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Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by jonaz.dk » 23 May 2014, 09:48

Hey!
Jeg futter lidt rundt på Nordic Game.
Danmark gjorte rent bord på development support... sådan! :)

Killing the Games Industry. Fantastisk talk/stage performance fra Ste Curran som altid. :)

Unity 4.6 med det nye GUI..."sommer 2014"'ish.

Awards! Tillykke til Jeppe!
http://www.gameplay-online.dk/2014/05/n ... d-vindere/

Og lidt billeder fra dagene indtil videre! :)

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3.0 MDKK awarded in last(?) round of Nordic game development support

At the Nordic Game conference in Malmö, Sweden, the recipients of the 2014 Nordic game development grants were announced.

Tarsier Studios AB, Sweden, were granted 500 000 DKK for their project “Hunger”,

Folkenberg Aps, Denmark, 450 000 DKK for “Havfruen”,
Copenhagen Creators Associated ApS, Denmark, 400 000 DKK for “ICE”,
Bedtime Gaming Aps, Denmark, 300 000 DKK for “Dream Factory”,
Glitchnap 2 IVS, Denmark, 300 000 DKK for “Suprematism”,
Teotl Studios Ek.för., Sweden, 300 000 DKK for “Solus”,
Visiontrick Media AB, Sweden, 300 000 DKK for “Calantina”,
Lohika ApS, Denmark, 250 000 DKK for “Machineers”, and
Licorice ehf, Iceland, 200 000 DKK for “Kingdom”.

Since the development support was established in 2006 as part of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Game Program, the scheme has received 1,277 applications from Nordic game developers. The program has granted 107 projects funds for game development, selecting just 8% of the applications. Most of the applications are from startup or young companies that are in the early stages of game development and have limited access to funding, which makes this support very important for these companies’ future.

“I personally believe that the Nordic development support has contributed to the strongly growing gaming industries in the Nordic countries, and our region is now clearly recognized as one of the global hot-spots of the games world” says Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson, chairman of the Group of Experts doing the project selection. “We’ve seen the quality of games design rising continuously during the program.”

The number of applications has been growing steadily through the years. This year is a record year, with 185 applications from 175 companies, which is a 16% increase over the previous record year, in 2012. It also means that almost one third of all Nordic game development companies applied this year, which is the last planned year of the support program.

“There is an enormous need for this type of seed investment, and it also seems to pay off well, so it just must continue in one form or another”, says Erik Robertson of Nordic Game Resources AB, who designed and then administered the game development support for its eight years.

"The Group of Experts strongly encourage the Council of Ministers to ensure that the development support continues because of the positive impact it has on the culture-based economy in our region", concludes Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson.

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Re: Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by Vanulla_Ace » 23 May 2014, 10:19

Der var faktisk en award til #dkgame. Jeppe Carlsen & Co løb med prisen for "Best Artistic Achievement" for 140 (what else!) :)

Men ja, ellers var det svensk/finsk dominans, og lidt overraskende at det blev Resogun, der fik den store pris som "Nordic Game of The Year"

Har puttet hele listen over vindere op her: http://www.gameplay-online.dk/2014/05/n ... d-vindere/
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Re: Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by jonaz.dk » 23 May 2014, 10:29

Jeps nåede at rette til inden du posted. ;)

Jeg kom lidt senere i award showet. Så jeg missede en del.. mødte Jeppe senere på aftenen for fortalte det.
Men øl og rush. osv.. så var hel væk her til morgen. ;)
Men Fixed!

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Re: Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by Vanulla_Ace » 23 May 2014, 11:24

No worries :)
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Re: Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by jonaz.dk » 25 May 2014, 21:37

WIFI virkede på messen... fantastisk! Første år med pålidelig WIFI. De havde fået sat ekstra routere op.

Ste Curran - Killing the games industry
6W1sHzgAnVs

Kickstarter kommer til DK
http://www.gameplay-online.dk/2014/05/c ... l-danmark/


Jeg fik også kigget lidt på Oculus Rift DK2.
Der var sket end del siden prototypen. :)

Head Tracking er faktisk blevet super cool nu!
Opløsning/screen door effekt er der klart plads til forbedring. Men sådan.. ooookish.. nogenlunde. Men meget tydelig mangel på detaljer og følelsen af chromatic aberration.
Minimal motion blur nu.
User comformt.. stort fremskridt! Føles ikke længere som et par overstramme klodsede dykkerbriller der klemmer om næsen.
Demoen Couch Knights udviklet af Epic var lidt nedtur. Hvor man sidder statisk og styrer nogle små fighters rundt i et simuleret living room. Jeg gav en svensker fra The Game Assembly klø 3-1. Så det er vel altid et slags plus til demoen. ;)

Nogen har filmet lidt fra standen.


Contentmæssigt er det stadig meget up in the air. Hvilket er fair nok på dette tidspunkt. Men der må naturligvis komme en eller anden killer app på et tidspunkt der viser VR som andet end et gimmick.
Waiting.. :)
De officielle demoer fra Sony og Oculus har det med at være statiske eller on rails.. med alt sandsynlighed spiller de sikkert og vil ikke have syge mennesker på deres fremvisninger. Men det viser ikke rigtigt potentialet i hvad teknologien burde kunne levere. Andet end ligegyldige gimmicky oplevelser.
Men ser frem til næste iteration af teknologien. Going forward!

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Re: Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by Vanulla_Ace » 26 May 2014, 11:02

Det er ikke noget de selv råber højt om, men der er faktisk video af alle talks på hovedscenen lagt ud på Youtube.

--- hvis der nu var noget man missede ;)

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Re: Nordic Game 2014

Unread post by Zidora » 26 May 2014, 11:29

Tak for links'ene! Fedt at få lidt opsummering når man ikke var med selv :).

Tillykke til 140 og til modtagere af støtte.

Hm, det kunne være man skulle tjekke Resogun ud :). Nogen, der har spillet det?

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