Today we took a tour of Nintendo of Germany. Nintendo of Europe was located on the 16th floor of the building, while Nintendo of Germany, which deals with Germany, Sweden, and other nearby countries. Their office was located on the 14th floor, and we were shown a presentation about some of the history of Nintendo, and what Nintendo of Germany does. NoG mainly handles localizing games from Japanese into German, as well as marketing, and public relations.
After the tour, we headed downstairs to the second floor to a “game-museum”-like area, where we played a couple rounds of Super Smash Bros.
Later in the afternoon we took a tour of the Crytek Studio. They are a subsidiary of Ubisoft, and are the developers of games such as Far Cry, Crysis, WARFACE, Ryse: Son of Rome, The Climb, and Hunt: Showdown. We were shown a presentation of what students should expect when looking for jobs in the game design industry. After showing us where the employees work on their proprietary engine, CRYENGINE, and work on their games, one of the software engineers showed us the CRYENGINE and how to make a simple trampoline using pre-made objects from the SDK. We also got to try out one of their VR games on Oculus: The Climb.
Afterward, we had dinner at a nice ramen place called Ramen Jun. This was my first time ever having Ramen, and although it was the saltiest thing I had ever eaten in my life, it was pretty tasty.
