Nicolas Etienne CRe-AM Interview

Name : Nicolas Etienne


Job Title : Software Engineer


Organisation : Diginext


Sector : Mobile Game Development


Web Link : www.digiment.fr


Interview Date : 22/10/2015


Location : ICT 2015 Lisbon


Short Biography




CURRENT INTERESTS:


1. What current technologies and tools fulfill your needs in your practice?


PC and Mac development platforms, User platform mobiles, Adobe and Autodesk creative tools


2. What technologies do you see emerging in the next 5-10 years?


Cloud technologies, Geo-location games, more mobile devices


3. Could you identify any strengths and weaknesses with these technologies?


Network problems and battery life are weaknesses


FUTURE INTERESTS:


4. Do you think there are additional technologies or tools needed, or that you would wish for?


Better connectivity and big data technologies

 

5. If these were available what would you be creating?


Massive multiplayer games in real-world environments, Augmented reality


6. Can you see any strengths and weakness involved?


Strength is creating opportunities for non expert game developers to create geo-location games


7. What do you recommend to fill the gap between creators and technology providers?


Creatives and technologists are from different worlds. Platforms like Magellan address the problem by making the technology invisible to the creative games developer.