Game Up! Diversity and Decolonization in Video Games
862 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1C9, Canada
862 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1C9, Canada
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Game Up! Diversity and Decolonization in Video Games
Talk and presentation of video games created by Latin American people, where we will discuss the impact of the gamer culture in the creation and strengthening of our identity, as an agent of connection between different cultures and as language.
Panel Participants:
GABRIELA AVEIRO-OJEDA (Dames Making Games). Presenting I'll Take Care of It
Gabriela is developing a game exclusively for the festival! “I'll Take Care Of It"
Gabriela Aveiro-Ojeda is a freelance animator based out of Toronto, Canada. She has spoken at conferences on the topics of animation and storytelling in games, and the importance of successfully pairing the two. In her spare time, Gabriela is a co-director at Dames Making Games, a non-for profit which supports women and non-binary folk in making, playing, and changing games.
More information: http://www.gabyaveiro.com/games
AUGUSTO QUIJANO (Drinkbox Studios). Presenting Guacamelee!
Augusto Quijano was born in Merida, Mexico. He moved to Toronto where he graduated from Seneca College's animation program. Augusto is Concept Lead at DrinkBox Studios, where he has worked on the critically acclaimed "Tales from Space: About a Blob", its sequel "Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack!!!", the award winning "Guacamelee!" and the studio's current project: "Severed".
DrinkBox Studios is an independent Toronto-based video game developer. They are a pretty small team who makes the sort of games that we want to play, and, hopefully, a few other people like what we do.
http://drinkboxstudios.com/blog/projects/
Guacamelee! is a Metroid-vania style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters. Guacamelee builds upon the classic open-world Metroid-vania style of games, by adding a strong melee combat component, a new dimension switching mechanic, and cooperative same-screen multiplayer for the entire story. The game also blurs the boundaries between combat and platforming by making many of the moves useful and necessary for both of these.
Guacamelee! is being developed with financial participation from the Canada Media Fund and the OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund.
ADOLFO AGUIRRE (Gaming Frontier - Lienzo). Presenting MULAKA
Co-founder at Gaming Frontier and Producer & Marketing Manager at Lienzo
I'm producing and marketing video games as my job and I host a show about video games on YouTube. I'm currently doing my best to contribute to the healthy growth of this industry in Mexico, Latin America, and anywhere.
I'm an Industrial and Systems Engineer with an interest in business, project management, public relations, and marketing. I have plenty of international study abroad experiences and consider myself a quick learner. I enjoy developing myself in rich multicultural environments. Adolfo Aguirre <adolfo.aguirre@lienzo.mx
He will be presenting his game MULAKA
Mulaka - Main Theme
http://www.lienzo.mx/mulaka-announced-for-xbox-one-playstation-4/
http://wewritethings.co/2017/04/26/mulaka-exclusive-action-adventure-game-interview/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsyV4NCE7M
http://latam.ign.com/mulaka/11768/interview/mulaka-llevando-las-culturas-prehispanicas-a-los-videojuegos
MINORITY MEDIA. Presenting Papo y Yo
Minority Media is an established independent video game development studio founded in 2010. Their team has crafted AAA-quality video games for console, PC/Mac and mobile. As of 2014, Minority develops games for virtual reality (VR) platforms exclusively.
They will be presenting their multiple award-winning Papo & Yo, originally released in 2012 for Playstation 3, which is widely praised for its role in introducing a new game genre – empathy games – and helping reshape video game culture.
Minority consists of some of the best video game talent in Canada: artists, designers and programmers with a track record of award-winning innovation and who worked on some of the most memorable game franchises, including Army of Two, Assassin’s Creed, Need for Speed, FIFA, Splinter Cell, Sleeping Dogs, For Honor and Dead Rising 2 before joining Minority. Minority’s games have amassed widespread critical acclaim – namely from The New York Times, TIME Magazine, and Wired – and collected numerous awards worldwide, including Kotaku’s “12 Best Games For the Playstation 3” and two NUMIX awards as Quebec’s leading multimedia venture.
In 2014, Minority Media turned its attention to the future of entertainment – virtual reality (VR) – and began work on its next game, Time Machine, a time travel dinosaur safari designed exclusively for consumer VR devices. As a VR game developer committed to cutting-edge experiences, Minority’s mission is to become a leader in one of the most significant revolutions in entertainment since the invention of the moving picture.
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Start:
2017-06-10T16:00:00-04:00
End:
2017-06-10T17:00:00-04:00
Category
Film
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