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= IRDC - Rgrd Meeting 2008 =
  Name:  ''IRDC''
  Name:  ''IRDC''
  Time:  ''Saturday, September 20.''
  Time:  ''Saturday, September 20.''
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  Chat:  ''IRC: QuakeNet #rgrd''
  Chat:  ''IRC: QuakeNet #rgrd''
  News:  ''[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.development rec.games.roguelike.development]''
  News:  ''[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.development rec.games.roguelike.development]''
  Wiki:  ''http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Rgrd_meeting'' (you are here :-)
  Wiki:  ''http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Rgrd_meeting''
  People: ''9''
  People: ''9''


= TODO =
[[File:IRDC08.jpg|thumb|alt=Developers discuss their interpretations of what a roguelike is, leading to the Berlin Interpretation|Developers discuss their interpretations of what a roguelike is, leading to the Berlin Interpretation]]
 
* Fon: Get cellphone numbers for better communication in town, maybe buy prepaid SIMs
* Goals: Define some goals. (Code, Docs, Fun, Learning.)
* Map: Get short URLs for location
* Map: Accomodation (where is everyone staying?)
 
== Food for Thought ==
 
http://xkcd.com/91/ :
Welcome to text-only Counterstrike.
You are in a dark, outdoor map.
> GO NORTH
You have been pwned by a grue.
 
Comment by the author of the cartoon:
I'm sure a discussion of the reason for the disappearance
of adventure games in favor of RPGs would be fascinating.
 
Discuss! ;-)


= Communication =
The International Roguelike Development Conference IRDC 2008 was the first [[IRDC]].


Summary: Communication is mostly done by chat,
Initially conceived as a [[rgrd]] meeting, the name IRDC was adopted at this conference.
some by private email, and via this wiki page.


== Chat ==
Discussions during IRDC 2018 led to the creation of the [[Berlin Interpretation]]


IRC: QuakeNet #rgrd
== Mail ==
[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.development rec.games.roguelike.development]
== Web ==
Wiki: http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Rgrd_meeting (you are here :-)


= Presentations =
= Presentations =


Live presentations should aim at about 20 minutes each with 10 minutes for discussion.  Paper versions of the presentations can also be produced at an exapanded size for inclusion in the proceedings.
* "Stealth and Facing in Roguelikes" -- [[ido|Ido Yehieli]] (aka Joe6pack)
 
* "Major mistakes of roguelike developers" -- [[Kornel Kisielewicz]] (title subject to change)
* "Implementing stealth using explicit facing" -- [[Ido]] Yehieli (aka Joe6pack)
* "Batteries included - introduction to writing your game in Python" -- [[User:Sheep|Radomir Dopieralski]] (aka The Sheep)
* "Batteries included - introduction to writing your game in Python" -- [[User:Sheep|Radomir Dopieralski]] (aka The Sheep)
* "Context and Meaning in character based roleplaying. A communication scientist's view on roguelikes" -- [[Mario Donick]]
* "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" -- [[JeffLait]]
* "The Discretization of Space and Time: Role in Roguelike Design" -- [[Jeff Lait]]
 
= Participation =
 
please enter the dates of your presence,
your name and origin (point of departure),
and possibly some contact info
(email address, irc nick, icq number,
cellphone number!).
 
a bold face means "todo" - or "to decide".
to confirm your presence simply change the bold face on the dates
by changing the exclamation mark '!' to a pipe '|' - thankyou!
 
Calendar:
{| border=1
| Sep18 Thu
| Sep19 Fri
| Sep20 Sat
| Sep21 Sun
| Sep22 Mon
| Sep23 Tue
|}
 
please add an email address so broadcasts are possible!
where exactly are you guys staying in berlin?
these info would make it easier in looking
for a suitable place for the convention.
adding a phone number will certainly make
it easier to stay in touch with each other.
more info, guys!
 
Participants - sorted by last name.
 
{| border=1
 
! 18
! 19
! 20
! 21
! 22
! 23
! Name
! Origin
! Remark
 
|-
! 18?
| 19
| 20
| 21
! 22?
! 23?
| '''Brandt''' - [[Christopher Brandt]]
| Germany
| Will have a place to stay (or maybe even my own flat)
 
|-
| ---
| ---
| 20
| 21
| ---
| ---
| '''Donick''' - [[Mario Donick]]
| Rostock, Germany
| don't need a hotel; sleep at my mother near Berlin
 
|-
! 18?
! 19?
! 20?
! 21?
! 22?
! 23?
| '''Dopieralski''', Radomir [[User:Sheep]]
! Origin
| got a place to crash already
 
|-
| ---
! 19?
| 20
| 21
! 22?
| ---
| '''Dorn''', Andreas - adornno1@web.de
| Germany
| partially live in Berlin
 
|-
| 18
| 19
| 20
| 21
| 22
| 23
| '''Hartmann''', Chris - roguelike@gnarg.org
| Germany
| Berlin, invited you to bootlab
 
|-
| ---
| 19
| 20
| 21
| 22
| ---
| '''Ido''' - [[ido]] - ido.yehieli@gmail.com, +43-664-5585708
| Vienna, Austria.
| can stay at youth hostel or something of that sort


|-
All presentations are available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEFC7B8888265466C&feature=plcp
! 18?
! 19?
! 20?
! 21?
! 22?
! 23?
| '''Kisielewicz''' - [[Kornel Kisielewicz]]
! Origin
| ---


|-
= Participants =
| ---
* [[Christopher Brandt]] (Germany)
| 19
* [[Mario Donick]] (Rostock, Germany)
| 20
* [[User:Sheep|Radomir Dopieralski]] (Poland)
| 21
* Andreas Dorn (Germany)
| 22
* Chris Hartmann (Germany)
| 23
* [[ido|Ido Yehieli]] (Vienna, Austria)
| '''Lait''' - [[Jeff Lait]] until Tue!
* [[Jeff Lait]] (Canada)
| Canada
* [[Milesss]] (Poland)
| Found a place a few subway stops away.


|-
= Selected Venue =
| ---
| 19
| 20
| 21
| 22
! 23?
| '''Milesss''' - [[Milesss]] - milesss at interia dot pl, (+48)791461054
| Poland
| staying at hostel
 
|}
 
= Equipment =
 
Who takes care of what?
 
{| border=1
| Hardware || File Server
| who?
|-
| Hardware || Video Camera
| [[Jeff Lait]]
|-
| Misc || Batteries
| who?
|-
| Misc || Cables
| who?
|-
| Misc || Power Extensions
| who?
|-
| Misc || USB Sticks
| who?
|-
| Net  || Access Point
| who?
|-
| Net  || Internet
| who?
|-
| Net  || Hubs+Switches
| who?
|}
 
= Venue =


  '''bootlab'''
  '''bootlab'''
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunsthaus_Tacheles
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunsthaus_Tacheles


Public Transport (BVG):
= Venue Selection Process =
[http://www.bvg.de/index.php/de/Common/Document/field/file/id/359/filename/oranienburger-tor.PDF BVG Local Map]
direct: Tram:  M1+M6    U-Oranienburger Tor
direct: UBahn:  U6 (N6)  U-Oranienburger Tor
  near: Bus:    147      Friedrichstrasse/Reinhardtstrasse
        Bus:    240      Torstrasse/ U-Oranienburger Tor
        Sbahn:  S1+S2+S25 S-Oranienburger Strasse


= Voting =
Berlin, Germany was selected as a place for the venue, after considering the following places:


Status: [2008-08-14 All votes have been completed.
* Berlin, Germany (9 votes)
* Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2 votes)
* Cracow, Poland (1 vote)
* Stockholm, Sweden (1 vote)
* Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1 vote)


== Vote#1: Place: Berlin.de ==
Inside Berlin, the following venues were considered
Status: done.  Berlin, Germany!


To vote add a your name next to the city/month and update the counter.
* [http://www.bootlab.org/ bootlab] (winner)
City:
* Berlin, Germany (9 votes): ido, RotateMe, Kisielewicz, JeffLait, the_ru, Radomir Dopieralski, purestrain, I_Own_The_Letter_O, Mario Donick
* Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2 votes): njerpe, Almafeta
* Cracow, Poland (1 vote): Jakub Debski
* Stockholm, Sweden(1 vote): Bj????rn Ritzl
* Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1 vote): Mingos
 
Date:
* September 2008  (6 votes): Almafeta, Bj????rn, Mario Donick, Mingos, ido, the ru
* October 2008 (2 vote): RotateMe, purestrain
 
== Vote#2: Date: Sat Sep20 ==
Status: done.  Sep20!
 
To vote add a your name next to the date of the '''first''' day and update the counter:
* Saturday, September 6
* Saturday, September 13
* Saturday, September 20 (3 votes): ido, the ru, Mario Donick
* Saturday, September 27
* Saturday, October 4
 
== Vote#3: Venue: bootlab ==
Status: [2008-08-14] bootlab!
 
* [http://www.bootlab.org/ bootlab] - winner! :)
* [http://www.c-base.org c-base]
* [http://www.c-base.org c-base]
* [http://berlin.ccc.de Chaos Computer Club]
* [http://berlin.ccc.de Chaos Computer Club]


Thanks Gregoa, Chris & Sven! (also: Bfoo, Bine, Ric and the others)
= Name of the event ==
 
The following names were considered, with IRDC 2008 being selected as a winner:
== Vote#4: Name: IRDC ==
Status: done. IRDC 2008!
 
* [1] IRDC 2008 (3 votes): [[ido]], [[Jeff Lait]], [[Mario Donick]]
* [2] TRICoRD (0 votes):
* [3] SARGE (0 votes):
* [4] AMPHORA (0 votes):
* [5] DUPRE (0 votes):
 
Meaning (expansion of acronyms):
* [1] IRDC = International Roguelike Development Conference 2008
* [2] TRICoRD = Tailoring Roguelikes: International Conference on Roguelike Development
* [3] SARGE = Society for the Advancement of Roguelike Games and Endeavors
* [4] AMPHORA = A Multinational Populace Helping to Orchestrate Roguelike Awareness
* [5] DUPRE = Developer's Union for the Promotion of Roguelike Endeavors


* 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)


= Drinks: Add Your Desired Beverage(s) =
= Planning =
Back in 2008, Roguebasin was used to coordinate the meeting; for historical purposes that content has been moved to [[IRDC 2008 Planning]]


* Mineral water (plain and soda)
[[Category:Events]]
* Various soft drinks
* Coffee (filter)
* Tea (black, green)
* Beer (Berliner Pilsner)

Latest revision as of 17:27, 1 February 2022

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
Developers discuss their interpretations of what a roguelike is, leading to the Berlin Interpretation
Developers discuss their interpretations of what a roguelike is, leading to the Berlin Interpretation

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

Selected 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 Process

Berlin, Germany was selected as a place for the venue, after considering the following places:

  • 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

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

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