Yesterday I just took a quick tour around the city. I visited Pier 39, the aquarium, and a couple more places. If you plan on coming to SFO I would recommend you try this awesome dish: it is a clam soup with some more ingredients; trust me, it is really good.
And today was my first day at GDC. I attended the Education Summit and the Narrative Summit. What I can say up until now is that the conferences are great, they have big audiences, and they are quick and productive. And they are a good opportunity to meet interesting people or reunite with old friends. Here I am with Alex, now senior game designer at Square Enix, who collaborated with us a few years ago as a teacher in our game master academic program.
I have talked with some USA game universities, students, studios and indie developers. All of the indie games exposed have some kind of originality and peculiarity, but I have found these two games particularly interesting:
Extreme Exorcism, a platformer game in a haunted house with «an arsenal of shotguns and rocket launchers to ensure the ghosts learn their lesson».
Inside My Radio, a “rhythm-driven platformer adventure where your actions must follow the beat”.
Let’s see how the next days will be. I’m sure they will continue to be so cool.
See ya!
Jesús Alonso Alonso 