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The Seventh Annual Game Design Think Tank
Project Horseshoe 2012
horseshoe Schedule
November 1st-4th, 2012, Ye Kendall Inn, Boerne, Texas
Thursday, November 1st:

6:00-7:00 Opening Reception
7:00-8:00 Welcome
Informal Introductions
8:00-9:00 Texas-Sized BBQ Feast
9:00-9:20 Scott Brodie -
"Designing Video Games at the Service of Humankind"
9:20-??? Games!


Friday, November 2nd:


7:30-9:00 Reveille and Breakfast
9:00-9:10 Official Howdy, Overview and Welcome
9:10-9:30 Dan Cook -
"Metrics for Making Meaningful Games"
9:30-9:50 David Sirlin -
"The End of Elegance in Games?"
9:50-1:00 Presenting Workgroup Topics, Roundtable Discussion, Dividing into Groups
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-7:00 Facilitated Group BreakoutSession
4:00-4:15 Drinks and Snacks
7:00-8:00 Evening Break
8:00-9:30 Dinner Under the Stars
9:30-??? Bonfire, Fine Cognac, & Games
Saturday, November 3rd:

7:30-9:00 Morning Grub
9:00-9:30 Informal Discussion over Breakfast
9:30-10:30 Group Breakout Session
10:30-10:45 Morning Break
10:45-12:30 Group Breakout Session
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4:00 Group Breakout Session - report work
4:00-5:30 Group Breakout Session - presentation work
5:30-7:00 Groups Gather to Present Results - Formal Reports, Final Discussions, Wrap-up, and Evaluation
7:00-8:00 Break
8:00-8:30 Happy Hour
8:30-??? Awards Ceremony & Dinner, More Games

Sunday, November 4th:


8:00-9:30 Breakfast
8:00-1:00 Shuttles to the Airport
9:30-11:00 Town Hall Meeting
Input from Attendees, Planning for Next Year's Project Horseshoe

 

section 10


select a section:
1. Introduction
2. Workgroup Reports Overview
3. Training for the Game Design Olympics
4. Toward a More Civilized Teabagging
5. Opening the Kimono
6. Divine Design
7. Crux
8. Design Feedback Loops for Successful Independent Productions
9. Game Jam 2012
10. Schedule & Sponsors