Welcome to SGDG!

What is the Surry Game Development Group?

A group of game developers assembled to promote study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the principles of video game design and development. SGDG will strive to educate the community on the history and significance of interactive entertainment and its political, social and educational relevance.

Meet the staff:

Blake Leftwich President	Matt Mullen Vice President	Matthew Crotts Treasurer	Erin Dollyhigh Secretary

Advisor contact:

Jody Hartle
hartlej@surry.edu
Instructor
Surry Community College
630 South Main Street
Dobson, NC 27017 336-386-3301

Our goals are:

To become the official Surry county chapter of the IGDA (International Game Developers Association), an international game development community dedicated to improving developers careers and lives through community, professional development and advocacy.

To send members to game development events, conferences and competitions all over the US.

To acquire industry guest speakers for SGD classes and SGDG meetings.

To develop projects for submitting to independent game development competitions.

To network with industry professionals and hobbyists with similar goals

To create a club website that will provide links to members work and helpful information for new students

To prepare members for employment in the game industry

To sponsor fun fund raiser events like game tournaments and fairs

Why join the Surry Game Development Group?

The Surry Game Development Group helps its members gain the tools and skills necessary to develop into productive members of the industry. The club helps students and members turn game ideas into working software and sponsors fun events for gamers.

Here's the breakdown on site navigation and content:

The News section covers our latest goings-on. From here you can click on Projects to see what games we are working on or have completed, Community to see our list of members and find out more about them, FAQ for insight on subjects ranging from school registration to Photoshop shortcuts and Affiliates to meet our partners.

Thanks and enjoy the site!

Please contact Blake Leftwich blakeleftwich@gmail.com or Jody Hartle hartlej@surry.edu anytime with questions or comments.