Category: Events
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JSConf 2019
JSConf Colombia 2019, October 18 and 19 at Medellín, Colombia. I was a speaker there for the first time. Here is a brief summary from the talks I was able to check out, based on my live-tweeting. The full talks will soon be available at JSConf youtube channel. Day 1 First…
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Bucaramanga GameQuest 2019 #BGAGameQuest
Organized by Below the Game, at the Chamber of Commerce of Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia, May 2nd and 3rd 2019. This was the speakers’ line-up (from the official website). Following are some personal takeaways from the talks and panels. Day 1 Rami Ismail kicked off the event with a “Talk Jam”,…
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GDC 2019 – Parties
Here’s a summary of some GDC 2019 parties and events based on my experience, hope it’s useful for someone planning their next GDC journey! You can also see my summary from last year. For each one, I tried to categorize it under a type and rated how nice it was…
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Roguelike Developers and Fans at GDC19 San Francisco
We met together again and talked about our games and projects. 173 people signed up for the event and I think at least 70 roguelike developers and fans showed up including: Glenn Wichman – Developer of… erm… Rogue. Tarn Adams – Developer of Dwarf Fortress Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat –…
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Heroes of Noresskia – 2019 7DRL Finished!
Managed to complete my 15th 7DRL Challenge Entry, PLAY IT NOW! Heroes of Noresskia is a setting for AutoDM 0.1, both things were produced during the 7 days time window (although I actually missed 3 days of dev due to the happenings of real life and work). This year I used…
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Webinar: Alternative paths for Indie GameDevs
A webinar by Procolombia (in Spanish: “Caminos alternativos para desarrolladores de videojuegos independientes“) led by Carlos Reyes from Game Art & Design Studios Colombia – GADS. Some takeaways for Indie GameDevs: Have a clear success goal for your game, it doesn’t have to be money, it may be things like…
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Comic-Con Medellin 2018
This year, for the first time, Comic-Con Colombia was split into two events, the first one took place in June in Bogotá (Capital of the country), and the second part is taking place November 16 to 18 in Medellín (my hometown, fabled city of Eternal Spring). The talks I was…
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Colombia 4.0 2018
October 23 to 26 2018. Colombia’s biggest technology-related conference (Official Website). Organized in Corferias in Bogotá, by the Colombian Ministry of ICTs (MINTIC), and sponsored by many organizations including SENA (National Learning Service) and Procolombia (Government Agency for the promotion of tourism, foreign investment, and exports). The event served as…
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GameDev service providers panel at Colombia 4.0
One of the things I was looking forward the most for this year’s Colombia 4.0 was the panel with founders and CEOs of Colombian game development service providers. The panel featured Enrique Fuentes of Teravision Games, Carlos Rocha of Below the Game, Eivar Rojas of Efecto Studios and Ivan Álvarez…
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Ananias RoguelikeCel 18 Tournament!
The Roguelike Celebration 2018 is coming! We are celebrating it with a new Ananias Roguelike tournament with Cool Prizes! are you bad enough to win the tournament? Prizes! 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place Money 50$ 20$ 10$ Ananias Box with instruction booklet X Original Art…