Turkey's technology and innovation base, Informatics Valley, will host an important event for the world of digital content. The Digital Animation and Game Cluster Center (DIGIAGE) located in the valley will host game designers from 1 different countries between September 11-21. At the DIGIAGE Next Summer Camp with Games, where more than a thousand participants are expected at the international level, game developers will stay in tents to both produce and have fun. The camp where online participation is also possible; It will bring together many components of the ecosystem such as game designers, software developers, digital cinema and animation film producers, and screenwriters.
Informatics Valley General Manager A. Serdar İbrahimcioğlu emphasized that they carried the DIGIAGE camps to an international dimension and said, “We aim to contribute to the production of value at the international level in the field of games. Bringing young people from different cultures together is very valuable, as diversity plays an important role in generating original ideas.” said.
THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP THE ECOSYSTEM
DIGIAGE, which was established to support the Turkish game development ecosystem, aims to bring human resources to the sector, to be a bridge between the public and private sectors, and to contribute to the development of game studios with the camps it organizes. After the winter camp of DIGIAGE held online, this time the DIGIAGE Next Summer Camp with Game will be held in hybrid format.
MANY COUNTRIES ARE INVITED
The summer camp, which will be held in Informatics Valley between 1-11 September 2022 under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, will bring game developers from all over the world together in Vadi. 21 countries were determined for face-to-face participation in the camp, where online participation applications were received from all over the world. These countries; North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, France, TRNC, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tatarstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tunisia, Nigeria, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE.
THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS
More than a thousand software developers, designers, screenwriters, publishers, advertisers and managers in the game ecosystem are expected to attend the camp. The designers, who will come together physically and online with the understanding of global cooperation, will design their projects and present them to the international jury during the 10-day camp. Participants; It will show itself by producing in three categories: Game Scenario-Text, Game Character Design-Graphic Animation and Game Mechanics-Software.
OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE OPEN
DIGIAGE will offer many opportunities to successful studios at the end of the camp. Some of the new game ideas that the teams have come up with will be supported by DIGIAGE at the camp, where new generation content ideas such as metaverse and blockchain will also turn into projects along with traditional game categories. Thanks to these opportunities, there will be an opportunity for international connection and workforce sharing. The game production power that Turkey offers to the world will grow and design export opportunities will emerge. The camp will also allow new studios to emerge.
IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATION
DIGIAGE Summer Camp will be supported by TOBB, DEİK, YTB, TIKA, Yunus Emre Institute, Maarif Foundation and Müsdav, especially by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Organization of Turkish States. In addition, TRT, AA, Turkcell and Samsung will also contribute to the camp.
MENTORING SUPPORT WILL BE OFFERED
Volunteers participating in the camp and lecturers of the digital game design departments of universities will answer the questions of the designers face-to-face and online during the program process. It will help participants improve their content by making comments about their designs. More than a thousand participants will both have fun and produce by staying in tents. Participants who qualify for participation after the applications are evaluated will be able to benefit from the facilities in the campsite free of charge.
WE OPEN DIGIAGE TO THE WORLD
Informatics Valley General Manager İbrahimcioğlu explained that they emphasized 'useful technologies in the national and international arena' while designing the vision of Informatics Valley, and said, “We carry DIGIAGE from the national to the international arena with the global collaborations we have realized in the gaming industry. We have shown how seriously we take game development through DIGIAGE game camps and DIGIAGE activities, which we previously held with the slogan 'Let's Play the World Together'.
YOUTH FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES
The camp they will hold in September; Noting that it will bring together experts, investors and academics, İbrahimcioğlu said, “We aim to contribute to the production of value at the international level in the field of games. Bringing young people from different cultures together is very valuable, as diversity plays an important role in the emergence of original ideas. We want more countries to be invited to the event in the coming years.”
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECOSYSTEM
İbrahimcioğlu mentioned that the camp is one of the activities in which the motto “The Future is Here” comes to life and said, “The structure of the game development process, as it consists of parts such as scenario, graphics and software, requires the meeting of different skills. As Bilişim Vadisi, we continue to contribute to the development of the game ecosystem in our country by organizing game development camps twice a year."
Application deadline: 28 August
For online application participants, the application screen will remain open throughout the camp.
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