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Hi! Introduce Yourself

chamberlinchamberlin Posts: 51Member
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If you have a face and are human, introduce yourself here! Are you a seasoned game developer, an aspiring indie, a student? Maybe the founder of your own gaming studio? Tell us about some of your interesting past projects. What are you building for the OUYA console?

I'm Head of Engineering at OUYA, leading the team that's developing the console software, the ODK, and the web portals. My background is in game development for PCs and consoles - I led the engineering teams for 2011's MMO "RIFT" as well as many generations of EA Sports' Tiger Woods Golf for Playstation 1, PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube. I got my start years ago in the Macintosh shareware game community, and my game Tetris Max was very popular back around 1995. I'm also an electronics hacker on random personal projects involving chips and circuit boards. My custom-designed and hand-built CPU "Big Mess o' Wires" (http://www.bigmessowires.com/bmow1/) was covered in Wired a few years back and won Editor's Choice at the Maker Faire, so I'm handy with a soldering iron or oscilloscope. :-)
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  • RyanRyan Posts: 3Member
    edited November 2012
    Hello all. I'm the Tech Director at Reactor Interactive, an aspiring game studio staffed by handful of game industry professionals and extremely talented volunteers whose credits span from recent hit indie titles like the Iron Grip series from ISOTX on up to the major blockbusters such as Halo 3: ODST, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Kinect, and many others. We are developing a multiplayer space combat game for OUYA, PC and Mac called Sector 13 using the Unity engine. It's designed from the ground up to be less of a simulator and more of an arcade shooter with the First Person Shooter veteran in mind. Lots of starfighters, lots of explosions, and of course lots of scathing trash talk as you scatter your buddies' chunky bits all over an asteroid field.

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    We are extremely excited to be a part of the OUYA developer program and we can't wait to see our game running on the new console!
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    Ryan Buhr | Technical Director
    Reactor Interactive, LLC | www.sec13.com
    Facebook | Twitter
  • BuddyBuddy Posts: 183Member
    Hi everybody! I'm Buddy, one of the developers here at OUYA. My professional career started off up at EA Canada (NBA Live), then I transferred down to EA Redwood Shores where I made a bunch of James Bond games (also Lord of the Rings, Godfather, Spore, to name a few). Trion Worlds was next where I built, shipped & maintained the MMORPG RIFT.
    Very excited to be here and looking forward to seeing the amazing things that people will do with the OUYA console!
  • chamberlinchamberlin Posts: 51Member
    Ryan, looks very cool! We'll be adding a Unity plugin to the ODK momentarily - it's almost ready.
  • DrewDrew Posts: 1Member
    Hi everyone,
    I'm Drew, partner with Ryan in Reactor Interactive, and I am currently the producer / art director / artist for Sector 13. We are very excited about the Ouya Project and its potential. We very much look forward to being a part of this developer program and Ouya's success. I hope you'll check our project out and let us know what you think.
  • alsuttonalsutton Posts: 69Member, Team OUYA
    edited November 2012
    Hi all, I'm Al. I'm one of the developers at OUYA and I'm based in the UK. I started working on mobile devices in the early 90s' on Psion devices (the OS for which later became the base for Symbian).
    I've been involved with Android since it's public launch, have code commits in Googles Android Open Source Project as well as working with a number of companies on their Android apps and strategy, and I'm looking forward making Android for the OUYA console the most gamer friendly version of Android currently around.
    Post edited by alsutton on
    Al Sutton
    Android Specialist
    OUYA
  • tgraupmanntgraupmann Posts: 2,869Administrator, Team OUYA
    Hello everybody, I'm Tim. I am an avid Unity developer where I've specialized on doing Unity front-end, Unity back-end, and Unity editor extensions. Unity Unity Unity. I've been doing Unity + iOS and Unity + Android for the last two years. In all I've been using Unity every day for the last 4+ years and I love it. Unity+Android is my preferred development platform in that it works on Mac and Windows, you can avoid the provisioning process, and publish faster. Also, I have been working on a great OUYA/Unity plugin and example code that will save you lots of time and will be in your hands very soon.
    ~Tim Graupmann
    OUYA Inc | Android Developer
    Skype: tgraupmann_prey

    http://github.com/ouya/docs
    http://github.com/ouya/ouya-sdk-examples

    Check out the latest docs for your game engine: [setup] [adobe air] [android] [clickteam fusion] [construct 2] [corona] [libGDX] [game maker] [html5] [marmalade] [monogame] [unity] [unreal]

    Use caution when setting [persistent wireless mode].
  • kingalabasterkingalabaster Posts: 1Member
    Hey... I'm Roy, and I'm a volunteer at OUYA -- also the chairman and first investor. I backed Julie before this thing even had a name :) Triviata, the first memo on it called it the "AGC" -- Android game console. In a year, we've come from a three-letter name to a four-letter name. Progress!
  • raffibagraffibag Posts: 6Member
    I'm Raffi - most of you know me as I'm the one who set you up with your acct. Please make sure to tell us what you think!
    Raffi Bagdasarian
    OUYA, Inc.
  • GuruGuru Posts: 3Member
    Hey everyone, I'm Chris. I'm CEO of Softeq, which focuses on technical software, firmware, mobile, and embedded development for companies like NVIDIA, HP, and SanDisk. I'm also CEO of zGames, the mobile game division that we spun off from Softeq earlier this year, which targets the casual gaming market as well as custom game development for third parties. We have a few titles for iOS and Android out there, and recently won 1st in Atari's Pong Developer Challenge to reinvent Pong for mobile. It's the 40th anniversary of Pong this month, so we hope to see our Pong World game released soon! We're excited to be getting an early look at OUYA and currently have our thinking caps on for how we can best contribute. Fun times ahead!
  • afonsecaafonseca Posts: 17Member
    Hi everyone,

    I'm Alberto with Adventure Works. I'm really excited to join the Ouya developer community. My background in games started back in the mid 90's working on PC space combat simulation titles. I worked on Star Wars X-Wing Collector's Series, X-Wing Alliance, and Star Trek Bridge Commander.

    Since then I've worked on mobile apps on Android and have recently returned to game development partnering with my friend Jeff on Adventure Works. We're currently working on a game called The Traveler, a 2D sci-fi space roguelike in Unity. We're targeting the Ouya, PC and Mac platforms and are really excited about seeing this game come together and launch on a console.

    It's great to see there are others working in Unity and I hope to learn and share with you all as we move forward with our games. You can follow us on our Facebook page at
    https://www.facebook.com/TheTravelerGame
  • RyanRyan Posts: 3Member
    Hey Alberto, REALLY big fan of the whole X-Wing series, especially X-Wing Alliance. The Traveler sounds awesome, looking forward to seeing that in action!
    Ryan Buhr | Technical Director
    Reactor Interactive, LLC | www.sec13.com
    Facebook | Twitter
  • afonsecaafonseca Posts: 17Member
    Hey Ryan, thanks! It looks like you guys are working on a really cool game yourselves and I'll definitely look forward to seeing more.
  • MightyRabbitMightyRabbit Posts: 108Member
    Hi everybody! My name is Josh Fairhurst and I am the president of Mighty Rabbit Studios - a small game developer based in Holly Springs, NC. I'd love to impress everyone with a long list of AAA industry credits, but unfortunately I can't. Most of my staff was hired fresh out of college when I started the company (I was also fresh out of college); however, I did work at Epic Games as a QA Tester on Gears of War 2 during college (I do not recommend crunching on a AAA game while simultaneously taking a full college course load). Aside from AAA experience, members of my team have developed and launched three mobile games: Saturday Morning RPG, Infinite Warrior, and M.U.S.E.,

    My team is currently planning to bring Saturday Morning RPG to the Ouya at launch. We've already released the game on iOS and can't wait to bring it to other platforms! For those who haven't heard Saturday Morning RPG is an episodic JRPG set firmly in a world inspired by 1980's Saturday morning cartoons.

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  • BalbiBalbi Posts: 198Member
    Hello! My name is Taylor Balbi and I am the Lead Developer/Designer for a platformer called Leroux. We're based out of Sacramento, CA with one developer in Manchester, UK.

    We're currently working on a stealth/action platformer that will hopefully see a demo around OUYA's launch :)
    Lead Developer of Leroux
  • nicknick Posts: 186Member, Administrator, Team OUYA
    Balbi said:

    Hello! My name is Taylor Balbi and I am the Lead Developer/Designer for a platformer called Leroux. We're based out of Sacramento, CA with one developer in Manchester, UK.

    We're currently working on a stealth/action platformer that will hopefully see a demo around OUYA's launch :)

    916, representin'
    Just kidding, I'm just happy to see that other game developers really do exist in the area :)

    I believe I've also seen you very actively on /r/ouya, and we appreciate that!
  • DreamwriterDreamwriter Posts: 768Member
    Hey there folks, I'm Josh Meeds, founder (and sole employee) of Dreamzle, a new indie developer located in Bellevue, WA, whose games will be based on exploration, experimentation and customization. I'm excited to start working with the real ODK, and hopefully soon real hardware (I've been developing for an Asus Transformer TF700, which is close but not quite the same).

    I've been a programmer in the gaming industry for 13 years, mostly concentrating on handheld game systems (GBC, GBA, DS) followed by mobile gaming. Most of what I've worked on has been licensed titles, ranging from Harry Potter (on GBC) to Lego Bionicle (on GBA) to Star Wars (Jakks game-in-a-joystick). And on mobile I've worked on both licensed and original titles - I worked on the early iPhone Atari classics, but also games like Chimps Ahoy! (breakout with two paddles) and Dungeon Solitaire (card game with simple battles). Up until the last year I've always used proprietary game engines, but for the last year I've been using Unity (currently licensed for Unity 4).

    Right now I'm working on Dreamzle's first game, an OUYA-exclusive launch title, basically a skewed 3/4 overhead spaceship shooter with Zelda-style exploration.
  • BalbiBalbi Posts: 198Member
    nick said:


    916, representin'
    Just kidding, I'm just happy to see that other game developers really do exist in the area :)

    I believe I've also seen you very actively on /r/ouya, and we appreciate that!

    Are you down in LA or are you still here in Suckramento? :)
    Lead Developer of Leroux
  • Hugo_PetersHugo_Peters Posts: 1Member
    Hello everyone!

    My name is Hugo Peters (as my nickname implies), I am 16 years old (I turned 16 today actually, and what better gift than the OUYA ODK...
    I am currently working on a game called The Runthrough. It is a sidescroller / platformer, where your goal is to survive. It is extremely simple, just jump on the blocks, and not on the red spikes. HOWEVER, this is extremely hard. It is very addictive and I hope I can help making OUYA a big success. Here is a work in progress video if anyone is interested: This is running on my PC, and because of Fraps recording it the game gets out of sync with the music at the end, sorry about that. I can guarantee I already have it working on iOS, Android, HTML5 (yes that's right) and more. This is my biggest project yet, and I CAN'T WAIT to port it to OUYA, and make a beautiful console game out of it. My dream is to make a game developing company (Djek Studios, www.djek.nl) that focuses on making perfect games, beautiful games, each completely original, fun, creative and smart. I am currently working hard on school, hoping to get to the HKU (School for the Arts) to do a bachelor (and master) Game Design and Development. I love games, because they bring a lot of arts forms together. Painting, Music, Entertainment, Creativity in general and so much more. I cannot wait to get my hands on an OUYA and start bringing my games to it. Thanks guys, and if you feel like you want to support me, head over to the official Facebook page and Like Djek Studios! :D www.facebook.com/DjekStudios
  • pixjuegospixjuegos Posts: 73Member
    Hello everyone! I'm Pablo, director and programmer of PiX Juegos.

    We are a few friends lovers of the old 2d arcade game mechanics, and we create open source games. Some of them are remakes/tributes, like PiX Bros which is a mix between Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros and Tumble Pop.
  • bessianbessian Posts: 1Member
    Hello :) My name is Besian ,I'am a student and a big gamer.
    I would like to start developing arcade or adventure games!
    I need to learn a bit more programming ,but at designing I'am a professional.So all I need is an OUYA dev console and start developing...
  • Miniboss1232Miniboss1232 Posts: 45Member
    Hello,

    I'm Jerrod Putman, and I am the owner of Tiny Tim Games. We've released a couple of games for iOS, and are now looking forward to making some games specifically targeted toward Ouya!

    I've been in game development for over 10 years now, and I've worked with companies such as Insomniac Games (on the Ratchet & Clank franchise) and inXile entertainment. I'm hoping to bring some of my AAA know-how to indie game development, and make the games that players want to play but that no one makes anymore.

    I just got my first sample app up and running through the Ouya launcher on my Nexus 7. I'm looking forward to getting my dev console soon!

  • sodafountansodafountan Posts: 38Member
    Hello, My name is Josh Siegl, I'm currently developing a game called Politico. Politico is a Sim-City like city building game which can be checked out on Steam GreenLight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93951222

    I can't wait to get my hands on the OUYA, I really truly believe that it is the next big thing.

    I look forward to working with all of you in the future, I hope together we'll be able to collaborate to create one of the best communities around.

    Good luck with your projects, and I'll see you in the forums!
  • LeoLeo Posts: 1Member
    edited December 2012
    Hey there!

    I'm Leonardo Molar, Art and Technical Director at Studio Kontrabida (http://kontrabida.ca)

    We're planning on bringing over our first game, Rival Threads: Last Class Heroes, a stunning 2D side scrolling RPG, to the Ouya.

    (Image from an earlier mobile build, will not look like this on Ouya.)
    image
    Find out more about the project here: Project Page
    Talk to us on our Fan page: Facebook
    Talk to me on Twitter: Twitter

    Excited to see where this goes. Good luck Team Ouya!
    Post edited by Leo on
  • ScipiScipi Posts: 1Member
    Hello everyone, I'm Tom Stone. I am currently a student for computer science and I plan on taking a game focused track in my later courses.

    I look forward to developing for the Ouya and taking the experience I gain into a professional career. It's gotta look good on a resume, no? :D

    I have little by way of completed projects so far, although I find myself suited towards making game dev tools, more so than the games themselves. So it is my hope that even if I am not able to finish an actual game, I can find a niche in game centered tools. (On-console development could be an attractive concept to newer developers)

    Although, that does assume there will be a marketplace area for tools and general apps (not too far fetched an idea) as well as the feasibility/popularity of developing on-console.
    Imma cat =^ω^= ~Meow

    Projects:


    Daemons - An RPG game [Development in progress]
    MindF*** - My own custom dialect of BrainF***
    System Crash - A simple 2D arcade-style shooter [In Alpha-Beta... One of the two]

  • andraandra Posts: 1Member
    Hi Everybody,

    I'm Andreja from http://www.AppsRooster.com - App Video Reviews Channel.
    Our whole team is excited with all new games that will come for OUYA and we would like to cover all of them. So if you, or when you, have any exclusive screens, previews, teasers,etc be free to contact me and we will announce it on our site and YouTube channel.
    [email protected]
  • WildsWilds Posts: 78Member
    Hello,

    I'm Mark a student and aspiring game developer.
    OUYA is a dream coming true, creating my own games that can be played on my T.V. screen!
    Currently working on a 3D Puzzle Platformer game in my spare time.
    Development blog
  • ParadigmSWParadigmSW Posts: 9Member
    Hello!

    My name is Ben Cartwright and I'm the owner of a small company called Paradigm Softworks. At the moment we're making a couple of games for Mac and PC and we plan to port them over to OUYA as soon as possible (though probably from launch day, since we don't have a dev console).

    In my spare time I'm involved with model aircraft and tinkering with an Arduino board, the products of which I'm currently developing as a product with the goal of getting a patent on my designs for a golf ball putting practice machine.

    Currently we're mostly working on our project Retroformer, a 2D puzzle/platformer with emphasis on it's level generation features: you can upload images to be turned into levels, or use the built in editor, and we're adding features to change the very aesthetics of the levels too!

    You can also find us on Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube and SoundCloud.
  • SpoonThumbSpoonThumb Posts: 426Member
    Hi,

    I'm James Coote, developing android games for my own one man studio, Crystalline Green Ltd. I've been developing my own 3D graphics engine for android, and will be optimising it for the Ouya over the coming months.

    I'm working on an Ouya exclusive game that I hope to have ready for launch in March. (Going to 'announce' the details come the new year).

    I'm also organising a meetup of developers and fans of Ouya in London on the 24th January. Any developers who want to come down and show off their games at the event (whether they have a console yet or not) are welcome! You can get hold of me on twitter @JamesACoote or email [email protected]
    Twitter
    Website
  • bigfatbrainbigfatbrain Posts: 4Member
    Hi Everyone,

    I'm Troy Hitch, founder of Big Fat Brain. I'm the creator of the web series "You Suck At Photoshop" and its spin-off "Sn4tchbuckl3r's Second Chance" set in the Unity-created world Peopleburg, an MMORPG recovery center for MMORPG addicts. While a true, playable version of Peopleburg is in the works, I have an altogether different game in development for the Ouya: "Pratfall."

    I'm truly looking forward to becoming an active participant in the community. Twitter: @troyhitch Email: troyhitch ( at ) me.com

    Ouya!
    Troy
  • SlyickSlyick Posts: 9Member
    edited December 2012
    Hi
    I'm Derron Carr, recent graduate with experience in web development and graphic design. Looking to dive into game development and feel that Ouya would be the right place to start.
    p.s im also attending @SpoonThumb meetup on the 24th.
    Post edited by Slyick on
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