The Department of Humanities and Arts of European Humanities University, Lithuanian Game Developers Association and School of Digital Competencies of EHU are thrilled to announce an upcoming event in support of a future Bachelor Program in Game Development currently being designed by a team of faculty and industry specialists.
Although a humanities university is not a common place for hackathons and meetups of game developers, the current situation in the industry calls for new approaches. Challenged by the emerging role of AI in performing coding and scripting tasks, game development seeks new ideas rather than just new technologies. The biggest projects of the decade, for example Roblox currently with 1 billion downloads on Google Play, owe their success not to revolutionary engines or tech insights but to creators who dared to think differently.
Since Plato’s time, it has been academia that taught people to think alternatively. That’s why the Department of Humanities and Arts of EHU and the School of Digital Competencies of EHU are bringing together game creators and narrative designers from across the region to discuss how the ideas behind famous projects were born.
Expect to meet crews and individuals involved in such inspiring titles as Disco Elysium, World of Tanks and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Get ready for a live meeting with the former GSC Game World’s lead game designer and scriptwriter Oleksii Sytianov; head of Lithuanian Game Developers Association, Ričardas Jaščemskas, creative director of Playsense, Zakhar Shlimakov; co-founder, brand manager, and art director of VP Ruslana Kruchek; historical consultant for most discussable online warfare-themed multiplayer games Juriy Fedchenok; director of Positive Impact Games and producer at Berlin’s Wooga, Volha Kapitonava.
Through this mutual exchange between those involved in teaching and studying history, heritage, theater, acting, and game design, not only new knowledge but also new creative practices may emerge.
Conference host and moderator – associate professor, Victor Martinovich
offline location: 327, Savanorių pr. 28, Vilnius
online via zoom
- registration form – offline participants
- registration form – online participants here
- conference program