Meeting in Hanoi 17th of September 2010

            The fourth IGDA Vietnam’s meeting took place in Hanoi and was hosted by the VTC Company at the Television Broadcast Station building on September 17, 2010.

            14 Vietnamese game studios were invited to share their experience and opinions on various topics and some products were presented to the audience.

Discussions

 

            The MC, Nguyen Viet Son, introduced the project of the creation of an official association for the game developers’ community. During the debate, people shared their opinions and the pros and cons related to the necessity of such association in Vietnam.

Company managers spoke about their own experience and discussed about issues that every company has while developing games in Vietnam due to the youthfulness of the industry in the country.

Seminar

 

A seminar presented by Nicolas Leymonerie, outlined the basic knowledge that game developers must have about 3D when they create a 3D game.

Dedicated to every type of people involved in a development team, the presentation aimed also at explaining the technical terms by giving a Vietnamese definition.

It can be downloaded here and used as an educational support for the game studios.

Games made in Vietnam

 

            Finally, 3 games developed in Vietnam were presented to the audience.

The first one is a big project named 7754. It’s an FPS game developed by the EMobi Company and taking place during the Dien Bien Phu’s war that will be the trigger of the Vietnam’s independence.

             Technical Demo

 

            Next, 2 iPhone games were shown. The first one is a successful space shooter realized by AlleyLabs and now available in its HD version for iPad.

            Meteor Blitz - Meteor Blitz HD

 

            The second one is an educational iPhone 3D game for toddlers and young children named Tony by Phenix.

            Tony

 

 

Game development in Vietnam is getting serious

 

            By the number of companies that were present, the increasing technical level of the productions and the release of more and more commercial projects, this meeting demonstrated that the Vietnamese game development industry is starting to be competitive.

            It’s expected that more and more foreign companies will consider Vietnam as a country where there are good opportunities to outsource graphics and development or invest in video game studios.

 

 

Alley Labs(Hyungin Choi), ColorBox(Nguyen Hoang Nam ), EMobi Games(Nguyen Tuan Huy), ManaTech(Hoang Nam Hai), MusicKing(Vo Tuan Binh),Phuong Hoang Enix(Leymonerie Nicolas), Punch Entertainment(Nguyen Thai Duong), Ruby Cell (Do Quoc Khanh), Sao Bac Viet(Nguyen Duc Thao), VDC Net2E(Nguyen Viet Son), Vinagame Hanoi(Nguyen Ngoc Linh), Vinagame HCMC (Thai Thanh Liem),VTC Game (Vo Bang Phan), VTC Online (Phan Sao Nam)