Sandbox Academy PH Hosts Game Development Workshops in NCST Cavite
The Sandbox DAO-funded “Sandbox Academy,” led by Filipino game developer Mark Joseph Bago, launched a successful series of Game Design Workshops in the Philippines, attracting over 80 participants.
What’s the significance: This initiative not only equips Filipino students with essential skills in blockchain game development but also fosters innovation and positions the Philippines as a key player in the web3 gaming ecosystem.
The Big Picture: With the recognition from The SandBox itself, it stresses the Philippines as a rising hub for web3 innovation and game development.
Key details:
- The Sandbox Academy recently successfully hosted workshops at the National College of Science and Technology in Dasmarinas, Cavite.
- It was held on November 21-22, teaching over 91 attendees.
- Day 1 was about game design with VoxEdit, a voxel editing tool developed by The Sandbox
- Day 2 allowed participants to dive into Game Maker, a development tool for making 2D games
- The Sandbox Academy also recently launched the NCST Game Jam
- Runs from Nov 25 to Dec 5 with a parkour theme,
- 1,720 SAND prize pool and live awards on December 6th
Support from Sandbox DAO: Recently, the DAO featured the Sandbox Academy noting it to be a success story.
- To get support, Mark Bago submitted the Sandbox Improvement Proposal 12.
- Bago recently met The Sandbox Co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget where he shared about the recent workshop.
Key quote:
“We (Sandbox Academy) will be having workshops with 6 universities here in the Philippines and it is fully supported by The Sandbox and Sandbox DAO. I’m so very pleased to spread the knowledge and education for all the Filipino people.”
Mark James Bago, Founder, the Sandbox Academy
What to watch: The launch of the Sandbox Academy workshops for the other 5 universities across the Philippines.
The bottom line: The Sandbox Academy is positioning itself as a key educational resource for aspiring Filipino game developers aiming to build on Sandbox metaverse.
Worth reading: Recently, Sandbox Academy was launched offering a one-month intensive course for students to learn game development using tools like VoxEdit and Game Maker, with a focus on creating crypto games.
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