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Wrexham Glyndwr University is home to a multi-award winning programme team and plays host to one of the top rated games development courses in UK for student satisfaction. Partnering with UK Games Fund (Tranzfuser), Games Talent Wales, The British Computing Society and Games Wales, it is working to champion, support and grow the both the Welsh, and wider UK gaming and creative industry.

Wrexham Glyndwr University

InitGame(2016); The Games Industry Insider Event
Venue: Wrexham Glyndwr University - Nick Whitehead Theatre.
Supported by BAFTA Cymru, Games Wales (North) and the British Computing Society (BCS), InitGame(2016); is aimed at giving new company start-ups, SMEs, recent graduates and current students some insight into the various elements of the games industry through a series of lectures delivered by industry representatives.
Industry guests range from single-person developers, through to indie & mobile companies, and AAA studios. This year's line up is as follows:
- Llio Wyn from BAFTA Cymru (Introduction to BAFTA and its support of the games and media industry)
- Chris Payne & Ralph Ferneyhough of Quantum Soup (Starting a Game Studio: A Beginners Guide)
- Gareth Cavanagh of Iron Town Interactive (Former Lead Animator at Oyster World, Animation - Next Gen Skills for Next Gen Games)
- Toby Niesser & Martin Moss of Vivid Virtual Reality (Digitally Recreating Heritage Sites for VR)
- Ian Thomas of Frictional Games & TaleSpinners (Developer of Hit PS4 Game SOMA)
- Anton Faulconbridge of RantMedia Games (BAFTA Cymru Best Game 2016 Winner)
- Dafydd John & Philippe Valensa of Turtle Games (Video Presentation - From Project to ProtoPlay: Reaching a Major Games Design Comp Final)
- Judith Alexander of the Glyndwr Enterprise Lounge, Zone & Careers Centre
The event will close with an open Q&A/Tips session on CVs and Interview tips along with general advice on getting into the industry.

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