{"id":473,"date":"2015-11-19T23:38:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:54:25","slug":"igda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/igda\/","title":{"rendered":"IGDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>SGDA and IGDA<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To complement the SGDA&#8217;s activities as a\u00a0political and legal representative for game development within Switzerland, the organization\u00a0closely collaborates with the\u00a0International Game Developers Association\u00a0(IGDA). The collaboration helps to foster connections with the international game development community as well as organise grassroots community events via the\u00a0<strong><span class=\"s2\">IGDA Switzerland Chapter<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the IGDA Switzerland Chapter?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igda.org\/\"><span class=\"s2\">IGDA<\/span><\/a> is the world&#8217;s largest non-profit organization advocating the game development industry. The IGDA Switzerland Chapter, coordinated by Chris Solarski, is one of over 90 chapters worldwide, which benefit from knowledge sharing and cultural exchanges via community events, special interest groups, and scholarship programs. Swiss game developers are advised to become both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/en\/membership-benefits\/\"><span class=\"s2\">SGDA members<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igda.org\/?page=benefits\"><span class=\"s2\">IGDA members<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to benefit from industry support within Switzerland and abroad, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The IGDA Switzerland Chapter makes a distinct contribution to the meet-up scene by localizing global IGDA initiatives:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Acts as the international contact point for developers outside of Switzerland through the organization of demo nights that highlight activity in the local game development community<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Promote\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scholars.igda.org\/\"><span class=\"s3\">IGDA Scholarships<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for recent graduates and students enrolled in game-related degree programs to attend international events such as GDC San Francisco, and Tokyo Game Show<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Organization of game jams organised by international IGDA chapters\u2014such as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fgj.igda.jp\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Fukushima Game Jam<\/span><\/a>\u00a0hosted by IGDA Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Raising awareness of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/summit.igda.org\/\"><span class=\"s3\">IGDA Leadership Summit<\/span><\/a>\u2014the IGDA\u2019s largest community event\u2014as well as other IGDA initiatives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Foster connections with international chapters (see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igda.org\/?page=chaptersprofessional\"><span class=\"s3\">complete chapter listing<\/span><\/a>) by inviting IGDA delegates to present at Swiss studios and educational institutions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A full list of IGDA member benefits can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igda.org\/?page=benefits\"><span class=\"s2\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igda.org\/group\/Switzerland\">The official group page on the international site: Switzerland chapter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/83589921374\/\">The Facebook group page of IGDA Switzerland\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chris Solarski, IGDA Switzerland Chapter Coordinator<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chris Solarski is an artist game designer and author of <i>Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design<\/i> (Watson-Guptill 2012)\u2014which has been translated into Japanese and Korean. His work explores the intersections between video games and classical art and film, to better understand how interaction has changed the way in which we interpret and engage with images. His particular focus is on adapting techniques that help designers convey complex narratives and emotions in video games. Chris has given talks at many international events including the Smithsonian Museum\u2019s <i>The Art of Video Games<\/i> exhibition, GDC Europe, SXSW, UCLA Game Lab, USC Interactive Media Division, NYU Game Center, and FMX Stuttgart. He is currently working on an unannounced video game project under\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">Solarski Studio<\/span>, while writing his second book.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SGDA and IGDA To complement the SGDA&#8217;s activities as a\u00a0political and legal representative for game development within Switzerland, the organization\u00a0closely collaborates with the\u00a0International Game Developers Association\u00a0(IGDA). The collaboration helps to foster connections with the international game development community as well as organise grassroots community events via the\u00a0IGDA Switzerland Chapter.\u00a0 What is the IGDA Switzerland Chapter? &#8230; <a title=\"IGDA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/igda\/\" aria-label=\"More on IGDA\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-473","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"pmpro-has-access"},"aioseo_notices":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgda.ch\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}