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Discussions during IRDC 2018 led to the creation of the [[Berlin Interpretation]] | Discussions during IRDC 2018 led to the creation of the [[Berlin Interpretation]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:22, 1 February 2022
IRDC - Rgrd Meeting 2008
Name: IRDC Time: Saturday, September 20. Place: Berlin, Germany Venue: bootlab.org Chat: IRC: QuakeNet #rgrd News: rec.games.roguelike.development Wiki: http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Rgrd_meeting People: 9
The International Roguelike Development Conference IRDC 2008 was the first IRDC.
Initially conceived as a rgrd meeting, the name IRDC was adopted at this conference.
Discussions during IRDC 2018 led to the creation of the Berlin Interpretation
Presentations
- "Stealth and Facing in Roguelikes" -- Ido Yehieli (aka Joe6pack)
- "Batteries included - introduction to writing your game in Python" -- Radomir Dopieralski (aka The Sheep)
- "Context and Meaning in character-based roleplaying. A communication scientist's view on roguelikes" -- Mario Donick
- "The Discretization of Space and Time: Role in Roguelike Design" -- Jeff Lait
All presentations are available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEFC7B8888265466C&feature=plcp
Participants
- Christopher Brandt (Germany)
- Mario Donick (Rostock, Germany)
- Radomir Dopieralski (Poland)
- Andreas Dorn (Germany)
- Chris Hartmann (Germany)
- Ido Yehieli (Vienna, Austria)
- Jeff Lait (Canada)
- Milesss (Poland)
Venue
bootlab http://www.bootlab.org Oranienburger Strasse 54, 10117 Berlin (Mitte) http://tinyurl.com/5vcbut (google maps)
The bootlab is part of the 'Kunsthaus Tacheles':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunsthaus_Tacheles
Venue Selection
Berlin, Germany was selected as a place for the venue, the following places were considered:
- Berlin, Germany (9 votes)
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2 votes)
- Cracow, Poland (1 vote)
- Stockholm, Sweden(1 vote)
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1 vote)
Inside Berlin, the following venues were considered
- bootlab (winner)
- c-base
- Chaos Computer Club
Name of the event =
The following names were considered, with IRDC 2008 being selected as a winner:
- IRDC 2008 - International Roguelike Development Conference 2008 (3 votes)
- TRICoRD - Tailoring Roguelikes: International Conference on Roguelike Development (0 votes)
- SARGE - Society for the Advancement of Roguelike Games and Endeavors (0 votes)
- AMPHORA - A Multinational Populace Helping to Orchestrate Roguelike Awareness (0 votes)
- DUPRE - Developer's Union for the Promotion of Roguelike Endeavors (0 votes)
Planning
Back in 2008, Roguebasin was used to coordinate the meeting; for historical purposes that content has been moved to IRDC 2008 Planning