The next meeting of the IGDA’s Montreal Chapter will take place at the SAT on Wednesday, the 26th. With 20 presentations limited to 6 minutes each, I’m expecting it to be a super condensed version of last November’s Montreal International Game Summit. GameCamp, like MIGS, appears to draw on a large spectrum of topics and [...]
Video game developer tax credits doing more harm than good?
Mark Greenshields has written a brief criticism of the government tax credits used by Quebec (and recently Ontario) to attract developers and foster industry growth. I found it to be an extremely interesting and surprising article, as I had previously never read anything but praise and support for the tax credits offered to companies in [...]
[upcoming] GameCamp
IGDA-Montreal is now making a call for mini-presentations to be given at the upcoming GameCamp on March 26th at the SAT. The “GameCamp” night is a format inspired by events like BarCamp, 20:20, PechaKucha, FooCamp, etc. GameCamp will feature up to 15 mini 6-minute presentations on a multitude of topics/formats, like: rant or rave game/tech [...]
Game developers choose Jason Della Rocca for Ambassador Award
Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developer’s Association and Montreal resident, was recently honoured with the Ambassador Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards. The award was given to Jason in recognition of his efforts towards “connecting developers with their peers, promoting professional development and advocating on issues such as quality of [...]
Fez at the Independent Games Festival
A new gameplay trailer for Fez, the 2D-no-wait-it’s-3D puzzle/exploration game primarily being developed in Montreal, was revealed earlier this week at the Independent Games Festival in San Francisco. The game involves navigating a 3D world from various 2D perspectives. Puzzles and obstacles are overcome by rotating the world and shifting your 2D character’s plane of [...]
