Game Development Community

Christian Game Developers Conference - July 20-22, Portland

by Tim Emmerich · in General Discussion · 04/22/2017 (5:48 am) · 4 replies

Announcing the upcoming sixteenth-ever Christian Game Developers Conference. The weekend of July 20-22, 2017, in Portland, Oregon.

This is for anyone active or interested in game development and are Christians.

More details will be posted at:
http://cgdc.org

-Tim Emmerich
NextNext Thread
PrevPrevious Thread
More from General Discussion


Duion
#1
07/30/2017 (6:09 am)
Did not know christian games were a thing.
Are there christian games made with Torque?

Torque Owner Tim Emmerich
#2
07/30/2017 (6:38 am)
Hi Duion!

Yep, Christian Games exist! :) While I'm sure board and card ones are the oldest, there was a couple for the Atari 2600 (Music Machine and Red Sea Crossing) and Little Samson on NES and then the onslaught of Wisdom Tree Games that sold over 2 million copies and recently republished a Super Noah 3D cartridge - no cartridge piggy backing required. For more recent titles, check out http://ChristianGamesNOW.com .

I actually heard someone mention Torque (or V12 like my copy says) at the conference. It sounded like they were still using it. There were way many more Torque-made games in the past including Digital Praise's Dance Praise 2 - the ReMix.

But to be honest, other engines are being used nowadays (Unity, Unreal, the various mobile tools, and custom).

Thanks for asking Duion!
-Tim

Duion
#3
07/30/2017 (3:54 pm)
Christians should put their support together and build some game like GTA, but with the difference that you are a saint instead of a criminal and you get score for doing good deeds.

Torque Owner Tim Emmerich
#4
07/30/2017 (4:14 pm)
With about 135 present at the conference, we could definitely do a large title! The typical challenge of getting everyone focused behind one title would be daunting!

But we can definitely hope for some decent titles in the near future.

Hope you are doing well on your projects.
Tim