{"id":2796,"date":"2013-04-04T05:32:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2013-04-04T05:32:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:32:10","slug":"gdc-adventure-party-these-things-indeed-go-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/gdc-adventure-party-these-things-indeed-go-together\/","title":{"rendered":"GDC Adventure Party: These Things Indeed Go Together!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I often forget how much I really love GDC. Yes, it\u2019s exhausting, yes, by Friday all you want to do is go home and have sometime for yourself. Yes, the driving in and out from San Jose to San Francisco wears you out (Remind me to stay in a hotel in the city at least one day next GDC, I think I said that one last GDC). But, all in all, you get to meet so many interesting people, and rekindle the friendships you\u2019ve made at past conventions. It\u2019s a celebration of all things video games, and because it\u2019s more business oriented than something like E3, it is my kind of place.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Dave Gilbert from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wadjeteyegames.com\">Wadjet Eye Games<\/a> contacted a bunch of us in order to throw a party! It was the first branded \u201cAdventure Game\u201d party, and I wanted to recount a bit of how it went and the great people in it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"224\" width=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-E6WkZrBDo&amp;hd=1\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Vitek and myself were late to the party because we were stuck in the G.A.N.G Awards, where Cognition\u2019s \u201cThe Taking\u201d by Robert and Raleigh Holmes had been nominated for Best Song (Pop) in a Videogame. It was very exciting to see the game get a nomination on a big screen among so many other great songs. Of course, Journey won EVERYTHING (even the stuff it wasn\u2019t nominated for!)<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived the party had already started. The first puzzle: Apparently, even though Dave confirmed twice with the place, somehow GDC rejected our party (we are still scratching our heads about this one) and the booking was off. So we didn\u2019t have a space and we had a bunch of people coming in. How do you fit that many Adventure Gamers in a place taken up by the normal crowd? Easy, you just \u201cTake on the World\u201d a-la Day of the Tentacle. And so, we slowly started to dominate the place. Part of that involved just eating random patrons French Fries. (Oh, you are not in the party? These fries are good, though).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2800\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/AgustinAndI-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/AgustinAndI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/AgustinAndI-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/AgustinAndI-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/AgustinAndI-96x72.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agust\u00edn Cordes and Cesar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had celebrities! So, the day before Agustin Cordes from <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.senscape.net\/\">Senscape<\/a>\u2019s Asylum and myself were randomly walking in San Francisco when we bumped into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grumpygamer.com\/\">Ron Gilbert<\/a> (I swear to God I wasn\u2019t stalking him! Maybe). Long story short, we introduced ourselves and felt awkward and so we invited him to the party, and he made it! Which was awesome! I didn\u2019t get much chance to spend with him, but I hope a lot of people came by and said \u201chi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We also had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragnartornquist.com\/\">Ragnar T\u00f8rnquist<\/a> in the party. Now, everyone that knows me also knows that I LOVE The Longest Journey and that I was greatly influenced by it when I was<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2804\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2796]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2804\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2804\" title=\"RagnarAndI2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2-97x128.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2-73x96.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RagnarAndI2.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ragnar T\u00f8rnquist and Cesar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>writing The Silver Lining. So, my excited self sent an email (or maybe a thousand) to Ragnar a while ago asking if he was going to be at GDC to meet. And out of the blue, the week of GDC, he replied to (one of) the email(s) and asked us to meet over at the Lobby of the W. I have to say I randomly get the chance to meet with such nice developers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DagScheve\">Dag Scheve<\/a> (co-writer of Dreamfall) and Ragnar, are really two of the nicest people I have ever met. Aside from trying to get as many revelations on \u201cChapters\u201d as possible, we also invited them to the party, and they showed up with all the team that was here for GDC before heading over to the Nordic Party! Ragnar invited me over there, but I had to decline as I was hosting this party. Next time, bud!<\/p>\n<p>I even had the chance to meet some of the people from my own team an the forums. Seeing Kelsey (Rosella from the forums) and Wayne (from our QA team) as well as Gavin (our Production Coordinator) was great. I really felt like part of a big family.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2805\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/WayneAndI.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2796]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2805\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2805\" title=\"WayneAndI\" src=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/WayneAndI-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/WayneAndI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/WayneAndI-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/WayneAndI-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/WayneAndI-96x72.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar and Wayne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All in all, it was great to see so many Adventure Game enthusiasts in one place (including the girl who told me she was a big fan of our work and couldn\u2019t wait for Episode 3 of Cognition, Hi!) was a feeling you don\u2019t get too often these days. I call for a repeat for GDC 2014. Bigger, bolder, and with more inventory items.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone for hosting the party! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wadjeteyegames.com\/\">Wadjet Eye Games<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senscape.net\">Senscape<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skygoblin.com\/\">Skygoblin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.losmunditos.com\/\">Los Munditos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irresponsiblegames.com\/\">Irresponsible Games<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grundislavgames.com\/\">Grundislav Games<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/freebirdgames.com\/\">Freebird Games<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floatinghandsstudios.com\">Floating Hands\u00a0Studios<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amegames.com\/\">Autumn Moon Entertainment<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/\">Emily Morganti<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2802\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KelseyAndI.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2796]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2802\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2802\" title=\"KelseyAndI\" src=\"http:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KelseyAndI-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KelseyAndI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KelseyAndI-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KelseyAndI-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KelseyAndI-96x72.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelsey and Cesar<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cesar&#8217;s adventures at the Adventure Developers Party at GDC! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}