01 Feb 2024


What We’re Going Over:

  • Byte-le Results
  • Byte-le Team
  • ACM Merch
  • February Game Night
  • SIGs Starting
  • SIG-Collab: Byte-le Revamp 2.0

What We Went Over:

  • Bank Account
    • $737.39
  • Byte-le Results
    • $538 remains in the Byte-le account after this year’s competition
    • The game went really well with 16 teams!
    • Rewards for the top three teams (four in total with a tie in third place) have already been given out as Amazon gift cards
  • Byte-le Team
    • Idea proposed of separating the board from Byte-le development directly and having the Vice Chair take charge of creating the team for developing Byte-le
    • The Byte-le team must be approved by the Board prior to beginning development on Byte-le
    • This change is being proposed so that development for Byte-le can be started prior to elections for the ACM Board, and so board members are not “forced” to work on development on the game
    • After the inital team is created, the Byte-le team decides who joins the team afterward
    • As for roles in Byte-le development, it is recommended to have the following roles:
      • Developers (Five Minimum)
        • Two developers should have little to no experience
        • Two developers should have previous experience
        • One developer should be the Scrum Master
          • This role is elected by the Board and should have been on a previous Byte-le development team with experience
      • Artists (Two Recommended)
        • Artists can be developers
      • Testers
        • QA Testers (1-2 Recommended)
          • 1-2 try to play the game
          • Should include at least a developer and one not currently developing Byte-le
        • Playtesters (Four maximum)
          • Should play the game like the competition as the game reaches a state of completion
          • Cannot have seen Byte-le and cannot compete in Byte-le after playtesting
          • Can include an alumni (One Maximum)
  • ACM Merch
    • Sent out a google form for ACM merch interest
    • Currently have three responses
    • Added stickers to the form
  • February Game Night
    • This month’s game night will be held on February 23rd, starting at 6:30pm in the ACM room
    • Prior, there will be a member meeting for the ACM merch google form
  • SIGs Starting
    • Most of the SIGs have found times and have started
    • The following SIGs have yet to start this semester
      • SIG-Collab
      • SIG-Functional
      • SIG-Modding
  • SIG-Collab: Byte-le Revamp 2.0
    • The next Byte-le game should be developed on the next version of the Byte-le engine
    • With this, the revamp collab should be developed soon so the developers for Byte-le can work with it as soon as possible

Board TO DO:

  • Look into one professor talk spotlight per year
  • Work on ACM merch
  • Look into registering ACM as a non-profit organization
    • Can look at becoming an educational organization along with this

Upcoming Events

  • FAST Corp-talk
    • February 5th, 5:30pm, QBB104
  • Github Workshops
    • Week 1: Intro, Terminal Commands, Branches
      • February 9th at 5:30pm in QBB104
    • Week 2: Switching Branches, Merging, Pull Requests
      • February 16th at 5:30pm in QBB104
    • Week 3: Github Desktop, Merge Conflicts, Repositories
      • February 23rd at 5:30pm in QBB104
  • Devii Corp-talk
    • February 21st, 5:30pm in QB104
  • February Game Night
    • February 23rd at 6:30pm in the ACM Room