Events
Workshop Title
Build a new career path in the gaming industry.
Talk Details
- Speaker(s): Anoir Bennour, Co Founder of Academy Interactive & Oussama Ben Mariem, CTO, Lanterns Studios & Mohamed Nabli (Spoot) Videogame enthusiast
Day 1 : Explore career opportunity and meet industry experts
- Date: Saturday 16 November 2024
- Time: 01.00 PM – 3. 00 PM
- Location: Conference Room, Second Floor, MUST University
Day 2: Step into Academy Interactive and Lanterns Studios on a journey for game creation
- Date: Sunday 17 November 2024
- Time: 10.00 AM – 01. 00 PM
- Location: Academy Interactive, Charguia 1 Tunis, Tunis, 2035, TN
Workshop Abstract
Join us for an enriching two-day experience that blends career insights with the art of game creation. Day 1 opens with discussions led by industry experts, offering a grounded view into diverse professional paths and the skills essential for today’s dynamic fields. On Day 2, Academy Interactive and Lanterns Studios invite participants to engage deeply in the game development process, exploring each stage from concept to design with guidance from seasoned professionals. This is an opportunity to learn, connect, and gain perspective in both career planning and creative development.
Speaker Biography
Anoir Bennour is the Co-Founder of Academy Interactive, Head of Business Development & Strategy at Lanterns Studios, an entrepreneur, and an active member of the Tunisian game development community, Anoir’s vision has been aiming to grow the video game industry in Tunisia, which later on led to increasing interest and involvement in entrepreneurship ecosystems in Africa and Middle East region in the creative digital industries and the gaming industry.
Mohamed Nabli (Spoot): Videogame enthusiast since the earliest age. Mainly a game developer. Grew up collecting video games as the passion was there since the early 90s. Had experiences in gaming journalism, amongst them a running weekly show on national radio “Gaming Story”. Healthy experience in eSports too, as a player and competition organizer/commentator as well. Technical Adviser with the Tunisian eSports Federation. Worked on multiple videogames as a developer, some of which are today on big platforms like Steam and the Nintendo Switch. Some are specific to clients and some haven’t seen a release. Taught game development to a large number of youngsters, whose ages vary from 13 to 31.
Oussama Ben Mariem is the CTO and co-founder of Lanterns, an independent video game studio focused on narrative video games, XR and Mocap services. He is also a Co-Founder of Academy Interactive, a training institute dedicated to video game tuition for both professionals and enthusiasts. During his career, Oussama explored the field of computer engineering as a VR developer before starting his own video game development company.
About Our Partner: Lanterns is an independent video game studio based in Tunis, Tunisia, with a specific focus on narrative and story-driven video games, XR, and Mocap services. Our mission is to provide compelling and responsible video games to the world.
All MUST Students are invited to join the event Lanterns Studios are co-organizing and sponsoring this weekend, Global Game Jam Tunisia, it would be a great introduction to the world of game development for everyone.
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