POLISH GAME INDUSTRY – PAST AND PRESENT [ KOPOCZEK ]

Agenda:

• The history of game industry and the most important titles since the 80’s of the 20^th century till now;
• Analysis of the development of game industry, associations with Polish, European and world culture;
• Cooperation between Polish designers and most important foreign centres;
• Influence of contemporary literature and Polish cinematography on game industry;
• First Polish Game Accelerator founded by ARP Games Ltd., Silesian University and Cieszyn District as an example of different ways of supporting game industry from the public purse.

Remigiusz Kopoczek, PhD

President of the Board in ARP Games ltd. – video games accelerator. Assistant Proffesor at University of Silesia/ Faculty of Arts. Co-creator of the first Polish video games course for BA and MA degrees. Laurate of the Prize of Ministry of Science in Poland for the best program of BA video games course.