Dr. Yaraslau Kot o ukraińskim przemyśle gier komputerowych podczas "Piątku na Historycznym"

W ostatni "Piątek na Historycznym" 1 grudnia 2023 r. gościem na Wydziale był Dr. Yaraslau Kot, ukraińsko-białoruski specjalista od Game Design i projektant gier, który opowiedział o ukraińskim przemyśle gier komputerowych i niezwykle ważnej roli jaką ten przemysł odegrał po rozpoczęciu przez Rosję wojny w 2022 r. Wykład pt. "Games of War. The reflections of russian 2022 invasion in Ukrainian video games" odbył się w języku angielskim.

Tak poruszaną na wykładzie problematykę opisuje Dr. Yaraslau Kot: "After a full scale invasion has been launched by Russia in 2022 Ukrainian game industry has been very active not only with charity, social and military projects, but also creating games about what is happening. We will go through what games have been created, what historical events they reflect and games that were developed before invasion, but later been used for military purposes"

Dr. Yaraslau Kot - political refugee since 2021. Ukranian-belarus Game Designer and Narrative Designer since 1996. Worked all over the world with such companies as The Sad Cat studios, AOL, White Wolf, Wargaming, The Farm 51 studio, Graybeard games, etc. At the moment he works for Sun Storm games and ukranian project ComBat Vision. Dr. Kot has been Regional Coordinator for Eastern Europe and Asia of International Game Developers Association, Chair Person of Bel Game Developers. He is an organizer and advisor of many international game dev events, etc. Author of many articles and books about games.