For the second consecutive year, the Generalitat of Catalonia has presented its Video Game Contest. It is aimed at students enrolled in academic degrees related to video games in any of the universities of Catalonia. The theme of the video game must be related to the people or topics celebrated in 2015 and it must … Seguir leyendo
Next 29th May, at 18:30, in CaixaForum, we will hold the third edition of our Three-Headed Monkey Awards Ceremony. This year we have got more than 40 entries, all quite varied in genre, platform and technology. Many of them are very good projects, they have been elaborated with care and the results can be found … Seguir leyendo
Here we are again and I would like you to see why English is so important in the Video Game Industry. As you know, two weeks ago we, at UPC, announced our Bachelor’s Degree in Video Game Design and Development, taught entirely in English. I think you will be able to see from the following … Seguir leyendo
After 12 years teaching video games at UPC, I have big news for you. I have the pleasure to announce our first program degree taught 100% in English. This year, after the 11th edition of our Post-Graduate Program in Video Games, one of the oldest in Europe, we started teaching the Undergraduate Video Game Program … Seguir leyendo
Two weeks ago was the Demo Day for Gamebcn. Gamebcn is the first video game incubator company in Spain which belongs to Incubio, another incubator and accelerator company in the IT field. Last October, more than forty projects were submitted for consideration to the Gamebcn incubator project, which is financed by Caixa Capital Risc and … Seguir leyendo
Well, this post should not be included in the GDC category at all, but it was the last thing I did in San Francisco, it is about games and it was not very far from the event. The exact name is “Musée Mécanique, Antique Coin Operated Arcade”. It is a private collection that consists of … Seguir leyendo
Thursday, last week, began with a bad surprise: I was not able to get into the Clash of Clans session. :( But I went to the Nvidia Shield, Occulus, and Far Cry 4 sessions. My expectations were not really met. Ken Wong’s talk “The Art of Monument Valley” in the afternoon, was one of the … Seguir leyendo
On Thursday I attended a great number of different talks. The Artificial Intelligence Summit has been, probably, the set of sessions where I have learned and enjoyed the most. I firmly recommend Steve Ravin’s talk and its JPS+ improved technique for the pathfinding problem. You can find his work at http://www.gameaipro.com. Other good sessions that … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
Leave at 10am, arrive at 7.15pm. It sounds fast, right? Well, it is not like that at all: between Barcelona and San Francisco there is a time difference of 9 hours. But this is not a problem when you have been waiting for this moment all your life. I can assure you that it was … Seguir leyendo
Jesús Alonso Alonso 