Game Design Expo 2012 is Now Over
Saturday’s sold-out Industry Speaker Day featured some of the biggest names in gaming. From Bruce Nesmith of Bethesda, the Director of Design on the runaway choice for 2011′s Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, to Associate Lead Designer Emmanuel Lusinchi, who helped start BioWare’s Austin studio to create the most-anticipated MMO in years, Star Wars: The Old Republic. You can find out more about their talks, and all our other fantastic speakers, on the Industry Speaker Day page. Stay tuned for future updates, including full videos of all the speakers’ presentations!
On Sunday, people came out in the hundreds to Vancouver Film School for a free Game Design Open House, the first in the new Game Design campus, for a day of learning, meeting the people who make the acclaimed program tick, and enjoying giveaways, games, and standing-room-only sample classes.
The Open House also marked the official launch of the 2012 Women in Games Scholarship, a wonderful opportunity for an aspiring female game designer to receive a full scholarship to the program. In addition, there are scholarships from G4TechTV, Radical Entertainment, Slant Six Games, Annex Pro, and Microsoft/BigPark totaling $15,000. You can read about them – and apply – right here.
Thank you to all our speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and volunteers – and everyone who came out to share this weekend with us. We’ll have more highlights coming soon from Game Design Expo 2012, including video of all the presentations. For now, enjoy these photos from both Industry Speaker Day and the Open House. Keep an eye on the VFS blog for coverage and announcements, and stay in touch with us on Twitter: @gamedesignexpo and @vfs.
