Lack of support for Mexican video games: UAM

by times news cr

2024-07-26 14:10:25

The Lack of support for video game creators It encourages a flight of human capital abroad, which represents a great loss for Mexicosince in the country developers are trained with great proposals in the matter, they agreed experts.

This according to the doctor White Estela Lopez Perez and the doctor Ivan Torres Ochoaresearchers from the Azcapotzalco Unit of the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), by participating in the program Science open to time, from UAM Radio.

The person responsible for the Playful Culture Research Group y Digital Humanities He mentioned how complicated it is to develop this type of software in Mexico, since there are no spaces, trusts or government support.

Paraphrasing Paula Vera, director of the documentary video game Mexico 1921“which immerses you in the murder of Alvaro Obregon, It is a miracle to do it because unlike cinema, there are no spaces or trusts or anything like that that encourage creation and developers have to make products that can be finished. quick way and that immediately represent profits.”

On the other hand, if the aim is to make a more complicated video game, which represents a more interesting and richer experience, there is a lack of recognition of independent industries as cultural or creative entities that could be supported from the State.

The doctor Ivan Torres Ochoa, attached to the Design Evaluation Department in the Time, He said that making a cost-effective game ends up being a challenge that becomes increasingly complex for those who want to dedicate themselves to its development.

The teachers referred to the evolution of the video game in terms of narrative and for educational purposes and how they have even been used as an educational tool, in addition to the fact that they can contribute to improving the treatment of certain mental and physical illnesses.

In Mexico there are important video games like Mulaka, Aztec o Dark Tales from Mexicowhich leads to the fact that “we are positioning ourselves in an incredible way, what is missing is consumption by the Mexican public, who are reluctant to look at national products created by independent industries, which, due to not having enough capital to promote themselves on a large scale, do not become fully visible in the domestic market.”

2024-07-26 14:10:25

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