{"id":501,"date":"2018-11-04T20:47:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ault.immtcnj.com\/thesis_fall_18\/?p=501"},"modified":"2018-11-04T20:47:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:47:20","slug":"report-on-industry-event-thy-geekdom-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ault.immtcnj.com\/thesis_fall_18\/2018\/11\/04\/report-on-industry-event-thy-geekdom-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on Industry Event: Thy Geekdom Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Max Shaver<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">November 4, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Saturday, November 4, 2018, I attended the \u201cThy Geekdom Con\u201d at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. \u00a0The convention was a three day event consisting of Panels, Variety Shows, Workshops, Gaming and Vendor Booths. I have attended other \u2018Cons\u2019 previously and in comparison this was a smaller convention with fewer attendees, however, you still had individuals participating in cosplay, numerous vendors sharing their wares and similar individuals to myself which love gaming, anime and stories. \u00a0Of particular interest during this Con was a panel being led by Montgomery Harris titled \u201cCreating Your Own Universe\u201d. Mr. Harris was in the military and then once he got out he began to write scenarios for Military Simulations and Live Action Role Play games. More recently he has authored the novels \u201cOutbreak Z: Morbus\u201d and \u201cOutbreak Z: Salvos\u201d released in late 2017 and \u201cScarlet Cross: The Sixth City\u201d and \u201cOutbreak Z:\u00a0 Damnum\u201d and \u201cScarlet Cross: A Voice Like Thunder\u201d in 2018. \u00a0What I heard from Mr. Harris truly strengthened my understanding of how important a video games universe is in the success of your user\u2019s gaming experience. Montgomery explained how his military training and the overabundance use of acronyms lead him to apply \u201cDog\u2019s Bollocks\u201d to all of his writing efforts in developing a believable and readable universe. He also shared the rules of six which also greatly influences how your users enter a game and how that will drive the user to continue with your game or to leave your game shortly after beginning. \u00a0For Harris, \u201cDog\u2019s Bollocks\u201d means the following<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>D<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o your Research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>B<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">egin <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>O<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rganize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>L<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ocations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>O<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">utline<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>K<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ill your darlings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>S<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tart writing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the rule of six, when you begin you need to develop what is\/was happening in your universe <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 years ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 months ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 weeks ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 days ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 hours ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 minutes ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 seconds ago<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then apply six to everything. \u00a0Have six locations, six core characters, six event, and your characters should have six main traits, etc. \u00a0This will provide you with a sound foundation for your universe so you can begin writing your story or the game you are creating. \u00a0\u00a0I thought when applying that to video games and realized video games are universes you are literally interacting with. What Montgomery was doing was creating a world the user would believe and imagine. \u00a0I applied the rule of 6 and thought about what user would do in first 6 seconds then the next 6 minutes and what they would do in the remainder of the game. In considering all of this I have identified multiple examples which support my thoughts and will continue to explore this as I complete my thesis project of the gaming world I want my players to interact in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Shaver November 4, 2018 &nbsp; On Saturday, November 4, 2018, I attended the \u201cThy Geekdom Con\u201d at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. \u00a0The convention was a three day event consisting of Panels, Variety Shows, Workshops, Gaming and Vendor Booths. 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