Conference of April 22, 2014
How to enter the Video Game Industry with Free Software
Date and Time: April 22, 12:30 in the Auditorium of the Higher School of Informatics.
Speaker: David Saltares Marquez. Triple A multiplatform Video Game Programmer specialized in Artificial Intelligence, Gameplay and Animation. He is currently a PlayStation 4 developer at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. He was a programmer for Homefront 2 at Crytek UK (2012-214), and creator of the IberOgre portal in 2011.
Summary: Since the year 2000, the video game sector has surpassed the film and music industries together in terms of turnover. In his talk, David Saltares will explain his beginnings in the world of video game development from the first projects he developed at university, in the field of Free Software. He will also comment on the development process of a triple A video game, with the creation and collaboration tools in professional studios. The last part of the talk will be dedicated to the analysis of the knowledge and skills that large companies seek to incorporate recent graduates into their ranks.
