The three best things about school are June, July, and August.
Summer has started and everyone is fading away. So let’s take a moment and review all of the awesome things that have been written and recorded and published about this years conference. Apologizes for the mixed languages here – we do not discriminate when it comes to link love. đ
Dealspwn: Sweden’s Hidden Gaming Powerhouse
All great games have to start somewhere, and Gotland University gives their students a truly great start. Nestled in a disarmingly picturesque Swedish island, this small yet breathtakingly innovative game design course grounds applicants in the theory, even the ethics, of how to create the next generation of games – but practically applies this knowledge from the get-go.
PowerGamer: Den ljusa framtiden
Högskolan pÄ Gotland har sedan Är 2001 utbildat och slussat ut Sveriges representanter i spelvÀrlden och dess forna elever hittar ni idag pÄ DICE, Blizzard, Ubisoft, Lionhead och Massive.
[…]Under tre, med möjlighet för fyra Ă„r sĂ„ gĂ„r eleverna under utbildningen GAME igenom alla de utmaningar som de efter sin examen att möta ute i den faktiska industrin och stĂ€lls inför precis samma motgĂ„ngar, problem och eventuellt segrar som deras fĂ€rdigutbildade kollegor tacklar varje dag.
[…]Tillsammans sĂ„ lyser lĂ€rarna och eleverna pĂ„ GAME starkare Ă€n solen. Kontrasten som uppstĂ„r mellan Visbys tysta och lugna leverne och den sprudlande och levande miljön som huserar inne i Wisby Strand nĂ€r GGC 2012 sparkats igĂ„ng Ă€r chockerande.
SVT Ăstnytt
RiksutstÀllningar visits Gotland GAME Conference
PowerGamer Video-montage
I en fet bonanza speciale har vi samlat nÄgra av de intryck som Joakim Sjöberg fick sig under sin vistelse pÄ Gotland Game Conference 2012!
Gotland University in Finals @ Swedish Game Awards!
SGA is the nation wide student-only games competition. The jury just announced the chosen finalists and Gotland University ended up with no less than THREE games nominated! First year project Clapper is nominated for Best Innovation. Post Mortem and Secrets of Grindea are both nominated for Best Game!
GL Gotland!
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