- The seventh edition of the Basque Video Games Day will be held on Saturday 9 November in the Basque House of Bilbao, from 09:45 to 13:00 horas.En the Jokotecnia days the experts and players of the Basque video game industry come together to learn about interesting projects of the moment, make a diagnosis of the industry and know what the lines of the future are. On the other hand, this year’s edition will also try to make a diagnosis and a prospective about the production in Basque today.
The Azkue Foundation and the Game Erauntsia community of the Basque gamers collaborate in the organization of the jokotenika. To register, from here. The meeting will be able to follow live streaming which will be enabled on the EITB website.
This year’s day will deal with a wide range of issues, as is customary, videogames and Euskera focusing on the Basque Country. For a start, Professor Unai Arrugaeta will offer a number of tips for the use and limitation of video games. Secondly, Ibai Oihanguren, a computer and video game enthusiast, will tell us about the translation and video games in euskera.En third place, Maite Martínez, a member of the studio Atabey Creations, will bring us closer to the keys of design linked to video game marketing. Lastly, Mikel Antero, art director of Keplerians, will present us with the creative process of video games such as Glitchmare.
The event will be concluded with a round table involving students from Digipen 18, Bilbao Institute of Technology, Harrobia Ikastola and Tartanga Integrated Vocational Training Centre.
Programme:
- 09:45 Presentation
- 10:00 Bideojokoak.info: What do my children play for? Unai Arrugaeta.
- 10:30 Video games in Basque: translation and curiosities. Ibai Oihanguren.
- 11:00 Rest
- 11:30 Marketing campaign of a video game through the eyes of the graphic designer. Maite Martínez.
- 12:00 Functions of the art direction in an independent study of Euskal Herria. Mikel antero.
- 12:30 Round table with students from the Digipen, Harrobia and Tartanga centres