Concordia University joins local partnership hosting weekend video game-building marathon
Montreal, January 25, 2012 – Teams of avid gamers including Concordia University students are bracing themselves for some sleepless nights between January 27 and 29. They’ll set up in downtown Montreal’s Quartier Concordia to meet an extraordinary challenge: to design and create a new video game in just 48 hours as participants in the Montreal Game Jam. This year, for the first time, Concordia will be one of the three host sites for local participants in the Global Game Jam, an international event that brings together video game creators from more than 40 countries around the world.
Concordia’s participation in this event is supported by the university’s research centre in Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG), an interdisciplinary collaboration platform for research/creation in game studies and design, digital culture, and interactive art. TAG is also a lead organizer in the following weekend’s President's Conference Series, Experiencing the Media Mix: Anime, Manga, Video Games, unfolding February 4 through 6, also at Concordia. During the three day conference examining Japanese popular culture, TAG will collaborate with the Mount Royal Game Society to present, Mixcade an arcade that will give Montrealers the opportunity to play exciting independent video games.
For the fourth year running, the Global Game Jam will present more than 6,000 participants with the challenge of creating a new video game in just two days following the announcement of this year’s theme this coming Friday afternoon. Over the past three years, the event has drawn a mix of professionals, students and hobbyists collaborating on all aspects of game creation, from writing code through art design, then testing until the end of the 48 hour deadline.
What: Montreal Game Jam
When: Friday, January 27 at 3 p.m. to Sunday, January 29 at 7 p.m.
Where: Three Montreal locations including Concordia University’s Engineering,
Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV) building
1515 Ste-Catherine St. West (corner Guy St.)
Related Links:
- Research Centre in Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG)
- Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University
- President's Conference Series
- Montreal Game Jam
- Montreal Game Jam video 2011
- Global Game Jam 2012 promotional video
Source:
Fiona Downey
Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University Media Relations
Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 2518
Cell: 514-518-3336
Fax: 514-848-3383
Email: fdowney@alcor.concordia.ca
