JEROME MATTI, marketing manager of Intel Philippines, tells me and INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla why Intel and the Game Developers Association of the Philippines launched the Pinoy Indie Games Competition.
Video taken by INQUIRER.net/hackenslash community evangelist Alex Villafania at the iHooked Internet cafe.
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INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla and I interviewed Game Developers Association of the Philippines president Gabby Dizon during the first day of the Pinoy Indie Games Competition, which is being held from February 1 to 3 at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto.
Here’s what Gabby had to say:
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CHECK out this video taken by hackenslash/INQUIRER.net community evangelist Alex Villafania of the opening day of the Pinoy Indie Games Competition organized by the Game Developers Association of the Philippines and Intel Philippines.
GDAP president Gabby Dizon (right) welcomes budding game developers to the first Pinoy Indie Games Competition at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto. With him is Jerome Matti, marketing manager for Intel Philippines, which is one of the major sponsors of the event.
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By Relly Carpio
INQUIRER.net
THE VERY first independent game design marathon competition in the Philippines began Friday at i-Hooked Cafe at C.M. Recto in Manila. The Pinoy Indie Games Competition is a 48-hour marathon design competition where the participants must complete a game within the allotted time frame.
Fifteen teams, composed mostly of students, are vying for prizes which include Intel Core 2 Quad PCs, 80GB iPod Classics and P5, 000 worth of gift certificates for each member of the teams. Each team is composed of up to three members.
“The competition is to see how these young Filipinos can push themselves in creating video games. Eventually they will be the ones who will work in the country’s budding game industry,” said Gabby Dizon, president of the Game Developers Association of the Philippines, which organized the event together with Intel Philippines.
Jerome Matti, marketing manager of Intel Philippines; Gabby Dizon, president of GDAP; Iggy Villanueva, business development officer of Yehey!, and Rommel Celespara of American Technologies Inc./Wacom were present at the event’s launch.
The contestants included students from Asia Pacific College, De La Salle University, Ateneo De Manila University, and STI, as well as some freelance game designers. The contest runs until Sunday, February 3, when the contestants must submit their finished games which should include Intel elements under the theme “May The Fours Be With You.”
The event is sponsored by Intel, hackenslash/INQUIRER.net, Yehey!, ATI, Wacom, i-Hooked Cafe, Challenge Systems and GGDAP.
By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net
I’M here at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto for the Pinoy Indie Games Competition organized by the Game Developers Association of the Philippines and Intel Philippines. hackenslash/INQUIRER.net is an online event partner of this marathon game development competition that will be held from February 1 to 3.
I’m with INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla; Alex Villafania, who is the new community evangelist of hackenslash/INQUIRER.net; and our new hackenslash gaming reporter Relly Carpio — it’s his first day of work today, heh 
To whet your appetite, here are some pics from the event. Photos taken by Relly Carpio. I’ll post the video interviews soon.
Here’s (left to right) me, GDAP and FlipSide Games president Gabby Dizon, and Erika.
