Monday, January 31, 2011

The weekend at the 1354 games were born

For many, the youth are lost. For others, it is only fast stimuli. Pedro Gonzalez, director of the Master in videogame design at the Complutense University, has managed to touch the appropriate key to motivate their students. During the weekend lived a GameJam (http://www. Globalgamejam. Org /), a challenge is to create a game in 48 hours.

The MediaLab Prado was the place chosen to live together, discuss and give shape to ideas. The open call allowed the registration of students in other courses, such as the video game design degree ESNE the school, attached to the University Camilo José Cela, or true fan, as Jose Manuel Alcaraz, who, like the legendary Super Mario in their day to day is dedicated to the plumbing.

So up to 60 people. Only one girl, Irene Gabriel, 23, Bachelor of Fine Arts. Last year was premiered at the GameJam and came out with great friends and a boyfriend to the next. He likes video games, but prefers to work in another area because "the pressure is very, very hard." This event is celebrated around the world since 2002.

New Zealand kicked out. The only restriction to prevent pre-cooked and brought work to encourage creativity was the theme of extinction. Verona, Prague, Cape Town, Seoul and Bangkok have also joined. In total, 7,759 participants in 169 different games, have created 1,354 games, almost every PC with Windows.

The biggest crowd was held in Denmark, with 284 participants. In 2009, Spain participated for the first time in this competition in which winning is the least important. Nintendo Wii console is the prize. No one moves that recognition. The important thing is to have fun, build and, if the jury is set on them, the better.

Its members are the most relevant industry: Gonzo Suarez, historical game creator and director of the Commandos series, Roberto Alvarez de Lara, director of Top Games, Gilberto Sanchez, director of Virtual Toys, Daniel Parente, Enigma, and Michael Santorum, of Mercury. Sergio Víctor Díaz Galán and created some fireflies that move in the digital façade of the building.

Anyone passing by the street can handle the light of phone, a lighter or torch. Highlighted a repeat of Noah's Ark, the disappearance of mammoths, and a game that self-destructs. The mere fact of getting up on Sunday with a clear head is considered an achievement. Around six in the afternoon, exhausted faces and submitted a diet of pizzas and burgers, decided to celebrate the feat with a dose of entertainment in the real world.

Before your body removed the legendary lineup of Game Over, shared beers and stories. Indeed, the industry award was for No more Ice Alvaro Calvo, Enrique Luengo, Marcos Paulis and Ivan Perez. The public took him this game Delete Enrique Alcor, Enrique Hervás, Alfredo Jiménez and Miguel Tomé.

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