NAGFO Gaming and Animation Summit, India (6th & 7th Nov 2009)

By Preethi Raj (Intel) (4 posts) on November 4, 2009 at 8:14 pm

We are all geared up to attend NAGFO’s Annual Gaming and Animation Summit that bring together the crème de la crème of the India gaming and animation industry, starting tomorrow in Hyderabad, India. This year one complete day has been dedicated to Game Developers with multiple sessions focusing on various aspects of game development.

The event keynote will be delivered by Ernest Adams, the founder and first chairman of the International Game Developers' Association, who has authored various books on Game Design and often delivers sessions at GDC.

Many other companies seen as pioneers of gaming in India like FX Labs, Hyderabad, Dhruva Interactive, Bangalore, Indiagames, Mumbai, Immersive Games, Hyderabad, Ironcode Software and Interactive Media will be sharing their experiences and success stories.

Intel has been working closes with NASSCOM to energize the Indian Gaming Ecosystem and we kick started this effort with monthly webinars in June 2009. Since then we have conduct regular webinars for game developers with Industry experts and Intel Engineers on topics like Challenges of Cross Platform Game Development, Making 3D game production faster: Using scripting in 3D Studio Max, Crystal Ball Gazing into 3D Game Engine Technology and How to optimize games for PC graphics.

Continuing this association Udaysimha, Program Manager and Mark Kim, Engineering Manager, Intel Corporation will be sharing their experience and learning from the Korean and Asian markets. They will be delivering a session on Building a successful MMORPG - Technical decisions and best known methods.

Uday, Abarnaa and I will be at the Intel booth at the NAGFO Gaming and Animation Summit over the next two days and will bring you live updates. We are looking forward to spending two exciting days in Hyderabad, among Indian gaming stalwarts who will be driving the growth of the Indian gaming industry that is expected to reach USD830 million by 2012 growing at a CAGR of 53%, (according to the NASSCOM report). Stay tuned for more from the NAGFO Gaming and Animation Summit.

Categories: Events, Visual Computing

Comments (5)

November 4, 2009 8:21 PM PST

Udaysimha Mysore (Intel)
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 Looking forward to attending the first ever GDC in India, watch out for my video posts and updates from the events
November 6, 2009 11:44 PM PST


Prashant Agrawal		 Nice initiative taken by Intel. Really industry need this kind of forum as well the platform to introduce the new ideas as well the developers to boost the community.
November 7, 2009 12:05 AM PST


Akhil Malhotra		 Impressed. Would like to know more about your tools!
November 7, 2009 2:25 AM PST


avik		 itS IS A GOOD PLATFORM FOR GAMES
November 8, 2009 11:49 PM PST

ricky143
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 Good i visited fx labs hyderabad and they are workin hard on scripting gamez
NAGFO is good platform for developers like me!!

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