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| Steel Monkeys: Additional GameDev Сonference In the context of the scientific-practical program, Steel Monkeys Company is going to perform a series of conferences devoted to the evolution of Game Development Industry in the Republic of Belarus and to the development of multiplatform game. Our first conference devoted to the topic "The specifics of computer and video games programming" was accepted with great attention and interest. Unfortunately, we were unable to satisfy many of requests for participation. Therefore we decided to repeat this conference. The meeting will take place on April 21 (Saturday), 2007 at 11:00, Minsk, Korzhenevskogo str, 18-202. The schedule of the meeting: 1. Introduction of the studio. Demonstration of the current and complete projects of Steel Monkeys studio. 2. Opening lecture "General introduction of the Game Industry": ? Introduction of the Game Industry, distinctive features of the market; ? History of computer and video games development; ? Video games market opportunities. 3. Basic lecture "The specifics of computer and video games programming": ? Graphics: - A history of cg appearance; - Real world modeling and its representation in cg terms; - Hardware part of cg; - Graphics accelerator based on the combiner; - From accelerator to GPU; - Shaders; - Technologies approaching a model to reality; - Lightning; - Objects' specification increase (normal map, gloss map, etc.) ? Artificial intelligence: - AI in games in general: its roles and what it should be like in theory; - Game AI development: from primitive to complex; - Finite state machines as AI: advantages and disadvantages; - Planning as a means of AI implementation: advantages and disadvantages; use in the game; - Navigation in the game world. ? Physics. ? Animation system. ? Game scene concept. ? Specifics of the cross-platform games development. Participation in the conference is free. The number of participants is limited. Essential requirement for the participants ? a desire to develop video games and a good knowledge of C++. Registration of the participants: call (+375 17) 212-41-28 or e-mail to info@steelmonkeys.by write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Game News :: home page |