Sep 21 2010
En peu en retard, mais pour ceux qui ont manqué les articles publiées dans La Presse il y a quelques semaines sur l’industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal (et environs).
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Sep 21 2010
Trouvé sur Centre NAD:
Afin d’élargir son offre de cours et de répondre aux besoins multidisciplinaires de l’industrie du jeu vidéo, le Centre NAD s’est associé au CRIM, un centre de recherche appliquée en technologies de l’information situé dans le même édifice que le NAD. À travers ce partenariat croisé, le Centre NAD est désormais heureux d’offrir des cours d’une durée de 3h00 à 18h00 en design et ergonomie, en gestion agile (SCRUM) et gestion de projets pour les professionnels oeuvrant, entre autre, dans le domaine du jeu vidéo. En échange, le Centre de formation et de transfert du CRIM offre désormais la possibilité de suivre 6 cours enseignés au Centre NAD (Maxcript, 3DSMax, montage Avid, Gestion de production 3D, compositing et trucage numérique) pour toutes personnes travaillant dans l’industrie du jeu vidéo, du film et de la télévision, de l’architecture ou du design industriel et désirant se perfectionner. […]
Lisez le reste de l’article sur Centre NAD…
Sep 20 2010
Don’t forget, the IGDA meeting this week takes place at Autodesk in the Old Port. See you guys/gals there!
By the way, don’t forget to follow IGDA Montreal on Twitter and Facebook!
Event Details:
When: Tuesday, September 21st – 6:30pm doors/food/drinks open | 7:30pm presentation begins
What: IGDA-Montreal Presentation Night
Where: Autodesk, 10 Duke Street (corner de la Commune)
Why: Matt Hooper discusses id’s Rage/Tech5
Who: All game developers, and those related to the game industry
Entry: free for IGDA members; $5 for non-membersPresentation:
“Controlled Rage: Production, Design and Tech Challenges of Revolutionizing the FPS”
As in industry pioneer, id Software has been pushing the boundaries of the FPS genre since its inception. With RAGE and Tech5, id is revolutionizing the modern FPS, rethinking the player experience and facing the production and technological challenges that go along with it. Matt Hooper, id’s Design Director, will walk us through a demo of RAGE and discuss key aspects of the game’s development.
Prize Raffle Action:
We’ll have the usual load of games and books and swag to raffle off for members!!!
Getting to Autodesk:
The Autodesk office is at 10 Duke Street, on the corner of de la Commune, with ample street/paid parking nearby, a Bixi rack, and the Square-Victoria metro station a few blocks up.
More details on IGDA Montreal:
Sep 15 2010
From a guest post on NextMontreal:
Crankshaft Games (www.crankshaftgames.com, @crankshaftgames) is a Montreal team of indie game developers that brought you the award-winning Half-Life 2 mod Eternal Silence. Currently, Crankshaft games is focusing on their next title, Party of Sin, to be released on Xbox Live Indie Games.
We had the chance to ask Alexander Galasso and his team a few questions.
NextMontreal: When and how did Crankshaft Games get started?
Crankshaft Games: Crankshaft Games was originally started as a modding community for the Source engine. There were about 30 members who contributed to the development of our first title Eternal Silence, a multiplayer space and FPS hybrid. Eternal Silence formed a nice community and eventually released for free on Steam. The project lead of Eternal Silence, Daniel Menard, wanted to branch off into different genres. He started Party of Sin as Crankshaft’s follow up title. Crankshaft continues to support the development of Eternal Silence while working on Party of Sin. [...]
Read the full interview on NextMontreal.com…
Sep 14 2010
Sorry for the last minute update…
From TAG (Concordia’s Technoculture, Art and Games):
Just a reminder for this Wednesday’s weekly symposium [September 15th] at 5PM at TAG lab (EV 11. 425, Concordia University)
September 15: Lumines is the game of choice for the night. Saleem has undertaken to bring in Halo: Reach, as well.
Next week:
September 22: Amanda is going to be demoing Propinquity for some feedback before she goes off to Copenhagen to show off her work. (http://www.tag.hexagram.ca/?page_id=363)
UPDATE!
On the announcement for next week, can you add that Cindy will be
leading a drinking game design session (”a practice-based
investigation into embodied gameplay using a hybrid chemical
interface”)? Sorry I didn’t mention it sooner, it kinda came up on a
whim, and judging from last week it worked well to have two activities
happening in parallel. Plus — if people are liquored up my demo will
go over better.
More info on TAG…
Sep 14 2010
Update: Dawson shooting video game yanked
From CBC:
Montreal police are investigating an online video game that replicates the shooting rampage at Dawson College that killed a student and injured several more four years ago.
Students at the post-secondary college said they’re shocked anyone would create a game about the violent tragedy.
Anastasia DeSousa, 18, was killed and 19 other students were injured when a gunman opened fire at the downtown CÉGEP college in September 2006. The gunman killed himself in the school.
The aim of the free online game is to "storm Dawson College with your favourite rifle, and kill those students and kill any cops you can," according to one of the sites where it is available.
A slide show featuring pictures of the gunman and his collection of weapons also shows quotes he published on his blog prior to his attack at the college.
When the game begins, playersd have to fire at as many students as possible before police arrive. […]
Read the full article on CBC…
Sep 09 2010
From IGDA Montreal (thanks @jgoldfin_adsk):
Event Details:
What: IGDA-Montreal Presentation Night
Where: Autodesk, 10 Duke Street (corner de la Commune)
Why: Matt Hooper discusses id’s Rage/Tech5
Who: All game developers, and those related to the game industry
Entry: free for IGDA members; $5 for non-membersPresentation:
“Controlled Rage: Production, Design and Tech Challenges of Revolutionizing the FPS”
Prize Raffle Action:
We’ll have the usual load of games and books and swag to raffle off for members!!!
Getting to Autodesk:
The Autodesk office is at 10 Duke Street, on the corner of de la Commune, with ample street/paid parking nearby, a Bixi rack, and the Square-Victoria metro station a few blocks up.
Sep 08 2010
(Update: Le SIJM recherche aussi des bénévoles!)
Le Sommet international du jeu de Montréal est fier d’annoncer les conférenciers qui prendront le contrôle du Hilton Bonaventure les 8 et 9 novembre prochain. Le SIJM rassemblera plus de 80 experts de l’industrie du jeu vidéo qui s’allieront aux conférenciers principaux pour en faire un événement qui promet! En voici un aperçu :
Arts et effets visuels
- Neville Page, concepteur pour l’industrie du spectacle, il travaille actuellement sur Green Lantern et Spiderman 4. Sa conférence : Creative Character Development
- John Sharp, est professeur pour le Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, un designer de jeu et un historien de l’art avec plus de 20 ans d’expérience. Sa conférence: The Game Renaissance: Art History for Game Devs.
Affaires
- Scott Steinberg, directeur de TechSavvy Global, auteur de Video Game Marketing and PR. Sa conférence : Marketing and PR: The New Rules of the Game
- Richard Borenstein, qui, avec 20 ans d’expérience dans le domaine de la vente, travaille en tant que cadre supérieur pour la compagnie Zong. Sa conférence : Monetizing Your Game: Reaching Into the “Virtual Wallet”
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