NEW LEVEL ACHIEVED: I visited the Rovio Studios in Helsinki (Finland)

July was a month full of good stuff! I started my second post-doctoral research in my new academic house, PUC (São Paulo). I’m studying the acquisition of digital goods and social belongings using the game Marvel Snap as the main subject.

For the project’s kickoff, I traveled to Europe to achieve some missions. First, I was talking with some specialists from Paneurópska Vysoká Škola (Bratislava) about my project’s theme. And, to complete this first step, I’ve already interviewed some people for the initial clues of my project.

However, the second mission achieved was an epic win: last week I visited Rovio Studios in Helsinki. Of course you know Rovio, it’s the studio behind the Angry Birds game. My Brazilian friend Cenildon Muradi (a.k.a. Thunder) works in the studio and made this visit possible.











The place is awesome and, of course, ludic. But, I want to highlight that spending one day in Rovio Studios was a master class of game design, business models, and marketing.

I’m returning to Brazil full of ideas to write in my project. I’ll post news very soon here.

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I visited Ubisoft’s creative studio in Toronto, and it was awesome!

As a game designer and also as a gaming reseacher, part of my job is to talk with the gaming market/industry. When I travel abroad, I always try to talk with some studio or publisher (like in this case in Poland).



Well, last week I was in Toronto (Canada) and had the opportunitty to visit Ubisoft’s creative studio! Guided by Justin Del Giudice I had a complete tour in the building ending in the awesome motion capture studio.



One more for the curriculum! A day full of knowledge, perceptions, and ideas about the present and future of this market!



Thanks Maitê Lorente and Jonnhy Guerra for the contact!

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