Researcher @ KU Leuven & Freelance Game Designer
Researcher @ KU Leuven & Freelance Game Designer
Historical games are big business. Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Age of Empires, Europa Universalis, Ghost of Tsushima... in nearly every genre and every market history offers plenty of opportunity for making great games. But does it also come with ethical risks? After all, history is not purely fictional. Our own ancestors have lived through the past that we put into our games, and that past can stir up strong emotions. Your country's historical triumph might have implied the defeat of mine; my grandparents' prosperity might have entailed the poverty of yours. So how do you unlock the opportunities of historical game development without erasing or distorting the emotion-loaded pasts of other people?
Thursday 12 October 2023
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3:30PM
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4:00PM
Lounge
Historical games are big business. Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Age of Empires, Europa Universalis, Ghost of Tsushima... in nearly every genre and every market history offers plenty of opportunity for making great games. But does it also come with ethical risks? After all, history is not purely fictional. Our own ancestors have lived through the past that we put into our games, and that past can stir up strong emotions. Your country's historical triumph might have implied the defeat of mine; my grandparents' prosperity might have entailed the poverty of yours. So how do you unlock the opportunities of historical game development without erasing or distorting the emotion-loaded pasts of other people?
CEO & co-founder @ Leti Arts
Eyram Tawia has over 20 years of experience in the game development industry. He is the CEO and Cofounder of Leti Arts, the pioneer game development company in Sub Saharan Africa leading the next wave of rich African storytelling via interactive games and comics with a vision to shape a new generation of uniquely African content that reignites Africa’s diminishing rich culture. He's won several awards for his work in the African video game development space, a frequent speaker at game conferences globally and an author with his book Uncompromising Passion documenting his Journey as an African video game developer.
Researcher @ KU Leuven & Freelance Game Designer
Bram has over a decade of experience in high-level historical research.
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