Three Melons' Blog

Code Camp Buenos Aires 2009

El próximo sábado 26 de septiembre se va a estar realizando la nueva edición de Code Camp, en la Universidad de Palermo.
El evento va a contar con decenas de oradores y conferencias durante todo el día. Nosotros vamos a estar hablando sobre desarrollo de juegos multiplataforma con Unity3D.
Acá se puede ver la agenda completa.
Esperamos verlos ahí!

Videogames Going to College

We are extremely proud to announce that we just signed an agreement with ITBA University (Buenos Aires Technological Institute) to start teaching "Introduction to the development of video games".

The class will be a part of the Computing Engineering degree course.
We are very happy that we are able to introduce video games into the Argentinean academic scene, and think it's a big step towards the promotion of the local video games industry.

You can get some more info (in Spanish) here.

Solid projected growth for the Games industry

According to the upcoming "Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2008-2012" from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the videogames industry will grow steadily for the following 4 years, especially in the online and wireless games sector.

Hope that some growth comes from Latinamerica as both a consumer and producer of games.

Here's the article from Hollywood Reporter: Video game score will soar.

Ludology.org: Lunes y Martes en Buenos Aires

Nuestro amigo Gonzalo Frasca de Powerful Robot va a estar en Buenos Aires hoy y mañana dando dos conferencias sobre juegos:

• El lunes 9 de junio, a las 16.00 horas, daré una charla en el INET (Saavedra 789 1P), sobre Ludología y Pedagogía.

• El martes 10 de junio, la charla es a las 19.00 horas en el Auditorio de la Facultad de Comunicación de la UBA, Ramos Mejía 841

Link: Ludology.org: Lunes y Martes en Buenos Aires.

iPhone: New 3rd party hardware could make the iPhone a true contender in handheld gaming

If this happens, there will be some good times for mobile gaming: iPhone: New 3rd party hardware could make the iPhone a true contender in handheld gaming.

We just need the guys from Apple to give thumbs up to Unity3D as a permitted middle ware and we are ready to rock.

GiantRealm | Recession? What Recession?

Yet another article showing practical cases of the "Lipstick effect" that says that during a recession, lower priced luxury products and services boom.

Link: GiantRealm | Recession? What Recession?.

9 year old beats through the fire and flames video

Well... I just wanted to salute this ROCK STAR: 9 year old beats through the fire and flames video.

I wonder what he could do with a Stratocaster after 2 or 3 years of training...

On videogames and violence...

Fortunately, there are a lot of smart people around the world.

Numerous articles have been written in Medieval times newspapers regarding violence in videogames and how they make our society more miserable. Even though titles like "Korean dude dies after 56 hours in cybercafe" generate a lot of buzz amongst uninformed moms and conservative leaders, positive evidence on videogames still prevails.

Recent news support this: a court declared unconstitutional a law that limited the commercialization of videogames since it violates freedom of creative expression. On the other hand, new consoles and operating systems have parental control applications that help parents mentor their kids on which games to play.

Now, when analyzing the situation in Latin America or other regions where, unfortunately, piracy is the standard, there is an issue: cracks to the games may block the control systems in the consoles. Parents will have to guide their kids in the usage and start realizing that in order to assist them in their play and learning will have to invest in original games and consoles with no chips.

Jackass: The Game

MTV Networks has been investing steadily in videogames after their strategic decision that they are the medium of the future and that part of the convergence wrapped up with games. With them you can "be part" of MTV's culture (in addition of them having trouble reaching the new teenagers...)

Anyway, they recently announced Jackass the game, which I definitely want to try and see if it hurts: Gametrailers.com - Jackass: The Game - Exclusive Stunt of the Week Vol. 1 - Fridge Racer.

New 3D development team

Our new team has started to work on our first 3D game in a separated office in our building. This is very exciting since it leverages our creative capabilities to work on games for more robust platforms.

Our plan is to deliver short session, intense games for the PC, Wiiware, XBLA and PSn platforms, both branded and non-branded.

I hope to post some more information on our progress soon!

By the way, we will be hiring engineers, artists and game designers soon so if you'd be interested in joining us, send us your information to hhrr@threemelons.com.