More gaming convention technology notes
Jul. 5th, 2020 06:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petrea_mitchellThe UK Games Expo is yet another gaming con that has gone to a free online event this year. Of particular note is their virtual dealers' room. The custom software to power it is still being built, but you can see what capabilities they're looking at on this page. It's simple enough to include a link to a company's online store, but they're trying to replace the other functions of a dealers' room table too, like being able to walk up and ask questions or play a demo.
Gen Con Online has a freeform field for the platform you're using on its event submission form, but it has begun to gently herd people toward a subset of online gaming and conference platforms with this list. New to me: D20PRO (RPGs) and GoBrunch (teleconferencing). The con itself will be running all its "main hall" events on Twitch and will be spinning up a Discord server for at-con communications and unstructured hanging out.
Gen Con Online has a freeform field for the platform you're using on its event submission form, but it has begun to gently herd people toward a subset of online gaming and conference platforms with this list. New to me: D20PRO (RPGs) and GoBrunch (teleconferencing). The con itself will be running all its "main hall" events on Twitch and will be spinning up a Discord server for at-con communications and unstructured hanging out.
