The first meeting was a blast, and we are excited to get together on the last Thursday of this month as well. We will be meeting in Norman near OU's campus at CCEW this month. One of our members, Waylon Flinn, will be doing a talk titled "Goal Directed Game Design: Transmuting Pain into Pleasure":



Have you ever wondered what makes games fun? Why do some super hardgames rock (Super Meat Boy, I Wanna Be the Guy)? Why do mosteducational games suck (Everything except Oregon Trail)? How do wemake a fun game that accomplishes something in a bigger context?



I don't have all the answers, but I've got some leads. I'll bepresenting ideas from Jane McGonigal (Game Designer), Martin Seligman(Psychologist) and The Dalai Lama (All Around Cool Guy). Let's talkabout it.



We will also be setting aside 15-20 minutes at the end for anyone to present game projects they are working on. If you've got something that you would like to present, please e-mail me (James Simpson) (http://www.meetup.com/Oklahoma-Game-Developers/suggestion/) at least a few days before the meeting so we can make this at least somewhat organized.



There will once again be free pizza and soda (provided by CCEW (http://ccew.ou.edu/)), so come with an appetite and a desire to talk game development!