It's a mobile game or gamification app hack day!!
Register on:
http://moboturbo2011.eventbrite.com/
Use discount code: "ERT_is_awesome".
Got an idea for a mobile game or some sort of gamification application? Itching to try it out? On iOS or Android, Sure! Well, come and jam with other mobile developers.
Color.com kindly offers their swanky space in downtown Palo Alto for our hack-thon and they really really love hackers too. Color's own mobile super hackers will be onsite to help out and advise.
We've got great speakers and awesome judges.
Speakers on the deck:
::Bill Nguyen, CEO of Color.com (he is a geek at heart and loves flip-flops)
::Gus Tai, Partner at Trinity Ventures (few VCs can tell you how to make successful monitzable Android apps, he is one!)
::Antonio Tomarchio, co-founder, CEO, Beintoo (had publications on network theory and performance advertising algorithms)
Emcee for the Demo/Pitch:
::Redge Snodgrass, Sr. Director of Strategic Alliances/Innovation at Alcatel-Lucent and Advisor at Skout.com (at Demo 2010 for Skout, “Our rehearsal was amazing, except for the fact that I didn’t know what to say, as I’d forgotten my script. And the fact that the machine crashed on stage. We all felt fear.“)
Judges on the deck:
::Dave Maestri, co-founder/CPO, Metamoki (he is dubbed one of the top game designers in such discussion thread on Quora)
::Noman (Nomi) Ali, CEO, Peanut Labs (he loves to throw top-of-the line Pirate Cruise Parties, and will invite one hacking winner to the next one!)
::Jude Gomilla, co-founder/CEO, Heyzap (regarless of the best hair-do among geeky founders, he slept on couch for months before getting funded)
::Antonio Tomarchio, co-founder/CEO, Beintoo (hair-do by nature. His Italian accent talked Fruit Ninja into using Beintoo's SDK. )
:: A mysterious game producer from EA
Who should attend -
Stress-resistent, goal-driven, fun-seeking and creative mobile hackers and talented mobile graphics/UX/UI specialists.
Rules of the Game -
1. Create a mobile game, or gamification app, i.e. an app that helps make or spice up any routine task in life into a fun challenge. No pre-published apps.
2. Bring your team or find teammates, or work on your own.
3. Any APIs, SDK integration will be great. iOS, Andriod? whatever you are good at, or desire to try.
4. Be original and have fun!
Cool prizes for top winners -
1) Free ticket to AppConf on Oct. 26:27 ($800 value)
2) Special invite to the most pretigious who's who Pirate Cruise party in social gaming, by Peanut Labs ($600 value, but priceless for the people you will meet!)
3) 2 hours of free legal consultation for your startup or IP related issues by a top law firm.
4) And many others to be announced!
Agenda:
9:00 - 9:30 am Registration, breakfast
9:30am - Opening Welcom, Rules explained, find the team, hacking starts, "doctors" are in for onsite advises
9:45 - 10:05 Antonio Tomarchio on Gamification and SDK
12:00noon Lunch
12:10 - 12:35 Keynote: Bill Nguyen
12:40 - 1:15pm Gus Tai, "Create a Monetizable Android App"
2:00 - 5:00 Other Speakers: TBD
6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner
8:30 - 9:40 pm, Demo/Pitch, 3 min. per team, 2 min Q&A
10:00 -10:20 pm, Winner announced, award given.
Drink more beer!
10:30pm, say Good Night!
Brought to you by:
Shirley Lin & Bess Ho
