Jeff Hangartner – Revealing the Path Less Travelled in Video Game Industry

Jeff HangartnerJeff Hangartner, the founder of the gaming start-up, Bulletproof Outlaws has been a professional developer of games over the last half a decade. Creator of Pixelation, the 1st Pixel Art Forum and also originator of the Pixel tutorials which have been published in the form of a book. Jeff has always been a pioneer of the gaming industry.

CG Today is proud to present Jeff’s exploration as he shares the whole process of creating a start-up right from day 1. With the belief that gaming development is coming back to its original “one programmer in the basement roots” idea, Bulletproof Outlaws is chronicling every step of its start-up process from strategies, to marketing, setting goals and outsourcing, successes and failures. The aim is to help other developers who have ideas but are intimidated by the whole start-up process and are not sure how to go about it.

You can visit his website Bulletproof Outlaws to know more about him or send an email to get connected.

Bulletproof Outlaws - A Diary of a video game studio!

India’s largest Expo on Animation , VFX  and Gaming is scheduled to take place on 29th - 30th May‘2011, Nehru Center, Mumbai - India

CGTExpo 2011CGTExpo this year plans to paint Nehru Center with pixels all over as it comes back with yet another edition scheduled to take place on 28th and 29th may at Nehru Center, Worli, Mumbai..

Being, the India’s largest Career Guidance and Computer Graphics Technology Expo on Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming Technology and Visual Arts, it brings backs with it an impressive line-up of activities, programs and conferences foraying into all genres of artistic, technical and business domains. CGTEXPO has been a tremendous success witnessing footfalls as good as 4000 people turning up for the 2 day exhibition and conference in 2008, 2009 and 2010 each.

Tapaas ChakravarthiDQE, the global entertainment production and distribution company today announced the signing of a co-production agreement with France based Method Animation for a new 3D HD series 'Robin Hood - Mischief in Sherwood' targeted at children aged 6-9 years.

The Robin Hood production will comprise 52 episodes of 11 minutes each as a 3D stereoscopic CGI series and has an estimated global production budget of €8.5m. The series will be full of humour and is intended to create an entertaining experience that relaunches the iconic hero that is Robin Hood.  The audience will be taken on a journey into Sherwood Forest and discover the youthful, early years of Robin.

Primefocus Clear logoIndia’s largest media and entertainment company deploys Prime Focus’s CLEAR to manage its end-to-end file-based multiplatform workflows

News Corporation-owned STAR TV, the leading media and entertainment company, has commissioned global digital content services group Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), (a part of the Prime Focus Group) to deploy the world’s first integrated, multi-platform content operations infrastructure specifically for broadcasters, based on PFT’s award-winning CLEAR technology platform, to manage their end-to-end digital workflows. This unique initiative will allow STAR TV to drive operational efficiencies within its organization, take more creative control of its content and leverage the opportunity to monetise new multi-platform delivery models.

CG Tantra Community AwardsCGTantra Community Awards is back with its 3rd edition, continuing its enlightening presence at Jade Gardens, Nehru center, Mumbai on 28th May‘2011 evening. CGTantra Community Awards 2010 saw great success, it was well received by the AVGC fraternity. Taking cue from the popularity, CGTantra Community Awards enters 2011 with greater enthusiasm and zest.

CGTantra Community Awards is an initiative towards recognizing and honoring the best of the artists. CCA unlike other awards of the industry aims towards recognizing the excellence in different aspects of art forms of Animation, VFX and Gaming Industry and the industry has come forward supporting it with prizes worth Lakhs. Unlike other awards it is purely targeted towards rewarding the individual talents of a particular department. We aim towards putting a spotlight on the ones who have been doing an extraordinary job in a particular field and inspiring others to raise the bar of their art and knowledge.

James Cameron

Filmmaker and 3D proponent James Cameron has teamed with cinematographer Vince Pace, another 3D pioneer, to form Cameron-Pace Group (CPG). The venture seeks to accelerate worldwide growth of 3D across all entertainment platforms including features, episodic and live television, sports, advertising and consumer products, pioneering a new generation of camera systems, services and a variety of creative tools that are innovative, powerful and easier to embrace.

Bulletproof Outlaws Diary