Announcements

SGDA at the UPC expert roundtable: «Culturally valuable: The Swiss gaming landscape between politics, science and business»

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UPC will be hosting and live streaming a roundtable focusing on the topic of the Swiss game industry. The guests are experts in their relative fields: Matthias Sala, President of the Swiss Game Developers Association SGDA and founder of Studio Gbanga, Vinzenz Kögler, former President of the Swiss Esports Federation, Sylvain Gardel, responsible for Culture & … Read more

The finalists of the 4th SGDA Swiss Game Awards

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SGDA Swiss Game Awards: Five finalists are running for the 4th edition of the industry prize for innovative Swiss games. For the 4th edition of the SGDA Swiss Game Awards the jury has nominated five finalists. Once again this year, they show the impressive variety of Swiss craftsmanship. They incourage to think about one’s own actions, show immersive VR … Read more

SGDA launches 2nd award edition to scout for young talent

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The second edition of the SGDA Junior Game Awards is right around the corner. In cooperation with the gameZfestival the Swiss Game Developers Association SGDA calls all children, adolescents and young adults who craft, invent and design their own games. Whether it’s a puzzle or action game, created for the Matura degree or a school … Read more

The SGDA Atelier space opens its doors: work on your game projects in a creative environment at a great location

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The Swiss Game Developers Association is proud to announce that from today, we accept applications for the newly set up SGDA Atelier. The Atelier is first and foremost a place where likeminded game creators share experience and exchange knowhow. A limited number of creators can become part of the Atelier programme with the goal to … Read more

Decodoku: Game development and quantum science – An interview with Dr. James Wootton

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Games as a versatile medium entertain us as much as they can contribute to scientific research as Serious Games. We had the great opportunity to talk about «Gaming for Science» with Dr. James Wootton, SGDA member and maker of the tricky puzzle game Decodoku, which aims at helping science to build a quantum computer by analyzing the player’s … Read more

Feist: world premiere on PlayStation 4 at the Open Air Gampel in Switzerland

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Feist by SGDA member Bits & Beasts will soon be published on PlayStation 4. Thanks to the cooperation between Sony PlayStation Switzerland and the SGDA, a development version of the game was shown during the Open Air Gampel from August 18th-21st, where players could take an exclusive look at the game running on Sony’s latest console. With Dreii already released and … Read more