OlyMEGA (Olympia Makers, Engineers, Geeks and Artists) is a technology interest group open to all ages and all knowledge levels. The mission of OlyMEGA is to create an open tech community in the Olympia/Thurston County. Members are encouraged to share their knowledge, learn from others, and create from what they learn. We have a shared workshop called a MakerSpace at 416 Washington St. Suite 202, Olympia. We are working on scheduled hours of operation now. Watch for Meetups announced at the spa …

Unity 3D is a great game engine for creating 2D and 3D video games and interactive digital content on PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and consoles. This group is created to connect Unity engine users, exchange ideas, discover best practices and new tools/plugins, and help each other grow and learn more about Unity.

Meetup for animation artists from all industries actively using Maya, MotionBuilder, Softimage, Mudbox or ZBrush. Games. Illustration. Technical Illustration.

What is happening around the country? The globe? The solar system? The universe? Is Humanity at the Edge of an evolutionary shift to a new paradigm? To a new way of living? To a new mindset? Or to maybe even a new dimension (5D)? This participatory forum seeks to recognize that the time we are in is a unique time of events, one of opportunities limited only to our own Points of View (POV). The intent of At Wits Edge (5D) is to meet in person and focus on sharing our experiences from as close to …

We want to find like minds who think CINEMA 4D is the bomb. This meetup will be a place we can talk, show off, argue and figure out the best ways to use CINEMA 4D. Foremost, we are agency agnostic so we aren't here to compete but to learn from each other. Some people will be more skilled than others of course, but I believe we can learn from our peers no matter what your skill level. Strippers every other meetup, ha ha.

Introduction The purpose of this project is to get  artists to combine their limited free time and energy with others in order to create a full length feature or series. Goals Create a fresh story with believable characters and a definite underlying message. Develop preproduction materials to a fine polish so that we can easily pitch the project. If it is a series we will produce a pilot episode. Who should join? Screenwriters 3d Artists Cinematographers Visual Generalists Communications Maj …

The renaissance is here, and it brought ice-cream! So, here’s the idea: Ideas. Unfiltered, unencumbered, and unapologetically enthusiastic ideas. Ideas that lead to grease-smeared hands, lavender sorbet, things that go bang, clouds of steam, those goggle-marks you see on crazy chemistry geeks, and some guy (or girl) in the background juggling and swinging from a trapeze. We are a collective of intellectual eccentrics, passionate about learning and our various (and yes, I mean various) arts. Wal …

If you find yourself growing a bit jaded by the totally whack money-centric direction in which the larger games industry is headed and would like to help steer things back towards a more socially responsible route, keep reading! This group is being set up to bring us like-minded individuals together, face-to-face, so that we can utilize our skills and abilities to ultimately develop a game. So, regardless of your skill level, if you've got knowledge of programming, asset development, writing, an …

We are a group of people interested in Technology, DIY Projects, 3D Printing, and crafting. We imagine, design, and create. We develop robots, make mistakes, program machines, sketch, draw and build.

A group for users of AutoCAD for Mac - all skill levels are welcome. Meetups are a chance to mingle with fellow users (and sometimes Autodesk Product Managers), solve problems, and share product feedback. Meetups will generally contain a cocktail/hors d'oeuvres component, happily provided by Autodesk.

This is a group for people interested in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Canvas, HTML5, CSS3, OpenGL and web-based graphics libraries, as well as the use of these technologies for user interface development, information graphics, maps, storyboards, clipart and similar tools. It's primarily focused towards code developers (especially but not exclusively JavaScript developers) but may evolve over time to cover more general graphics professionals.

Work and Learn together to create Strategy Games for Web, PC, MAC, Linux, Iphone, and Android. We will be using different languages, engines and frameworks. Python, C#, JS, HTML5, Flash, Unity3D, and many more. Brought to you by Ice Turtle Studios. www.iceturtlestudios.com