Attendees: Kat, Marc, Lauren, Travis, Kotey, Luigi, Tyler, John, Jake

Agenda:

• Any updates on Reggie?
• Indie Outreach Updates
• Judging
  • Scoring Games
  • Vision of MIVS 2024 Showcase
  • Polished games vs In Progress
• General Timeline for submissions/judging

Meeting Notes:

• Any updates on Reggie?
  • Current rumor is Aug 1, but nothing concrete yet
• Indie Outreach Updates
  • Luigi and Travis made some awesome email templates to send out
  • Marc’s been directing rando emails coming through the MIVS list to our mailing list
• Judging
  • Turns out judging feedback form was not sent out this year
    • Too late to send now
  • Scoring Games
    • Current text to judges: You'll be giving the games a score from 1-10 based on three categories: Show Readiness - how ready the game appears to be when shown to the public. This means the degree of visual and audible asset completion as well any programming bugs. Overall Design - how well the judge feels that the game addresses its own central concept. (I.e. If it is a puzzle game, are the puzzles good? If it is a narrative-driven game, is the story compelling?) Overall Enjoyment - how enjoyable was
    • What can we do to assist judges in understanding what we’re looking for?
      • Adding some text to judging things that say “show readiness doesn’t necessarily mean the game is finished” could be helpful
    • Vision of MIVS 2024 Showcase
      • “For attendees: good booths, fun games, nice devs. Genre diversity is a bonus. For devs: Player feedback, exposure, networking with other devs”
    • Polished games vs In Progress
      • Do we have some examples of games in various stages of development, especially early
      • Emphasizing MIVS as a feedback-oriented event could be helpful in our outreach
• General Timeline for submissions/judging
  • Would like to keep the submission window open as long as possible, but would also like acceptance to go out early enough for devs to make plans
  • Is 3 weeks enough time or too long of a time? Would 2 weeks work? For those who judged previously, what are your thoughts?
    • 3 weeks feels good because it leaves time for completion if you get busy
  • Is 2 weeks too much time to accept as a dev? Is 1 week too short?
    • 2 is fine. 1 is probably also fine, but add clear verbiage that we will be moving on to the next game. Also send a reminder 2 days before.
    • Could use verbiage about MIVS being unique to encourage people to actually respond
    • Extra Items
      • Kotey posted a draft of the Indie Handbook. Check it out and leave comments!
      • Next week we’ll be talking about initiatives. What you want to do, what you want to learn, etc. so be ready to dive in and talk about stuff!