CMCI Research Seminar: Dr. Darshana Jayemanne on Game Production Clusters

How to Train Your Game Cluster: Insights from the GAME-ER Project

S0.12 (Strand Building) | Wed 5th November 4-6pm

Much European digital game production happens in the major metropoles, which facilitate access to critical resources. However, there are smaller cities and regions which have hugely successful clusters of game production. What are the conditions under which such clusters arise, and how can other regions foster their own vibrant game creation scenes? Presenting new findings from the Horizon Europe-funded GAME-ER (Game Clusters Across Multiple European Regions) project, this talk will explore the history of Dundee, Lyon, Bordeaux, Turin, Brno and Fundao as cities that host creative and active game development clusters. What are the secrets to success, and how best to replicate them elsewhere?

About the speaker

Darshana Jayemanne is Reader in Digital Cultures at Abertay University. His research interests include digital games and youth media cultures. He is author of Performativity in Art, Literature and Videogames (Palgrave 2017), and has served on the jury for the Independent Games Festival’s Narrative Excellence awards. He is currently Co-Investigator on the UKRI-funded CoSTAR (Convergent Screen Technologies and Performance in Realtime), and Horizon Europe GAME-ER (Gaming Clusters Across Multiple European Regions) projects.

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Strand Building S0.12, King's College London, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

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