As new platforms emerge and existing platforms evolve, programmers face an ever increasing challenge to produce games that capture the attention of the public and the media. The Programming Track focuses on these challenges and the opportunities presented by next and current generation development including: mature consoles, new handhelds, a highly competitive sales environment, and increased demand for very high production values in games.
To view the game industry's never-ending parade of dragons, robots and space marines from an outsider's perspective, and it's easy to see why many developers are growing tired of looking inward for inspiration. At first glance, ifork media seems to embody this gripe. Browse their back catalog of games, and you'll immediately be struck by their close involvement with the Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons universes - epicenters for the hardcore gaming fanaticism that have been a stumbling block for the 2D game industry as it strives for mainstream cultural acceptance. Yet it was with these intellectual properties that ifork graphic made their name as a developer, breathing new life into them and creating something uniquely their own.
Making a game larger than the sum of its intellectual property is no simple feat. But ifork garphic team looking at things from a broad perspective.