, thanks for the update.... can't wait for me to get something on 360 :p
09/01/2005 (1:12 pm)
Timothy, my hero? Missing teeth parts? Awww... the letdown. Oh wait, but you're a "behind the screen" type hero, so it doesn't matter :pNice pics, thanks for the update.... can't wait for me to get something on 360 :p
#3
09/01/2005 (4:56 pm)
Great gathering. It was all gamers, 7000 or so of them. I think that's the only time that many gamers have gotten together in one place. I'd say E3 has a lot, but that's mostly corporate attendees.
#4
09/01/2005 (6:54 pm)
Woot can't wait to see what you got for us at igc :D
#5
09/02/2005 (1:44 am)
Ummm... The TSE and T2D screens are on the wrong stands... Swap em :) 
#6
09/02/2005 (9:10 am)
Actually it looks like TSE on the left, and Marbe Blast on the Xbox on the right :)
#7
They say that they went over 9,000 gamers and it was a very cool event... PA has created an event that really celebrates all aspects of gaming. We just brought a little game making love to the mix.
09/02/2005 (5:41 pm)
We had all our demos running on all the machines and T2D shooter was popular a new high score was over 76,000. The Xbox with ThinkTanks, Orbz, Marble Blast and Mutant Storm got lots of play... I believe ThinkTanks won the popularity contest.They say that they went over 9,000 gamers and it was a very cool event... PA has created an event that really celebrates all aspects of gaming. We just brought a little game making love to the mix.
Torque 3D Owner dsfsd
I'm going to get a million questions on why I'm missing teeth parts now at igc. :)