Event Report: JGE Mobile Game Developer War and Winners List

DailySocial was back in Jogja, this time to see Jogja Game Expo (JGE)’s series of event that presented Mobile Game Developer War. The event was held at Grha Sabha Pramana – Gadjah Mada University (UGM), on 19 April 2011.

Like Game Developer War held in Bandung previously, the hall was magically transformed into ‘war zone’, equipped with presentation stage, and booth at the back side for finalists to introduce their mobile game to visitors.

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Event Report: HackathonBDG #1

In the middle of heavy rain last Saturday in Bandung, at a café called Potluck Kitchen, HackerspaceBDG held and event called HackathonBDG.

If Yogya has #YKode, although in different format, Bandung now has this event which is planned to be held routinely. HackathonBDG asks anyone to join and work on their developing project or application.

From their official website, they explained that HackathonBDG is one of programs developed by HackerspaceBDG and aimed for whoever want to gather around and work on developing, completing, or creating personal application / project together. Participants of HackhatonBDG are expected to work on personal project / application.

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Event Report: Workshop Coding for Mobile Game Developer

Last Wednesday at Gedung Kompas Gramedia, Jl. Palmerah Barat No.29, Jakarta, there was an event called Workshop Coding for Mobile Game Developer. This event was also part of Mobile Game Developer War series of events which the top event will be held in Jakarta on May 31, 2011.

The series of events sponsored by Nokia included Mobile Game Developer Camp and Mobile Game Developer War held in Bandung awhile ago, and workshops held in Yogyakarta and Surabaya. The event is also supported by CHIP magazine and Agate Studio.

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Event Review: Bandung Ventures Night 2011

Bandung Ventures Night 2011 was held last Friday, April 8th, 2011, which is the second Bandung Ventures Night (BVN) event after previously executed last year in August 2010.

This time BVN event was somewhat different, especially the venue of this event. Usually East Ventures (JVN or BVN) events were held in a cafe or hotel ballroom, but this time the event was held at Comlabs ITB Multimedia Room, ITB Campus, Jl. Ganesha no. 10 Bandung.

The event attended by the startup founders, students and other invitees was opened by remarks from Batara Eto as a representative of East Ventures (EV), followed by some welcoming speeches from the representatives of ITB. The event then continued with the presentation of the 3 East Ventures portfolios that is Urbanesia, NightSpade and Tokopedia.

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Happy Birthday #StartupLokal!

Located at fX Lifestyle X’enter Jakarta on Saturday, April 9, 2010 yesterday, #StartupLokal held a ceremony to commemorate their first birthday. There were two series of events held that day, the first was for limited invitations, held at XXI and the second was a regular monthly Meetup #StartupLokal program, held at Indochine.

With the theme “Digital Heroes goes Global”, in addition to celebrating the anniversary, the event this time would also launch the book #StartupLokal Kita: Ide, Dedikasi, Strategi (#StartupLokal Us: Ideas, Dedication, Strategy), which contains 22 writings of the founder of the Indonesian startups with editors Rhein Mahatma and Joshua Kevin.

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[Guest Post]: Event Review Suwec “AprilMob(ile)” Meetup + Workshop

The following article was given by Imam Muttaqin and Suwec friends who held a Meetup and workshop event on Web & Mobile App Opportunity last Saturday in Surabaya – Indonesia.

DailySocial Readers may have read some articles about these events in other media, and to be distinct, this article was written directly by Imam Muttaqin as one of the Suwec initiators who wrote the recap of the events.

There were four speakers and a series of events that not only presented the main speakers but also StartUp ShowUp! and QT Smartphone workshops. Following is the coverage.

Monthly meetings held by Surabaya Web Community (suWec) in this month was very lively. No fewer than a hundred people attended the event, titled #AprilMob: Web & Mobile App Opportunity. Hotel Novotel Surabaya Ballroom on that day (Saturday, April 2, 2011) was filled with web and mobile lovers from Surabaya, Madura, Sidoarjo and surrounding areas, as well as some web / mobile developers from the community Bancakan 2.0 Yogyakarta.

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The Winners of Agate Mobile Game Developer War (+ Video)

Mobile Game Developer War Event which was held on Thursday, March 31, 2011 yesterday have been accomplished. This event was a final of Mobile Developer Camp event series that have been held for two weeks in Bandung, Jawa Barat – Indonesia.

The event was held by Agate Studios and sponsored by Nokia, featuring 10 finalists from 25 teams of Java-based game developers that previously had been through workshops and selection. 10 teams consisting of artists / graphic designers and programmers were presenting the results of their work, gave demonstrations and answered many questions from the judges.

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Event Review: FOWAB #5 – Technology Trends for Digital

Forum Web Anak Bandung (FOWAB) #5 event was held on Saturday, 19 Maret 201, collaborate with SparxUp Award presented ‘Technology Trends for Digital’. It was held at S28 Cafe & Resto, Jl. Sulanjana No. 28, Bandung, Jawa Barat – Indonesia and attended by more than 70 people from various backgrounds, programmers, college students, and other profession.

Like previous FOWAB events, it was started by 10 by 10 segment. 3 people gave presentation related to FOWAB’s theme. The first speaker was Teguh with The Ultimate Sophistication: Simplicity. Teguh wanted to remind participants that simplicity is what costumers need, and customer based technology development should pay attention to that.

Next, Panggi and Willy from Bistip.com presented Agile Web Development. They explained how to develop web with iteration principle, work process or quick development (adaptation and decision making), continuous and sustainable. As example, development process and test in their office are done continuously and fast, it is also supported with ‘open’ office environment, discussion process between employees can be done in a fluid way and enables open discussion.

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Event Review: Jakarta Ventures Night 2011

Jakarta Ventures Night (JVN) 2011 was held last Friday and there were two articles from DailySocial related to the event. But here’s another article on JVN that will highlight startups in technology industry who were pitching there.

JVN is held by East Ventures since last year. The first one was Jakarta Ventures Night (JVN) 2010 and Bandung Ventures Night (BVN) 2010. On this JVN 2011, before pitches from 9 startups, there were 4 startups conducting presentation. 2 startups shared their experience, Jason Lamuda from Disdus and Aria Rajasa from GantiBaju.com and after breaks, the show continued with announcement of two startups in technology recently funded by East Ventures, they were TeknoUp and Nightspade. News on the funding can be found here.

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Event: First Day Coverage of Agate Mobile Game Developer Camp (Video)

Mobile Game Developer Camp event that was held by Agate and sponsored by Nokia has entered the first day. This workshop event will be held for two weeks starting from March 17, 2011 until 30 March 2011. Then on March 31, 2011 there will be a mobile game developers war in Bandung, as well as the National final will be held at the end of April 2011.

DailySocial visited the location of the event to see the enthusiasm of the participants and have some interviews with one of the workshop presenters at the event.

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