Google Virtual Reality “Cardboard” Android App :)

Having fun with Cardboard (Google VR Virtual Reality) – some experts from google made some cheap solution for everyone to experience Virtual Reality, the SDK is opensource wow! but again – learning new things is great but will squeeze up brains and nose definitely bleeds again.

Here is what i come up 🙂

its great that once again the Google Community Manager at Baguio Sir, Reymart Canuel invited me to be one of the resource speaker 🙂  – i will share my experiences on creating google cardboard app 🙂invite000

Also,  FYI Facebook purchased Occulus Rift (Virtual Reality Device) months ago, then this cool thing just came up. Occulus Rift  cost is $350 while Cardboard is $3.60 🙂

 

AGRI-HACKATHON @ PHILRICE (a collaborative event/project)

Just met with a panel of Information Tech and Information System experts from PhilRice and we just started a collaborative event/project “AGRI-HACKATHON”. I wish my colleagues from MOBILITY and Artsdigitalmedia is there too, but a HACKATHON at globelabs just took their energy for now.

So what’s with this AGRI-HACKATHON? see mobility page

 

Fact vs Fiction: a new game idea/concept we are working on

Just having a chat with my new team mates(Guille De Guzman), he started some point & we got a wild, crazy & wacky idea for a game. Fact vs Fiction, another is Magician vs. Scientist 🙂 – Well, we are now preparing for the storyline & gameplay (yah character/props/music assets too).


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Another Global Game Jam Successfully held @ CLSU

Once again, we succcessfully completed the Global Game Jam 2014 @ Central Luzon State University, There were 90 participants but due to most of them are newbies & just met the game engine (UNITY), we only completed 4 Games as follows:

  • Gameplay /Concept  /Program- Art Polo Gabriel, Artsdigitalmedia.com
  • Character – Guille De Guzman, ArtistClub/CLSU
  • 3D modelling / Rig / Animation – Dexter Jhay Bago, CTC/Artsdigitalmedia.com

 

  • Faceless  >> BEST Game Art/Graphics
  • Snakes & Frogs
    • Gameplay / Concept – Students of STI Tarlac & CLSDA
    • Character Arts – CLSDA
    • Programming – – Students of STI Tarlac
      • Group from STI COLLEGE TARLAC
        Alleo P. Indong
        Ronnel Paulo R. Santiago
        Niña Kristel Cheng
        Rodelio Martin Jr.
        Ian Sarmiento
        Marie Claire Arciga
        Vicente Dagot III
        Jan Francis Villavicencio
        Cesar Abel Jr.
        John Michael Lambino
        Kasselyn Cadiente
        Gene Katalino Pascual
        Efren Ignacio

         

        • Group from CLSDA

        Aceron Ramirez
        Ronnel Saranilla
        Joyce Salas

  • Paperplane
    • By Sir Noel Umerez & Students of Araullo University

Its been a great experience for the participants, as they make new friends as they collaborate on making a prototype game 🙂

Global Game Jam @ CLSU

Again, spearheading another big event on our area.

Once again, the international game development event “Global Game Jam” will be happening this January 24-26, 2014 – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Like the previous years, we expecting hundreds of participants from Schools, Colleges, Universities around Luzon. 3 days collaboration of Students, Proffesionals, Hobbyist & Game Dev Companies from around world, and to those who are lucky (skilled enough), projects/clients are awaiting. For more information please see clsuggj & globalgamejam.org

Game Project: Silhouette

I saw this great artwork of a cool artist Guile De Guzman a CLSU student, with extremely got an eye for such kind of artworks. And by the look of those cool sketches, i got excited and wanna make those great creations move and “bring it to life”.  I am now planning for a good game play for it.. Then Sir Ian Clarito Dacumos and Jim Carlo (also CLSU student pops in to help out)… I got more excited…

I will post the updates and ofcourse the great artwork i saw… later…

Successfully completed our Global Game Jam @ CLSU

GGJ-CLSUThere were more than 65 attendees and participants, divided into 5 teams with 5 simple games. But the best part of it is, most of the participants just got acquainted with a game engine last January 25, 2013. Yes, they just learned from the tutorial provided by me – Sir. Art Polo Gabriel III  . Ofcourse as expected with first timers, the output are still raw and buggy – but whats important is they got themselves in game creation and got an experience on how to make games. The game outputs will be seen at the official website of global game game very very soon :)

It a great experience (though very busy busy days). Hanging around with cool people that wishes to learn about game development, though they are just new with this kind of activity still they get their hands dirty and tried to finish whatever it takes 🙂

Got tons of new friends 🙂 beautiful ones

I really wish that this will be a non stop game dev activity from this day on 🙂 Game ON!!!!