Christian Game Developers Conference Registration Now Open
The third annual expo features announcements of new products, discussion sessions and an opportunity to play the latest in Christian entertainment, including card, board, paper, computer and video games.
PORTLAND, OR (PRWEB) April 23, 2004 -- The Christian Game Developers
Conference (http://www.cgdc.org)
today announces their third annual expo, to be held in Portland, Oregon, on July
30-31.
"Our sponsors have been very generous this year!" says conference
organizer Tim Emmerich of GraceWorks Interactive (http://www.graceworksinteractive.com)." Returning sponsors
include the Intel Bible-based Christian Network (IBCN), providing a 10
workstation PC lab, Micro Forté, hosting the Saturday Dinner and Fellowship and
GarageGames providing licenses to their Torque Gaming Engine.
Emmerich
continues, "Without all of our sponsors' help, this would not have been
possible. Thank you for assistance in helping create quality, family-friendly
computer games. We are truly blessed by our sponsors." Jay Moore, Evangelist for
GarageGames adds, "We're excited to be sponsors for the third year, GarageGames
is always looking for ways to empower developers with a passion for making great
games."
Responding to feedback from last year's conference, the 2004
Christian Game Developers Conference will continue to feature discussion
sessions but will also include more hands-on workshops, exhibit areas and press
conferences.
The expo is rapidly becoming a premiere spot for developers
to announce projects and discuss issues important to the future of Christian
gaming, This year's lineup includes a press conference by Two Guys Software,
developers of "Eternal War," voted Game of the Year at last year's CGDC and the
announcement of a new Christian games association.
The speaker lineup
continues to be a focal point of the Christian Game Developers Conference. This
year, audiences will be able to learn from industry leaders including Clay
Stevens of Keystone Interactive (http://www.KeystoneInteractive.com), Jay Moore of GarageGames
(http://www.GarageGames.com), David Koch of Seraphite Media and
representatives from the independent game development community will all present
discussions this year.
The expo also officially expands to include card,
board and paper game developers along side interactive electronic entertainment.
The expo's mission is to gather everyone together for encouragement, leverage
and to pray for our efforts. "This year's expo will more fully support
developers targeting card, paper and board game markets," Emmerich said. "Last
year, attendees from those entertainment forms resoundingly agreed to join the
CGDC rather than try to set up a separate expo. In addition, we will discuss the
goals of Christian gaming, what content we hope to provide and how to fund
projects and publish them. We also plan to examine the variety of games
currently on the market and successes in other media such as "The Passion of The
Christ" and the "Left Behind" series, which proved that Bible-based products can
do well in the market if they are well made."
Registration is now open
and information, including the full roster of speakers and events as well as
travel and lodging options is available online at http://www.cgdc.org .
About the Christian Game
Developers Conference:
Now in its third year, the Christian Game Developers
Conference, CGDC (http://www.cgdc.org) continues to provide support and
fellowship to game developers who are Christian and also those who are producing
Christian games. The conference now includes card, board and paper game
developers along side computer and video game developers.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prweb120728.htm