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Kenyan game dev assistance announced at the country’s first esports event

Humanipo.com has reported that Intel has successfully hosted Kenya’s first-ever esports tournament at the iHub in Nairobi, and given Kenyan gamers a taste of what game development is like with a free training session that formed part of the day’s events.

Games played on the day included games developed in Kenya: Ma3racer, African legends and Acid Rain as well as a selection of international titles. Eight teams of five people played the games in a face-off format, ending with team Chronicmonks facing Team Deviant in the finals. After three tense rounds, team Chronicmonk edged out Team Deviant to win the event, winning themselves Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch and Asus Fonepad tablets in the process.

Agatha Gikunda, Intel Software Services Group Lead announced Intel-sponsored game development training at the event that is designed to encourage Kenyans to get into game development. She said, “We recognize that training is crucial to the creation of an enabling environment for the gaming industry, and it is for this reason that Intel has offered this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to the developer ecosystem in Kenya.”

Aspiring developers will get their hands on a completely free game engine from Intel’s Havok subsidiary as part of the training. Earlier this year, Havok launched Project Anarchy, an initiative that made its Vision Engine completely free to download and use. According to an official press release on the Project Anarchy site, Havok’s Vision Engine “is a complete end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine that can be deployed for free on iOS, Android and Tizen mobile platforms without commercial restrictions on company size or revenue”.

Aspiring South African game developers can also make use of Havok’s generous offer; if that’s you, head over to the Project Anarchy website now and get downloading.

 

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