Arnauld Boulard, President of Rubika Réunion, and Nicolas Auriault, Project Director at ONY Madagascar, have signed a partnership agreement to support and train students from Indian Ocean countries in video game and 2D/3D animation professions.
The objective is to establish a structuring partnership between the ONY Academy Helloworld261!_ and Rubika Réunion to foster the sharing of expertise and promote the visibility of student-created projects in the Indian Ocean.
For one week, students from Hello,world 261!_ had the opportunity to participate in a Summer School on Game Design and Level Design with Romain Folio, founder of Grafitoid and member of the Bouftang collective from Réunion. Three more Summer Schools will be organized in the coming months to train students in 3D animation and Sound Design.
Romain Folio and the students during the Rubika Réunion summer school
They were also able to pitch their video game projects and receive constructive feedback from video game industry professionals, such as Loïc Manglou, co-founder of Rubika Réunion, Game Director and Business Partner at Studio Pitaya and president of the Bouftang collective, as well as companies New Tales and Boilr.
Loïc Manglou, and the Hello, world261!_ students
Before this summer school, students had already benefited from remote training in Game Design and Narrative Design with Thomas Sandmeier, who has previously worked on productions such as Detroit: Become Human and The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature.
More information about Hello, world261!_
Hello, world 261!_, directed by Dina Valisoa Ratsisetraina, is a free 12-month training program during which students aim to prototype their video game projects in teams, supervised by national and international trainers.