Game Development Camp '06

[Zacker]

Last year UNF Denmark held a summer camp called Game Developer Camp where talented game designers from primarly Denmark used a week on developing games. This year they call it Future Entertainment Week, but it seems to rougly the same thing.

I was there and it was certainly a fantastic experience - nothing beats developing a game as a team all day long.

Much more information along with the games we made last year can be found at the website:

http://www.futureweek.dk

[st0lve]

Hmpf, 250kr for a week (did I get that right?) is pretty cheap, but tbh I wouldn't stand working with lots of danes for a week, I'd go crazy.

[Pericolos0]

there better be beer and girls in the evenings

[Grinwhrl]

they have the fat men belly dancers instead, hehe

[Defrag]

They do something similar in Scotland: DARE

http://www.daretobedigital.com/home/index.php

Pretty much everyone who gets onto the DARE competition usually end up finding a job pretty easily. The problem is you need a strong team to get accepted to take part, never mind actually make something cool.

[Grinwhrl]

how come they dont do this shit in North America, I must start this trend, muhaha.

[Zacker]

Yep, it's 250dkk(roughly 40 us bucks) for a week. I was in a team with a swedish guy last year and that was quite an uhm...unique experience:D

And peris, last year there were not exactly much time for such fun as developing a game on an engine you know nothing about with 5 other people you know nothing about in 4 days can be rather hard.