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A peek into Argentina’s video game scene

by carride on 9/29/23, 2:51 PM with 38 comments

  • by wslh on 9/30/23, 12:31 AM

    In my close Argentinian circle I can name the following:

    - Ricardo Quesada [1] can name zillions of incredible achievements but you can search on Google. You is the creator of Cocos2D [2] a super successful 2D game engine where many of the implemented games and apps where shown even by Steve Jobs in the time of the iPhone 1.

    - Daniel Benmergui: very personal and creative games [3]

    - Martin Sebastian Wain: also creative and very personal games and controllers such as Doggy Tug of War [4]

    Can name more...

    [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCX_dqlpVpYtlm2Es_PAZcA

    [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos2d

    [3] http://ludomancy.com/

    [4] https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/alt-ctrl-gdc-showcase-m...

  • by TulliusCicero on 9/30/23, 4:13 AM

    Surprised this article had no mention of Godot, considering the original creators are from Argentina.

    Especially with Godot just having gotten a lot more attention recently due to Unity's fuckups. It's basically viewed as the third 'biggest' general purpose third party game engine now, I think.

  • by dep_b on 9/30/23, 6:07 AM

    Argentina is brimming with talent and the economic and social realities mean you need an entrepreneur mindset even to just get through with your daily life. At the same time the level of the education system is quite high and it's free to boot. The next wave of talent also speaks English at a much better level than the people before.

    I knew many more people with businesses, products and side hustles there than I know in Western Europe, where lots of people live in the warm comfort of a secure, daily job and avoid any risk or opportunity outside of that.

  • by Aachen on 9/30/23, 1:40 AM

    @Neonate: for some reason replies are disabled on your comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37711567, so I'll have to post a sibling comment to ask: why did you post the archive links? The page is neither down nor has any sort of pay or tracking cookies wall. I didn't even get annoying newsletter pop-ups or anything.

    Your profile shows a lot of posting these, but also normal comments in between so it can't be a system account. Is this automated or what's the reason here? And what's the deal with not being able to reply? Lastly, do your comments always get voted to the top (knew I should have implemented this, I was thinking about industrial sized karma farming myself but didn't think it would be appreciated) or are they pinned by a moderator?

  • by neonate on 9/30/23, 12:01 AM

  • by shmde on 9/30/23, 7:04 AM

    While torrenting(vidya)there are a lot of folks that seed and leech. Majority of them are from Argentina and Brazil. So happy they have a vibrant gaming culture.

  • by imachine1980_ on 9/30/23, 12:26 AM

    the most interesting Argentine game scene is godot engine

  • by artur_makly on 9/30/23, 1:06 AM

    I'm living in BA now, and my son(11) is a huge Esports gamer. Where can I find local gaming/conf/events info?

  • by the__alchemist on 9/30/23, 1:07 AM

    Age of Empires 2 is big in Argentina.

  • by cma on 9/30/23, 3:26 AM

    > This figure, however, represents a 29% growth compared to the US$70 million earnings reported in 2021.

    Adjust for USD inflation and it is closer to 10% growth.

  • by 6stringmerc on 9/30/23, 5:05 AM

    If it wasn’t for lag I’d show them up in Half Life DM - they still rock that shit

  • by n1b0m on 9/30/23, 11:21 AM

    Is King of Fighters as popular in Argentina as it is in Mexico?