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Date set for GGC 2013

Gotland Game Conference 2013 will be 3-5 June.

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Media Coverage & Link Love

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. 🙂

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.
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Under tre, med möjlighet för fyra Är sÄ gÄr eleverna under utbildningen GAME igenom alla de utmaningar som de efter sin examen att möta ute i den faktiska industrin och stÀlls inför precis samma motgÄngar, problem och eventuellt segrar som deras fÀrdigutbildade kollegor tacklar varje dag.
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Tillsammans sÄ lyser lÀrarna och eleverna pÄ GAME starkare Àn solen. Kontrasten som uppstÄr mellan Visbys tysta och lugna leverne och den sprudlande och levande miljön som huserar inne i Wisby Strand nÀr GGC 2012 sparkats igÄng Àr chockerande.

SVT Östnytt

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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Awards and Party Photos


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Photos from GGC 2012

They’re here, they’re square! They’re… many. 😛

Get in touch if you need higher resolution or a different selection. 🙂

Booth Crawl!

“We’re passed the point of no buss”, the Conference Producer informed the audience yesterday afternoon. “The point where – if I were to get hit by a buss, this thing will still happen. Thank you for coming and making this possible!”

The Gotland Game Conference 2012 is now a fact, and it had a great start. more t/k. 🙂