GIG with DrinkBox Studios
Students of Seneca College: Game Art and Animation Program
Wednesday, May 27th
Portfolio Class
12:35 - 2:00 pm
About GIG
Ontario schools produce great talent, and our industry provides great opportunities. The purpose of IO's go into games (GIG) series is to help build relationships between Ontario's education system and video gaming industry by bringing industry professionals into classrooms across Ontario.
GIG will provide students who are studying video game development and related courses an opportunity to connect with professionals currently working in the field.GIG also allows business leaders to form relationships with students who will become their future employees and educates students about the types of employment opportunities that exist
Nitai Bessette - Creative Director, DrinkBox Studios
Nitai is an industry veteran who has been making games in one form or another since the 90's. He was originally focused on creating mods for Unreal and teaching the Unreal Editor at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada. Eventually he made the move to work at Ubisoft Montreal where he was a Level Designer on the Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed projects.
Later Nitai returned to Toronto, where he worked for three years on numerous projects at Pseudo Interactive. During that time he worked in many different roles including leading a Level Design team, assisting in the design of new IP production, and changing the workflow pipeline to improve efficiency and overall quality of game content production.
Nitai now works at DrinkBox Studios where he directs all creative production and manages business development.
TITLES:
Original IP prototype - Pseudo Interactive - Xbox 360
Full Auto 2: Battlelines - Pseudo Interactive - PS3 Launch Title (2006, Sega)
Full Auto - Pseudo Interactive - Xbox 360 Launch Title (2006, Sega)
Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal - xbox 360 / Ps3 (2007, Ubisoft)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Ubisoft Montreal - Ps2 / Xbox / GC (2005, Ubisoft)
DrinkBox Studios:
DrinkBox Studios is an independent Toronto-based video game developer. The company is made up of a group of game industry veterans, who have worked on multiple console platforms at development studios including Ubisoft, Rockstar, Pseudo Interactive and Silicon Knights.
DrinkBox develops game products (both licensed and original), and provides programming, art and design consulting services. The company strives for a high level of quality and innovation in everything it produces.
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