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Event Report : Gamelan Meetup Presented Square Enix

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Some months ago, Gamelan – Yogyakarta Startup GameDev Community held their first meetup. This event was very rousing. Last Friday, on August 12th 2011, they held their second meetup at Humaniora Room, University Club UGM.

Participant were very enthusiastic. The impressive thing is that most of them came from other cities, far from Yogyakarta such as Salatiga and Surabaya.

Why did they come to this event? They didn’t only want to attend to this event but also wanted to meet some people from Square Enix – the Final Fantasy game maker. The Square Enix staff members coming to this event were Takashi Tokita – Producer, Mobie Division Senior Manager, Sachiko Takahashi – Bussiness Corporate Planning Division, and Hayato Sawada – Project Investment Manager Division.

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Square Enix Seeks Mobile Game Opportunity in Indonesia

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Last week, I and some media reporter got a chance to meet people from Square Enix: Takashi Tokita – Producer, Senior Manager Mobile Business, Sachiko Takahashi – Senior Manager, Business Development Corporate Planning Division dan Hayato Sawada -Project Investment Manager Division. They attended the public lecture and introduction to Game Ideas Competition event held by Mikti in ITB.

Surely I would not discuss about game or Square Enix game development. I am more interested in startup issues in game segment in Indonesia especially Bandung, more specific in mobile gaming.

There are some mobile game studio appear recently and some of them have been existing since long time and gives enough focus not only on game product they develop but also the startup game itself. Some of them are Anantarupa, Elasitas, Onebit, and in Bandung there are Nightspade which is funded by East Ventures, and Agate with its mass production of mobile game.

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Event Report: GameLan Meetup Mendatangkan Beberapa Orang Dari Square Enix

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Beberapa bulan yang lalu GameLan – Komunitas Startup GameDev Yogyakarta mengadakan meetup pertama mereka yang cukup meriah, kini mereka masuk ke meetup kedua yang telah diselenggarakan pada hari Jumat tanggal 12 Agustus 2011 kemarin, bertempat di Ruang Humaniora – University Club UGM.

Antusiasme peserta yang datang cukup meriah, dan yang membuat salut adalah hampir kebanyakan peserta berasal dari luar Yogyakarta yang jaraknya cukup jauh, mereka berasal dari Salatiga dan Surabaya.

Mengapa mereka rela jauh untuk datang ke GameLan meetup kali ini? Ya, tentunya selain present di acara ini mereka ingin bertemu dengan beberapa orang dari perusahaan pembuat game Final Fantasy yaitu Square Enix. Beberapa orang Square Enix yang datang adalah Takashi Tokita – Producer, Senior Manager Mobile Division, Sachiko Takahashi – Bussiness Corporate Planning Division dan Hayato Sawada – Project Investment Manager Division.

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Square Enix Lihat Peluang Mobile Game, Termasuk di Indonesia

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Hari Selasa kemarin saya dan rekan-rekan media, berkesempatan bertemu dengan beberapa orang dari Square Enix antara lain Takashi Tokita – Producer, Senior Manager Mobile Business Divison, Sachiko Takahashi – Senior Manager, Business Development Corporate Planning Division dan Hayato Sawada -Project Investment Manager Division. Mereka datang dalam rangka kuliah umum sekaligus pengenalan lomba ide game yang diadakan oleh Mikti di kampus ITB.

Tentunya saya tidak akan membahas game atau pengembangan game oleh Square Enix, saya lebih tertarik dengan beberapa hal yang berhubungan dengan startup di segmen game di Indonesia, Bandung khususnya dan terutama juga untuk mobile game.

Ada beberapa studio mobile game yang muncul belakangan atau yang sudah ada sejak lama dan cukup memberikan perhatian tidak hanya dari produk – permainan yang dikembangkannya, tetapi dari startup game-nya itu sendiri. Setidaknya ada beberapa seperti Anantarupa, Elasitas, OneBit, untuk Bandung ada Nightspade yang mendapatkan investasi dari East Ventures juga Agate yang cukup banyak memproduksi game mobile, tentunya masih ada beberapa lagi studio game di Bandung, serta berbagai startup baru lain yang masuk ke segmen ini.

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