The document discusses GDT, an independent gaming community in Turkey that formed on Facebook in February 2012. It now has over 850 selected members. GDT organizes meetings and game jams where games are developed and receive feedback. These events help gaming companies find new teammates, games improve through feedback, and trust in the gaming sector grows as people share information and experiences. New indie game groups have emerged from people networking at GDT.
3. What is GDT?
• An independent community
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4. What is GDT?
• An independent community
• It’s platform is Facebook
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5. What is GDT?
• An independent community
• It’s platform is Facebook
• Active since February 2012
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6. What is GDT?
• An independent community
• It’s platform is Facebook
• Active since February 2012
• Has over 850 selected members.
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8. Why we builded it ?
• Personally I love communities.
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9. Why we builded it ?
• Personally I love communities.
• Community means sharing, that leads
friendship; and friendship means a lot...
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10. Why we builded it ?
• Personally I love communities.
• Community means sharing, that leads
friendship; and friendship means a lot...
• Building a knowledge base
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18. Benefits of GDT
• Game companies found new team mates
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19. Benefits of GDT
• Game companies found new team mates
• Games got feed back during development
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20. Benefits of GDT
• Game companies found new team mates
• Games got feed back during development
• People’s trust on gaming sector increased
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21. Benefits of GDT
• Game companies found new team mates
• Games got feed back during development
• People’s trust on gaming sector increased
• People shared information and shared
experience
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22. Benefits of GDT
• Game companies found new team mates
• Games got feed back during development
• People’s trust on gaming sector increased
• People shared information and shared
experience
• People met new people and new indie groups
emerged
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23. Benefits of GDT
• Game companies found new team mates
• Games got feed back during development
• People’s trust on gaming sector increased
• People shared information and shared
experience
• People met new people and new indie groups
emerged
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24. You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you
can only connect them looking backwards. So
you have to trust that the dots will somehow
connect in your future.
Steve Jobs
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