Now that GDC is over, our eyes are set on our next big deadline: submission to the IEEE competition.

The competitions is going to be hosted at our school, at Dodge College's Folino Theater.  The event is on April 28, from 2-4pm.  We'll be able to see the work of lots of other students, and if we are a finalist, we'll see our tiny-screened mobile game up on the HUGE theater screen.  And we thought porting to the tablet was intense!

What does this competition mean to you?  It means within the next few weeks we will be posting AN AMAZING TRAILER of Axle.  Yes!  You will be able to see the game in action!  In-game artwork!  Dazzling effects!  Never-Before Seen Gameplay!

Since we're making an announcement that there will be a trailer, check out this high-budget professional version of making an announcement that there will be a trailer!

We all had a great time up at GDC!  It was a very long drive, but plenty of good times were had.  We took Bart into the city and stayed a hotel a few blocks away.  We got there a bit late on Wednesday because we were busy getting everything polished to show around, but it was worth it!  We went out to Indian food with a group of other game designers from Chapman then out to the LucasArts party, which was awesome!  Thursday a few of us saw a panel, we toured around the Expo floor.  An indie game that stood out was WAY.  It was a very charming puzzle/platformer where you play with a partner that you can only communicate with non-verbally.  After the conference, we went out to an excellent dinner in Chinatown!  Thursday was spent mostly on the career floor, where we got some great feedback on the game, and some of our team members got very interesting job offers!

The experience was great!  We can't wait to go again next year!

With GDC just around the corner, we've been replacing our temporary assets with something more presentable.  We did a whole new set of textures for the gears and a new splash screen!  The style of the game is really coming together, and we can't wait to show it off!

We are also getting our trip itinerary together, so we know where to go when the Expo floor isn't open, as well as arranging transportation in and around the city.  We also want to be able to check out San Francisco while we are there, and go get some awesome food!