For more info visit the site http://dm.tzi.de/en/events/ggj2010/

Global Game Jam 2010 in Bremen

Do you think you can build a computer game in 48 hours?

The GGJ is a global event around the world, where game makers have the chance to express their skills in 48 hours, yet it doesn’t require any professional skills. GGJ starts at 5pm on January 29th and goes for 48+ hours through January 31st, 2010.

That means, you meet others, build a group and develop a video game in just two days. It does not have to be finished then completely, but it would be nice, if you can imagine the game and if you can play a little as well – just like a prototype.

We do not need exclusively professional programmers – for a game you need to develop the concept, the audio, the design and lot more as well! Everybody is welcome!

In addition, you will learn a lot on the event! On the one side, you will learn how to make a game in 48 hours and on the other side you will learn a lot about tools etc. We try to get some people of well-known companies who give talks on some tools or topics.

However, the most important thing is that the basic purpose of the gamejam is to have fun and make games together, and even though the teams are competing, you should still focus on being nice and helpfull to each other.

For more information please check our Game Jam site or contact any of us – the organizers – through the site! Then register and choose our location in Bremen, “Digital Media Jam” in your profile!

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

… it is fully generated by photorealistic computer graphics !

When I first had a look at it I just thought, okay. Just another DSLR HD movie functionality promotion. But …

A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects
are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.

Credits:
CG |Modelling – Texturing – Illumination – Rendering| Alex Roman
POST |Postproduction & Editing| Alex Roman
MUSIC Sequenced, Orchestrated & Mixed by Alex Roman (Sonar & EWQLSO Gold Pro XP)
Sound Design by Alex Roman
Based on original scores by:
.Michael Laurence Edward Nyman. (The Departure)
.Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns. (Le Carnaval des animaux)
Directed by Alex Roman
Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AfterEffects and Premiere.
thirdseventh.com

PS: Happy new year

“Will Wright – a legend among gamers, the nerd’s nerd, undisputed king of the simulation.“

He developed Sim City, The Sims and finally Spore. In this talk from 2007 he presented Spore as a preview.

A trail version of the Spore Creature Creator could be downloaded for Mac and PC for free, just check the link.

The workshop is free, but you have apply for a place and name a reason why the workshop is interesting for you.

More on http://www.visualvoltageworkshop.de

I will not comment on this, this will get out of hands. But I have to commit that I´m amused. A little. Or a bit more.

I never understood digg at all, but those digg labs prototypes for alternative, interactive frontends instead of the common website, catched my attention to it. It just about news retrieval of importance, for example via the last 100 diggs, which are highlighted in quantity. This is the principle of the digg stack. Another list-based visualization approach is the digg big spy. At least – the quantity of diggs is not a really a good sign for quality. Cartoons or stupid images could also appear in the digg network.

Anyway, Digg is more or less a memory of the web. And to sum up in short : The new digg 365 addition is based on a clock-like interaction interface, not a time-related display of the latest diggs as in the both examples mentioned before. The year, month or even a single day is selectable. Also the category of news. The result is a selection of the most popular diggs in the time period. So, all dates since the 1st of january 2005 are accessible and those results are visualized finally with a simple depth of field blurrienes, related to the digg count. Also it scaled in size. So a little 2 1/2D in the final result. Nice approach.

Maybe usable for other non-sense networks like twitter, or our own facebook newsfeed. Or something useable ? Need to elaborate that. Maybe tomorrow or the day after, or …

Next thursday, december 10th Frieder Nake and his fellows will start the compArt database on digital art. Due to that reason they invite to a social event, 18:00 the same day, within the third floor, OAS Linzer Str. 9a.

Liebe Kollegen und Kolleginnen, Freunde und Freundinnen,
dear colleages and friends,

I am proud to announce to you the start of the compArt database on digital art.
The database schema which we have worked on for a long time, is gradually filling up with data.
We now believe time has come to make it available on the internet even though we are far from our goal of 98+.
98+ stands for “98% correct with an increasing tendency”.
We know this cannot be verified. But it’s fun to put a quality in the form of a quantity.

These are times of social networks. Therefore we will use them.
compArt has from its start aimed at contributions from artists, critics, curators, researchers, or gallerists.
We are now beginning to actively ask for inputs, corrections, improvements.
We are optimistic to gain such.

The database is only one component of the compArt medium on digital art.
We build various systems on top of the collected data. These systems will establish various interfaces to the data.
They are virtual and actual, in cyberspace and in the Aesthetic Laboratory.

On Thursday, December 10, 2009, we will start the server between 6 and 7 p.m.
We invite our local friends to come and chat with us over a drink (see attached).
We invite all friends in the world to take a look at the current state and send us your critical remarks.

Be advised that we currently restrict our subject area to the time up to 1979.

We wish to live in a more peaceful world.
Frieder Nake
for the team of compArt:
Hermann Cordes, Susan Grabowski, Jörn Ketelsen, Stefan Kreitmayer, Jens-Holger Streck

via the StugA Digital Media mailing list.

What is that actually ? Have a look at the last years keynote !

Registration is already open, detailled informations on the event in Bremen, organized by the Digital Media Master freshmen are also online. Very easy, just register at globalgamejam.org and select the location (Digital Media Jam) within your profile settings.

I just stumpled upon Stephan Scholdra´s documentation of his bachelor report which he submitted recently to retrieve his bachelor degree. And I must commit that I´m really impressed so far!

Just check the related website connoc.de for an teaser, the thesis download (in german) and even an simulator of the game (adobe flash 10 required) which combines an multi-touch interface with further physical interaction, balancing on a see-saw.

Seems to be a lot of more fun than I had with my theo-practical research thesis. Where can I play it ?

Telenoika Audiovisual Mapping @ Ingravid Festival, Figueres 9/2009 [FULL] from Telenoika on Vimeo.

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