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They’re likely to sign a publishing deal. Another student team, SplitSide Games, had an honorable mention by IGF and was featured in the Indie MEGABooth at PAX East in Boston for Fling to the Finish. We went out to San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March alongside fellow Philadelphian Jeremy Gable and his “Excellence in Narrative”-nominated project, Watch Me Jump. I worked for a year with Gossamer Games, a student team out of Drexel University that was named a finalist for “Best Student Game” at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards 2019 for Sole. Most of what they do is under contract and can’t spoken about publicly, but they’re a moderately sized team taking on large contracts and following a successful path. Within a year of being introduced to PGM, Brian signed on full-time at PHL Collective as a programmer. They helped build friendships that (fortunately) turned into full-time careers for me and Brian.

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We met with Philly Game Mechanics (PGM), a vivacious group of misfit and professional game devs showing a strong will to create, learn and grow, and with little to no funding. In January 2018 my roommate, Brian Palladino, and I brought a very small indie game to Philly - too small to mention by name. I’m recently integrated into the Philly game community. I thought it was really interesting, but doesn’t entirely represent the truth of the growth that’s been happening there for the past few years current Philly game scene. I read the recently released article regarding Philadelphia Game Lab and the Philly game development community.

Below is an updated version of that note, republished with permission. Even before I put out a call for responses, Julian Castillo sent a thoughtful email detailing his desire to highlight the good news coming from the community he’d been working in for the past two years. Reader response was swift and (mostly) negative - at least on Twitter. See the video for more details.Editor’s note: Last week, Technical.ly published a Q&A with Philadelphia Game Lab founder Nathan Solomon, who opined that Philly couldn’t become a “hub” for game development because of its lack of other creative industries and relevant tax breaks, to name a few reasons. Certain wheels with massive contact patches or extreme shapes won’t work, but almost all of your favorites will. Wheel Shields work with almost all wheels 75mm and under. Almost all trucks are compatible with the custom nuts except Churchill RKPs, which have a non-standard thread count on the axle. Wheel Shields mount using our custom nut setup to ensure they stay firmly in place. We originally designed Wheel Shields to work with the nuts that come standard on longboards, but found that Wheel Shields would rotate off if you hit a curb or pushed them sideways. Wheel Shields work universally with almost any longboard and attach to the end of each truck axle. You can invent brand new manuals, colemans, slides and dances with Wheel Shields! New tricks - Wheel Shields also allow riders to stand directly on top of their wheels, opening up all sorts of new trick possibilities. Instead of the board coming in contact with the wheel, it is stopped by the Wheel Shield, allowing the wheel to rotate freely. By creating a physical barrier around each wheel, Wheel Shields effectively eliminate “wheel bite”. This stops the wheel suddenly and throws the rider to the ground. “Wheel bite” occurs during a hard turn when the bottom of the board comes in contact with the top of the wheel. 'Wheel bite' elimination - 'Wheel bite' is a dangerous safety problem that injured Chase and inspired him to invent Wheel Shields. Your longboard is now a versatile all-weather transportation vehicle. Similar to a mud flap and keep rain and sludge on the ground. Wheel Shields are a longboard skateboarding accessory with three powerful features: Splash Protection - Typically when skating over a puddle or wet environment, your wheels will fling dirty water all over your clothes.

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