📢 Calling all game makers! We are inviting you to propose an interactive game that will be available for visitors to play in the museum’s Koret Education Center for our SFMOMA Artcade! The museum welcomes games on various platforms—from digital to analog and everything in between. Proposals are due April 15! If you or someone you know might be interested, find more information here: https://lnkd.in/gg-q32Zb
Game Designer (11 bit studios) / Newsletter - creating games worth your time (breaktheloop)
Should games be political? 😲 How do game mechanics shape our political views? 💭 Which games are the best examples of exploring political thoughts by playing? 🕹 If you are interested in such questions, tune in this Wednesday for a live discussion on Twitch organized by Game For Thought! 📺 I'll be one of the panelists, and I'm sure that it'll be a fascinating discussion with Paolo Pedercini, Konstantin Altaparmakov, and Anthony Longo. Thanks, Allie Weis, for inviting me! PS. You can guess what the next topic for "break the loop" newsletter will be! 😉
🔊 THIS! WEDNESDAY! 🔊 Who's joining us for the season finale of #GameforThought, tackling the topic of #games and #politics? 🎮 Don't miss this one and tune in from 8 pm CET via Twitch: https://lnkd.in/eQRQM2G ❔ Any questions for our fantastic panelists Paolo Pedercini, Konstantin Altaparmakov, Anthony Longo, Adam Mirkowski? Submit 'em here or pop 'em in the comment section: https://lnkd.in/euucEh_a We can't wait to "see" you then! HOWEST University of Applied Sciences Howest - Digital Arts and Entertainment Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds Flanders Game Hub Flemish Games Association Elevate BV
Going to #GDC next week? Don’t miss these 3 amazing talks from Frostbite engineers: 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗽: 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗔 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗖 𝟮𝟰 (Robin Taillandier) Dig into the development of Warp, a new GPU compute shader-based cloth simulator used to simulate football jerseys and shorts in FC 24. 𝗙𝗣𝟭𝟲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 (Alexis Griffin-Lira) Learn how Frostbite implemented multi-platform 16 bit type (FP16) support for shaders to increase shader performance on mobile and other platforms. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 & 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 (𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱) (Jason Bright) How do you transition to new graphics technology (e.g. DX12, Vulkan, Metal) and expand to new platforms without disrupting active development? Learn about Frostbite’s staged approach to generational technological change. #Frostbite #GameDev #GDC2024 #Engineering
The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) is back in San Francisco next week! Electronic Arts is set to take the stage in over 25 sessions. Our tEAm will cover a range of topics, including Frostbite's expansion to new platforms, SEED (Electronic Arts)'s work on photorealistic facial rigs, and the evolution of matchmaking techniques in Apex Legends. Joining us at GDC? You won't want to miss these sessions 👉 go.ea.com/GDC2024 #GDC2024
My new article has been published in the March-April issue of the European Go Journal. This time, I write about the Ear-reddening Game, one of the most famous games in go history, as well as Michal Martychowiec’s art project “Reading History” that features it. Using these topics I draw parallels between the game of go and interpretation of history depicted in the modern art. #go #game #strategy #history #modernart
🧡 "The gaming industry is fertile ground for creatives of all kinds" - Marija Milenković, an artist. 🎨 How to express your talents in a modern environment that merges artists and programmers? How can our knowledge of classical art principles help us shine in the world of digital media? Our very own Marija, Lead Concept Artist, answered these and many other intriguing questions for LookerWeekly. The article is available here - https://lnkd.in/ds4sWgdU 🔗👩🏻🎨
👉 https://lnkd.in/eGJaVFpz We introduce you to our new series of educational articles to share our gifted artists’ knowledge and experience. Today, we start by analyzing game art. Read the first part of this big guidance by Salvador Ansiger! #Room8Studio #ByRoom8Group #GameArtAnalysis #ArtLearning #GamingInsights
Senior VP for Exhibits and Interpretive Resources and Director, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, The Strong
In looking at the history of play, it's useful to remember that where people COULD play often made a difference in HOW they did play. It also impacts how a museum collects and interprets the past. My latest blog for The Strong explores the history of where we play (including impact of issues like class and race on those opportunities), from parlor pastimes to street games to video games: https://lnkd.in/dxGgRCTM
Did you know: The first horror video game was a screen overlay for the Magnavox Odyssey called "Haunted House." It was a 2-player experience that pitted a Detective and Ghost in a battle for lost treasure. Read more about the history of horror games in this blog from the Computer History Museum! https://bit.ly/3s5Icut
🏃♂️ Tales of Kenzera: Zau published by Electronic Arts under its EA Originals label was released today. We have collected the data for its critical reception and compared it against other video game titles by the same publisher and against other releases in the same genre. 📰 It's crucial for any developer to understand trends and developments especially when it comes to new releases and their critical reception. 👉Have you played this title or plan to pick it up in the future? Keep up to date with #GamesIndustry insights ▶ https://shorturl.at/krEN4 #VideoGames #Data
On the AKGWDS blog, my paper "Why History in Digital Games matters: Historical Authenticity as a Language for Ideological Myths" has just been published online. The text was originally from the anthology "History in Games" edited by Felix Zimmermann and Martin Lorber. https://lnkd.in/d5AP43gK #GameStudies #History
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