Lock Picking: Our lock picking get togethers are on every second Monday, the 12th and 26thNovember at 7pm. We provide the locks, the tools, and the know-how. Basic lock picking sets are available for purchase.
Craft Night, CAD Night: Runs on alternate Wednesdays, the 7th and 21stNovember at 7pm. Knitting? Crochet? Embroidery? Getting ready for Christmas? We offer sewing machines, glue guns, expertise and encouragement. We also cover computer-based ‘crafting’ like CAD/CAM software, 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC routing.
Electronics and Micro Controller Night: Runs every non-lock-picking Monday, the 5th and 19th November at 7pm. Arduinos, Raspberry Pis and Intel Galileos are just some of the things you can work on down here, or try our introductions to electronics worksheet. You should bring your own laptop or notebook computer.
Open Social: This month the Open Social will be on Saturday the 24th November at 7pm. Join us for an evening of conversations and games.
Coding: Runs on the same Mondays as lock picking, the 12th and 26th November at 7pm. Come down and work on a project or help others with theirs. Laptop of your own pretty much essential, and bring your own project.
The Science Fiction Book Club will meet on Wednesday 28th November. We haven’t decided on November’s book yet (suggestions, anybody?). But there will be some sort of cake.
Wikipedia Editing: Runs on Wednesday 28th November at 7pm. Ever wondered how to get started editing Wikipedia? Come along and will get you adding to the world’s largest open collaborative knowledge project. All are welcome, no editing experience is necessary and the event is free, just turn up with a laptop to start editing.
Dublin Raspberry Pi Jam: We are hosting the Second Dublin Raspberry Pi Jam on Saturday November 3rd at 12.30 pm. A day where people of all abilities come together to work on or get help on Raspberry Pi projects. For more information and tickets visit https://ti.to/dublin-raspberry-pi-jam/2nd-pi-jam
** Tickets for this event are sold out, but members can still come **
** – board games, card games, RPGs, a whole lot of sinister sounding acronyms, possibly some online gaming. Scheduled for Saturday 3rd November. With the expected participation of Board Games Ireland.
This Friday Tog will be hosting a series of short talks about games.
This will be followed by a night of gaming (we will have Board Games, Mame & Xbox consoles, you can bring your laptop and/or any other games). There will be spot prices and competitions run throughout the night.
Schedule of the event is as follows:
6.30pm – Event starts, tours given, time to sign in
7pm – start of talks
Izzy, TOG – “Intro to the first part of talks”
Alex Nucu, Web developer/publisher, Riot Games – “The transformative power of video-games”
A story-driven account of how video-games shaped my mind, my life and my career. Answers to the ubiquitous questions of “Why do you play?”, “What’s the point?” and, most importantly, why I believe your gaming history should be on your resume.
Robin David, Board Games Designer – “Getting into Modern Boardgame Design”
On how boardgaming has changed in the last five years and tools, pitfalls and obstacles in the typical boardgame design process.
Gleb Lebedev, TOG – “Custom controls on ESP 8266 circuit boards”
An overview of conception Esp 8266 – cheap WiFi enabled solution. Introduction into Toe. Using variety sensors as input controllers – VR racing as an example.
Brian Kenny, tabletop games journalist , player & GM – “Tabletop board games”
Important things to cover are settings, scale, complexity and balance. Tabletop games usually fall into Fantasy, Historical, Modern and Sci-Fi settings but can vary in scope and scale, from small squad skirmishes to epic regimental engagements and relatively simple rulesets to complex systems that replicate almost every possible real-world scenario. Ultimately though you have to consider balancing realism, simplicity and enjoyment.
SHORT BREAK – 10 min max
Diarmaid, TOG, “Intro to the second part of talks”
John O’Connell – animator and storyboard artist, http://jroconnell.com/ – “Visual Storytelling”
John will talk about his process of storyboarding as a tool to develop visual storytelling. By showing examples he will illustrate how storyboarding is a powerful tool that can be used across many disciplines such as animation, games and live action. In the talk he will do a brief breakdown of his own working process highlighting key areas such as composition, the subject in the frame, character development and tracking story.
Ciara Costelloe, Board Games Designer – “Variety of types of components in Board Games and ways of testing them”
Have you ever wondered why the variety of board games has expanded so rapidly in recent times? Why do some things in games change so much and some things stay the same? I’m going to take a look at the technology involved in making components and what these components bring to the game.
Jeffrey Roe, TOG CEO – “Projects recap, teaching by playing”
Presentation of photos from events.
Louise Nolan, TOG – “Digital game design”
What makes a ‘game’?
Stephen Cameron – “Procedural generation of gas giant planet textures for space games”
Don’t forget this Friday Tog will be hosting a series of short talks about games.
This will be followed by a night of gaming (we will have Board Games, Mame & Xbox consoles, you can bring your laptop and/or any other games). There will be spot prices and competitions run throughout the night.
We hope to SEE you ALL @ TOG on Friday the 30th of September, 6.30pm arrival for 7pm kick-off!
Tog will be hosting a series of short talks about games. Topics will include:
Introduction to game design
Process of game creation
Building interactive games
Coding games (tutorials)
New games on the market, hot Kickstarters
Use of games in education
This will be followed by a night of gaming (we will have Board Games, Mame & Xbox consoles, bring your laptop if you wish). There will be couple free to enter competitions run throughout the night.
Talks will start at 7pm on Friday 30th of September. Please arrive at 6.30pm.
Any speakers who are interested in giving a talk please contact us at info@tog.ie or speak to Izzy or Diarmaid in the space.
Each speaker will have 5 to 15 minutes available, although when necessary longer time slots can be assigned.
We hope to SEE you ALL @ TOG on Friday the 30th of September, 6.30pm arrival for 7pm kick-off!
Don’t forget this Friday Tog will be hosting a series of short talks about games.
